Little Black girl - 
Raise your head full of hair 
To the God of the Son and the Sun 
Providers of all elements your spirit and body need to continue to flourish -
Grace and Light  
And keep it high, as any negativity that enters your gentle realm flies by.

Turns out, she simply wanted the world to be written with her hand, pronounced with her voice, expressed with her tone. Turns out, she wanted to be a storyteller. She wanted to tell stories, and for each time she did, that story to be a brand, that brand be seen in books, those books be called beautiful, that beauty be made a business and that business become better.

Reflection, however, begins and brings gradual change in the direction of changed character, improved disciplines and quality use of our time, talents and treasures. I’m reflecting, I’m grateful, but I don’t want this decade or the next to tell my story. 

We’ll show Honor through stories past and present, even his own, that what God creates, He creates with a purpose and what God intends, He also sustains.

Sometimes I smiled, even laughed; sometimes I forced myself to ignore the deep empty pit feeling in my gut, sometimes I didn’t, I let it come and I let it sit and then, I let it pass.

They say you forget. As your baby grows you forget about the lack of sleep, the diaper blow ups, the food splattered all over your white carpet, and I almost believe that. But I think it rings much more true what my mother tells me. She says, “When this phase is over, it just becomes something else.”

When your book is written, I’ll be behind the pen and I’ll be sure it’s a classic. Because you’re classic. 

I was angry at God.

God promises to spread His gospel across the earth, to extend to all nations, ages and races. Who better to help fulfill His will than an international celebrity?