Directions

My favorite line in the movie, Maid in Manhattan is: Sometimes, we are forced into directions…that we ought to have found for ourselves. That lines resonates with me so much because of…in fact just how true it is. I was a waitress for eight years and as soon as the company and I parted ways, I was able to become the bestselling full time author that I am today.

Now thankfully during that time, I was able to experience what it was like to be a bestselling author, so I knew my potential. I knew that if given the chance of being a full time author, I could really florish and live off of my earnings. But with bills piling up, and me helping my now husband raise our daughter and later on our son, I just didn’t see myself ever getting the opportunity to live my dreams because I just had too many priorities that came ahead of my own wants and dreams.

And especially being a parent, when you become a parent, you have to make that child or children the center and build around them or just put your dreams on hold until their old enough for you to began chasing them again. So anyway, I just tried my best to live my dreams only after my shifts ended and on my off days and after I had given my time and attention to everyone else.

But during that time work had me severely depressed, angry and sad. I was literally miserable every single day at work as soon as I hit somewhere around year four. I had the manager from hell and as much as I tried to ignore and mentally fight her harassment for the sake of my child, I had no more fight in me. I was mentally and emotionally tired of being abused. I tried to hang in there but in the end, I was forced to part from that life and with me finally being able to exhale and smile again for the first time in a long time, I walked away and never looked back.

Today, I am still a bestselling author but because I was finally forced into a direction that I should’ve gone in a long time ago, I am now a full-time best selling author and stay at home mommy. And I’m loving every minute of it.

So you see, you have to understand that when the good Lord sends you signs and ppl that keep telling you to go one way , its wise to listen because not only will you save yourself a ton of heartache and pain from being in a place you had no place being in or living in the first place, you would have stepped out on faith along time ago and trusted and believed that you serioulsy can do anything you put your mind to.

Now don’t get me wrong, following your dreams aren’t without their own set of stuggles and thankfully I have a very supportive husband who not only believed in me but stood by my every decision both good and bad but I most definitely wouldn’t be here if I didn’t trust Jesus and work on strengthening my faith in HIM.

These days though I’m not without my everyday struggles and issues with life, I am happier than I’ve ever been. I smile a lot more these days. And with a now smaller though much stronger support system than I’ve ever had before, I see myself going further than I myself, would’ve ever imagined.

Ms. Author