Hidden No More

By Latrice Chenee

“The darkness cannot hide from You, and we cannot hide from You. Thank you for exposing us to ourselves. We are Hidden No More”.

This is my public service announcement, disclosed, “Hidden No More” is a chapter from my story regarding the continual process of becoming who God has created me to be. It is a portion of my life experiences that has brought revelation and understanding. My prayer is that it inspires whoever reads it to become cocooned in God’s love and embrace it; that it causes others to want to identify where they are in every area of their lives, focus on becoming better, and to pursue purpose, while triumphing over trials.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Apr 28, 2023
• ISBN: 9781664297869

Latrice Chenee

Latrice Chenee can often be found daydreaming about beautiful things. She has learned to find beauty in her challenges, as there is beauty in perseverance and resilience. She enjoys a random groove, you may catch her dancing in the frozen food aisle at the grocery store. She is a wife, and mother to four amazing sons. Her desire is to please God and leave a legacy of love, hope, and inspiration for others.

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ISBN: 978-1-6642-9785-2 (sc)

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To my four amazing son shines: Reggie III, Reylen, Liam, and Thre3. Also, to my loves in heaven who are no longer with us: my mother, Pansy Louise; my father, LeRoy Donahue; and my two grandmothers, Sadie and Esther.

I used to say why me.

Why did you take my mother from me,

age 16, I had no understanding.

My father’s attention stripped from me, his love

shown was substance afflicted, drug addiction.

Broken relationships, issues of abandonment.

Uncovered, people pleasing, choking on

my tears, strangled by my fears.

Lost, bound in mental prison surrounded by dream

killers, couldn’t see my way out, blurred vision.

Depression and low self-esteem kept me in bondage

to what I thought I was missing, I thought it was my

reality, but it was an illusion, the adversary’s fallacy.

Until I called on the name of Jesus and His love lifted

me, out of the things that tried to hold me, control

me, and then I began to let Christ mold me.

Cocooned in His love, He shows me my identity,

who I always was, who He created me to be.

His love overwhelming, this is my reality, on Him I

can depend, abide in, I never want to break free.

His love lifts me to a never experienced place of

intimacy, and I will follow Him for all eternity.

—LCW

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1     The Battle Within: The Woman versus the Little Girl

Chapter 2     Reflective Perspective

Chapter 3     The if Factor

Chapter 4     Filtered Perception

Chapter 5     On the Other Side of Through

Chapter 6     Detect the Decoy

Chapter 7     Gambling with the Goodies

Chapter 8     Illegal Intimacy

Chapter 9     Emotional Layaway: Pursuing Potential

Chapter 10   Waiting without Worry

Chapter 11   The Transition

Chapter 12   Public Disclosure

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The greatest achievement is an assist; we all need them. I love the quote from the State Farm commercial with Chris Paul: A little assist goes a long way, no matter who it comes from. So I’d like to take this moment to share my gratitude with all those who assisted me during my most major transitions. My spiritual mother and father Apostle Helen Saddler and Bishop George Saddler, thank you for laboring for