Kandi Land: Inspired by the Life of Sherita Holiway
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KANDI LAND is the life of Sherita Holiway, Kandi was my street name. Where I got Kandi land from was from the places and people I endured and encountered in this book. This book speaks to all walks of life, not just my life. I'm going to walk you through what I endured from the age of 2 months to 31 years old. My autobiography gives you insight on what I was going through when I first started writing my autobiography while in Denver county serving a 365 day sentence, it gives the reader some more insight on the whole process I went through writing my book. I wrote it by hand first. I wanted to keep you the reader interested by sharing bible scriptures, encouraging words, actual dates, situations, as well as pictures. I wanted a very well-painted visual. This book talks about overcoming and surviving abuse physically, emotionally, and eternally. How a little girl went from being innocent and sweet and well brought up to a woman that had to walk down the streets of Colfax at night with no direction, guidance, love, support, feelings of manipulation, used, and abused. Feelings so deep of being trapped and belittled everywhere I turned, not knowing if I was going to live or die and basically surviving just to live. This all happens within a blink of an eye. This is a teach-all, tell-all, help one another type book. This book is inspired to uplift, encourage, and send prayers to my family, the reader, and myself. I wanted the reader and my audience to be able to evaluate what they are enduring in their lives and take a step back, read a page of my book and get insight and hopefully change their perspective of things that they are going through. I also wrote this to teach my children, sister, and other family members that you can succeed no matter what you go through especially when you stay focus and determined, and even if you do lose sight that’s ok just get back up dust yourself off and try it again, look how many times I had to go through it. This way you know that it is always someone that has it way worse than you, so just keep your head up and stay strong. This book lets you know the ins and outs of myself as a writer without sugar coding or hiding anything. It's raw and uncut. Best of all it’s the real me.
Sherita Holiway
My name is Sherita Holiway, I was born in Denver Colorado to parents Rita and Paul Holiway. When I was 2 months old I had to be rushed to the emergency room because my lungs almost collapsed, but I made it and have overcome any obstacles after that. I have six siblings, a total of three sisters and three brothers. Which makes me close to the middle child. I have a younger sister and older brother that live out here in colorado the rest reside in Kansas City Missouri. Up until I was eight my life was a blur. I heard stories of what my family and I went through, but don't recall any events. I remember getting picked on at school a lot because of my weight. I was a big girl that was tilting the scales. I had two friends in grade school and lost their friendship down the road. I was taken advantage of around this time by a family member and held it inside for years especially in my household. Around this time we didn't express too much. My mom was basically a single mom raising me and my brother while my dad went in and out of jail for drinking. I got in trouble a lot in school especially for socializing and boys I sought out a lot of attention and me being a daddy’s girl, finding love in all the wrong places became a norm for me. My dad, which I call papa, is around all the time and it has been that way for years now. He has changed his life around a lot and has been a father to my daughters as well. I was raped by my best friend’s brother around twelve years old and felt like I had to mature much faster than I should have. I met my baby daddy in eighth grade which began the new chapters of my life. This was the breaking point that changed my life forever. I was deeply in love and most people would have thought I was too young to know what love was. I ended up getting pregnant at age 16 and had a daughter that was 2lbs 8oz. That's when the abuse started. I was abused for almost 17 years. I have four daughters currently ages 15, 10, 7, and 4. The abuse was not only by him but the streets as well and that was physical, sexual, emotional, and mental abuse all wrapped in one. I graduated high school early and had dreams of becoming an FBI agent and went to college for a short period but let others get in my ear and downgrade me, which I ended up dropping out of school, and shortly after that, I started getting a criminal record. I struggled for years with drugs alcohol, men, prostitution, kidnapped, congestive heart failure, rape, suicide attempts, and homelessness. I recently survived a third suicide attempt and survived coronavirus(IC Unit). In my 32 years of living, I've endured more hell than a 62-year-old. I wasn't a street person, I was a book person and I didn't grow up in a bad neighborhood or by thugs but I ended walking with and in that direction. I never thought I was strong or would have never thought after every situation I was in I would bounce back, but I have. I was always a go-getter and never wanted to do drugs or drink alcohol, especially from what I saw when it came to my dad. When it came to alcohol and drugs I just heard stories. I ended up walking through everything I said I wouldn’t and the experiences I had to face was GOD’s way of saying I had you to go through this to teach your daughters and others. I believe in God wholeheartedly. I'm a Christian and God is my source for everything. If it had not been for his love, grace, and open arms, no telling where I would be. I sure wouldn't be here today, sharing my story/testimony. In the past, I wanted to be perfect and be what everyone else wanted me to be, but not who I wanted to be. Until I started writing while enduring my incarceration in 2018, it opened my eyes up to a different dimension and now I can truly say that I am strong and I am capable of doing all things. I'm a survivor, I'm a general curse breaker, I am the head, not the tell, I am above and not beneath, I am SHALOM NOTHING MISSING NOTHING LACKING NOTHING BROKEN ALL IS WELL. I want to teach not only my girls but others that no matter what your background is or what you go through in life know that God or what you believe in you can achieve any and everything. Even though life throws us curveballs, just don't lose sight of the goals and dreams that you want to succeed, you are beautiful in every way, don't let anyone tell you differently. That's why I wrote my Autobiography to inspire and do what God called me to do, and reach the ones that need it the most.
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