Empowering HER

By Kimberly Lawson and Lori Cox

Women empowering women to find the power within.

 

To all the women and girls out there, you are not alone. No matter what life has thrown at you, there has been a woman in your very shoes at this very moment. From out of abuse, adversity, depression, or oppression we have the ability to step into our power and move fo

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sherrelle Ink
• Release date: May 11, 2021
• ISBN: 9781737129509

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EMPOWERING HER

EMPOWERING HER

To Boldly Move Forward

In Her Power

Compiled by

KIMBERLY LAWSON & LORI COX

Copyright © 2021 Sherrelle Ink

All rights reserved. This book or any portion therof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the brief quotations in a book review.

First printing 2021.

Sherrelle Ink

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Lovejoy, GA 30250

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DEDICATION

I would like to dedicated this book to my late aunt Lottie Bell who despite the time period refused to be a powerless woman.

Kimberly

To my husband Eric

Thank you for allowing me to follow my dreams.

I love you more than you will ever know.

Lori

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgement

Introduction

1. Failure Was Not My Option by Lori Cox

2. Being Spiritual Saved My Life by Wanda H. Earle

3. Finding Your Inner Feist by Wendy H. Jones

4. Not Quite Daddy’s Girl by Felicia Nicole

5. The Uncommon Hero by Twanita Dozier

6. I Am Pretty. Pretty Smart and Pretty Powerful by Malva Gasowski

7. Mirror Mirror by Deirdre Michelle

8. I Lived To Tell by Tonya Faison

9. Sorry, Not Sorry by Vinee Ajmera

10. Bittersweet by Kimberly Lawson

Acknowledgement

Unknowingly many people put limits on what I could become and how far I could go. Thankfully one person in my life always said I could be whatever I decided. Thank you to my late grandfather, Joseph N. Morgan, Sr.

Thank you for always believing in me.

Thank you for acknowledging my wings and encouraging me to use them.

Thank you to my cousin Shatara for always accepting me for me. Thank you for always being my safe haven in the midst of storms. Thank you for being the friend I always needed. Many storms have been less bitter because of you. Your fearlessness has inspired me in many ways.

Kimberly

Introduction

This book was written to help, heal, and inspire women from all walks of life. Starting with boosting your self-esteem. Shutting down negativity and learning to be open and honest. Changing the narrative of women and seeing real change. So take action and lets help empower one another.

Lori

To all of women who have ever felt powerless, this one is for you. To all of the women and girls who felt as though they did not have a voice, this one is for you.

To all of the women and girls who have ever felt isolated, irrelevant, and or incomplete, this one is for you. To all of ladies who have considered suicide, this one is for you.

This book was compiled to let you know that we hear your silent cries for help. We see the sadness behind your smiles. Please know that you are not alone.

We (ladies) were designed to change the world. You are powerful!

This book was compiled to EMPOWER HER! You are her!

Kimberly

Failure Is Not My Option

Lori Cox

United States of America

Nowadays, young girls are told they can be anything they want when they grow up, but the unique challenges that women face in the society have never been more publicly and properly scrutinized. Today I am a successful author, entrepreneur, wife and bonus mom. I have been blessed multiple times over, but my story is one that has been riddled with plenty of trials and tribulations that many might even consider as markers of a failed life. At the age of 50, I have faced the challenges of life head-on, even when they have often caught me off-guard. I really value these challenges as important lessons that have ultimately shaped me into the woman that I am today. I can stand proudly today and say that I have chosen the narrative that I desire for my life. My ambitions have led me to want to share my story with as many women as possible in order to inspire and help others navigate through this exceedingly confusing, and at times, punishing journey that we call life. My story is complicated, intricate, and devastating, much like your own might be. But if my story can enlighten something within your own life and make a change for the better, regardless of how big or small that change may be, that to me is a huge feat and an incredible success in itself.

Being a woman is a complicated thing. Misogyny is everywhere and it infiltrates a female’s experience, taking shape the moment she is born from her mother’s womb, because we live in a world where societal inequity is rampant. Women all around the world are constantly subjected to a certain line of questioning, a tale that is as old as time and one that has continuously fostered a system of gender inequality. Women have heard it all before as we are constantly doubted, questioned, second-guessed and underestimated. We are forced to choose between having a family or having a career. We are reduced to mere stereotypes that completely rid us of our potentials. Societal pressures force us to make amends with the fact that getting older means slowing down. We are confronted with the will of these limitations that haunt us as we journey through our lives.

The truth is that I was also once a staunch believer in these limitations, as well as an agent of it, projecting these so-called ideals onto other women around me. But you can’t blame me either. I lived and breathed only this one notion of what the society thinks a woman was supposed to be. Seeing the light at the end of the tunnel and the bigger picture was incredibly difficult, and it took years and years of challenges and hardship to really open my eyes to a new truth. The idea of resisting such expectations took shape through the experiences that I had, which