On October 9, 2019 at the age of 32; God blessed me with a beautiful baby girl by the name of Mo’Rissa Joi. My Delivery was traumatic and life altering; I lost a lot of blood, I had a C-section, four blood transfusions, 15 days in the hospital. The doctors didn’t know if I would make it; but God. God save both of us.
I don’t remember a lot about these 15 days, I’m thankful to have had my parents at the hospital along with my sister, best friend and close friends from seminary. From their lenses I get to relive the most sacred moment of my life. One of my seminary friends would tell me that she comforted my mother as tears was falling from her eyes, my sister would tell me that she was nervous as well as unsure and my dad was pacing the floors scaring the nurses.
When I was in a room, I open my eyes and was able to hold my baby for five minutes before passing out. My Joi is my sunshine, and I am grateful for my daughter, and I see her as my little blessing. My seminary family embrace my daughter and I thankful to every last one of them. My parents and family continue to give me support throughout my motherhood and I’m also thankful for them. Nevertheless, there were naysayers: prior to having my daughter people gave their opinions – some of their opinions were very hurtful and painful. The one that hurts the most was the comment that said that “God no longer loves me or called me to preach because I am birthing a child outside of marriage.
This only hurts because I was kind of feeling the same way. At 32 years old I wasn’t married and never thought I would be able to have kids because at 25 years old, I was diagnosed with A disorder that prevents me from having kids. But God! God gave me Mo’Rissa Joi. I’m thankful!
In the season that I am in, I have a willingness to downsize my life and space to ensure that I hear God clearly. I had to give away a lot of my things to fit into my new life. The tiny home is 12×40, blue with brown trimmings; with two bedrooms, one bathroom, kitchen, living room and small office.
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You’ve made tremendous progress in such a short period of time!!! Continue to share your stories and experiences it’s powerful, meaningful and encouraging!
Thank you! Without a doubt I will keep writing.
There will always be naysayers no matter what you do. As long as you know that God is leading you, then you keep right on moving. You are beating all odds and I’m forever personally proud of you. I love yah sis
This comment puts a smile on my face. Thank you thank you for your encouraging words!
Awesome testimony, God is so amazing without Him, I don’t know where I would be. I enjoyed reading your blog.
Thank you for reading my blog!