Sisterfriends,

 I’ve been pregnant well over the usual 9 months of joyful anxiety and anticipation of new life. Pregnant with a dream turned vision, halted by fear.

I remember early conversations with my expectant sissys and sisterfriends, filled with emotions, astounded by the new reality of giving birth. As the due dates quickly approached, the thought of the anticipating pain and fear of the unknown caused “I know at least one,  once joyful, confident mom to be, recoil and exclaim in delusion “I can’t do this! I’ll just stay pregnant”.

Well, I don’t know nuthin bout birthin no babies!

But yet I could relate. This mom to be was paralyzed by the fear of the unknown, of being a good, great or capable mother. I was pregnant and paralyzed by the fear of experience. Stuck in the past, terrified of failing AGAIN! activated a mental loop of the self-sabotaging mantra “I can’t do this! I’ll just stay pregnant.” I put off the pain and unlike physical birth, unfortunately we can choose to self abort our dreams & visions, ghosting us for a lifetime! I think everyone’s familiar with the infamous three the fear of failure, success and the unknown. How many of us are marred by the fear of experience! It’s not just dream based or goal driven. How many of us stop loving profusely and passionately? How many of us are cemented in shame? Grace rebuilds that fervent love, Grace obliterates that block of shame by echoing His validation of you.

See, this was a Grace vision, something bigger. more powerful. A dream that would not leave me alone. A vision that kicked harder the more I tried to justify confining it. It was inevitable, this baby MUST come out!  The only way was through faith, clearly not in me but in God’s Grace. I chose to believe that I am well equipped with the power of Grace, to push this baby out & nurture her to be a dynamic, influential contribution. I choose to own my power, believe that my future is greater than my past, that what I dreamed, envisioned is very real, very possible and way beyond luck and physical exertion.

So Here I am giving birth to my baby girl, spread eagle in front the whole world!

Ha! How’s that for introductions? I’m pushing past the pain, leaping into the unknown, rehabilitating from the fear and learning not to despise small beginnings. With our launch issue and beyond, I want to encourage you! empower you! PUSH you to do the same! So, let’s take this journey together into what Grace has already prepared for us! Lets live out our Dreams, Walk in our Visions, and Achieve what we are created for! gracefully moving forward Sister to Sista.