wait until I was married. It sounded like such a beautiful thing, one man, and one woman. I looked at life, as a young girl with pigtails, through rose-colored glasses ( literally). I wore glasses that were the color of roses in the 3rd grade. I had no idea what the word, “Virgin” meant and I truly loved my life.
I began to hear whisperings of other girls, “doing IT” in 7th and 8th grade. I shied away from those girls. Then, the noise appeared to surround me in High School. That was the “thing” to do and I was definitely looked down upon by not partaking. Surprisingly, or not, almost all of my critics were girls.
Fast forward to today and, I have had my fair share of serious relationships. Boys and then Men were always trying to get me to be exclusive with them. (This is My truth). My guy cousin teased me once saying, “You stay in a relationship”. I’m like, “Bro, they keep coming for me”. Seriously.
Now, though, it was time for me to take care of myself. I needed to leave a relationship that was no longer serving me. I was not operating at my highest level inside of it. There were things I learned while inside of it. I needed to grow myself.
Slowly I began to pour back into myself. I attended church and Bible Study. I picked up my Word more often than before. I went to Counseling. I watched “War Room” at least 30 times in 1 year. I turned off my T.V. and began to Journal. I also surrounded myself with Godly counsel. And I prayed, a lot.
I didn’t know it at the time, but everything I was