I’m really looking forward to getting to know those who connect with me - here on my site; my season of life, my passions & my commitment to growth. I’ve seen my name in lights, my face with a WHOLE lot of make up on, speaking on a stage, on a life-size BILLBOARD in Nashville, Elsa braids, and I’ve received an incredible amount of compliments recently…. I am BEYOND grateful for this.
But I wanted to remind you where I come from : It isn’t all perfect … not even close! I’m a REAL person.
* I grew up in an alcoholic / abusive home.
* My parents divorced when I was 5.
* My middle school & high school nights were spent in an incredibly HOSTILE home with my dad & step mom… doing my best at 14 yrs old to protect my 2 year old sister.
* Jesus was my ONLY comfort and security… so thankful He brought me to HIM when I was 12…. my ONE constant.
* I raised a hog & 3 steers in high school…. worked really hard IN school & out of it.
* My mom was diagnosed with MULTIPLE brain aneurysms when I was in 5th grade & she spent the entire length of my middle school through college years battling seizures, memory loss & multiple brain operations.
* I was completely homeless from the time I was 18 until 24 - living on friends’ couches and staying in guest rooms {so THANKFUL for those friends!}
* My grandfather died the week before my 19th birthday & my dad died the week after my 19th birthday - from multiple organ failure resulting from alcoholism.
* The day my dad died I was completely shut out, by my step-mom, at 19. All I had were my sisters.
* I do NOT have a Bachelor’s Degree.
* I went from one unsuccessful relationship to the next… always missing something… always wandering.
* I have lived paycheck to paycheck, I’ve lived ABOVE my means {which weren’t much}, I’ve had a car repossessed & I’ve felt like I just do NOT belong…
* I used to write a CHECK to fill up my gas tank because I knew it would take 3 days to clear the bank & I had time to get money in there…
I’m not proud of all of these things… but I am NO LONGER a victim - I’m a VICTOR. That is ALL because of what God has done in my life…. all the way down to Beachbody, our family’s biggest blessing. All of it is because He cares about the details of our lives.
The ADVERSITY is definitely my ADVANTAGE now and a LARGE part of my success. It gave me some FIGHT. God knows, I have FOUGHT hard for my family these last 2 years… I don’t give up anymore.
So… while I LOVE make up, glitter, hair, and all things girly - I am one of those girls who has definitely been through the mud. I have dealt with those hurts with a LOT of prayer, grace & personal development.
MY name doesn’t belong in those lights; it truly is by the grace of God that I am an overcomer! And, you are too!
Go buy ’15 Invaluable Laws of Growth’ by John C. Maxwell on Amazon! You will NOT regret it!
Remember that you have to CHOOSE to overcome adversity… and when you do, THAT will be your superpower.
XO,
Brittany
