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    How I Became The Blessings Butterfly, Pt. 2: Redemption Story

    August 3, 2016 - By 

    Rock Bottom- Lower Than Low What did the “rock bottom” point of your life look like?  When you found yourself there, did you think it was even possible to go any lower?  I didn’t either.  Honey, I was wrong.   At 23 years old, I was a single mom, a college dropout, broke AF with ruined credit and in fear for my life having just escaped from my abusive ex-boyfriend/father of my child.  We fled to the only safety I had ever known, my childhood home with my parents and my big brother.  Unfortunately, that quiet cul-de-sac in a good…

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    How I Became The Blessings Butterfly, Part 1: Do What You Gotta Do

    July 27, 2016 - By 

    Permission Slip – Do What You Gotta Do “Do what you gotta do!”  Grammar aside, this simple phrase has taken me through more rough places throughout my life than I care to count. It has been both humbling and empowering; it has seen tears upon tears, and it has felt true grit. Most of all, it has been my permission slip to myself to do whatever I needed to do in each situation whenever I’ve called on it. It has given me permission to be my own superhero and to push through horrible anxiety, depression and quite literally, fear for…