My biggest challenge of going into business was having the strength and the mentality to even start it. I grew up with people including my family who always told me I couldn't.
I couldn't learn to do the stick shift because I was a girl. I couldn't work a man's job in paint because I was a girl. That constant Naysayer negativity in the back of my head was something I had to overcome to even think about starting my business. At the time, I was also pregnant with my son.
I was in the middle of escaping my ex-husband due to domestic violence which was very traumatic for both my daughter and I. We were in the middle of moving out and I remember God saying to me, "Trust me, give up everything you need to give up."
So I did. I gave up most of the items in my home that I worked so hard for. However, it almost seemed like I was rewarded for being courageous enough to listen to Him. During my journey of recovering from everything I had lost, I met my current fiance online. I was looking to make friends so I could have someone to talk to. The funny thing is, he actually met me about five years before, when I worked at Lowes. How odd is that?!
The funny thing is, he actually met me about five years before, when I worked at Lowes. How odd is that?!
Even more wild, he started having dreams from the Lord telling him he would be able to have children with me. (He was told by doctors in the past that his chance of having them was slim to none.) Even though we had found each other and that was a blessing to us both, we were struggling financially. God led us to Houston, Texas where my friend offered to house us when no one else would. (People didn't understand our situation because we got together quite quickly after I left my ex-husband.) They didn't understand everything I had been through and why it seemed like finding my current fiance was faithfully designed.
Before we arrived to Houston, I got sun poisoning. I was told that I had a 99% chance of miscarrying due to the sun poison. Our car broke down one hour away from my friend's house and we had to walk in the hottest month of summer thirty minutes to the hotel while I had sun poison and was pregnant. I only had enough money to pay for one hotel night.
We finally arrived and stayed with my friend and her family until we could get on our feet. My fiance, my daughter and I (pregnant) lived out of one room for about seven months. All that time I continued to work on my business while we endured a poor and horrific situation, but I never gave up. I trusted God. Even when everyone was judging me or against me, I never gave up on my family or my business. We just pushed through together.
Even when everyone was judging me or against me, I never gave up on my family or my business.
Now, I run my own Bookkeeping business. I also wrote a book called: Truth. I voluntarily help people with holistic wellness for hormonal imbalances. I've played my violin under the Colorado Symphony. I continue to prove the Naysayers wrong time and time again by achieving more and more. My advice is, don't let anyone ever tell you, you can't. You CAN.
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