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would begin with thoughts about getting a bank loan, how I would

meet payroll, and what craziness I had to deal with regarding my
personnel and Jerome.

Ladies, you must surround yourself with a “Wisdom Circle.” I truly

believe God designated certain women of wisdom to be in my life to
guide me and to help me with my growth and faith in the Lord. There
were so many nights of my sisters talking me through my panic attacks,

which often brought suicidal thoughts because the pain inside was just

so unbearable. I was so overwhelmed with the many challenges I had
to face daily.

Now I can see all that was lost, I gained more. I have finally been
able to close some chapters, those chapters that I have been carrying

around for six years, with all the moves, the in and out of storage units,
watching all the things that I thought I valued just boxed and stuffed

into a 5’ by 10’ room. Inside those boxes were painful chapters of my
life. I was living at so many different addresses; I thought I would

never have my driver’s license match my home address. My sister’s
friends had an ongoing joke -- their address book would read “Giselle

street address and phone number on the run.”

After settling into a small quaint town outside of Atlanta,
Georgia, I began to clear out the clutter and those 30 boxes that have
traveled with me on the run. As I cleared each box, I began to breathe

easier and exhaled. You see, in my mind, those boxes became my

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