Imagine That

Imagine this for a second

Being a young woman, pregnant at 15

Not really sure how to do the “mommy thing”

But you handled it gracefully

Life happens again, 3 years in a row

’90, ‘91, and ’92

And before you knew it, you had a dope ass crew

Imagine years going by and thinking “I’ll give it one more try”

And now it’s ’95 and you’re a 24 year old mother of 5!!

Imagine 5 different attitudes

5 different birthday parties

Imagine working and going to school, to feed 5 mouths

Imagine barely seeing those 5 faces

Because you had to creep in after bedtime

And be gone before they woke up

Imagine losing your career in 2008 and praying to God

Then getting blessed with your OWN BUSINESS in 2009

Now imagine thinking, “Aw shit, I’m finally getting the hang of this!”

Then turning around and adopting 6 MORE KIDS!!!

Man life got crazy quick!

In the midst of all of this, that original 5 gave you 10 GRANDKIDS!!

Imagine sitting in your room at night

Crying and begging God to make sure you’re doing it right.

Imagine being told you’re not good enough

Imagine being a diamond in the rough

Imagine facing adversities, while dealing with your own demons

But still SMILING!

Imagine doing all of this, and STILL reaching your 10 YEAR BLACK OWNED BUSINESS ANNIVERSARY!!!

11 kids, 10 grandkids, and a booming business

Now let’s be honest, this shit sounds hectic!

Some may call a woman like this insane and maybe even crazy

But I call her MOMMY and let me tell you

You are the SHIT to me lady!!

You are blessed, you are STRONG

And Lord knows you are patient.

It was hard to imagine that life, huh?

Hell, I couldn’t imagine it either.

But my momma, my BLACK QUEEN does it FAITHFULLY & EFFORTLESSLY!