I met kiz4tj via blogging.
I met her in person for the first time when I was in New York during my internship with Mr. Spike Lee.
I fell in love with her and her daughters then. They were just soooooooo full of life.
Our friendship has flourished over the years and she's one of the people I consider a part of my very private counsel and I wanted to share her story.
She married at a young age and she and her husband had two beautiful daughters.
They got a divorce and she continued working her behind off and got her bachelor's degree while working full-time.
She wanted to be a lawyer.
She quit her job and lived off of her savings for a minute while she studied for the LSAT.
She got a GREAT score and applied for law school.
She got into the law school of her choice but it was out of state.
She and her ex-husband made the decision that their daughters would live with him during her first year of law school because everyone knows the first year is the worst year.
It damn near broke her heart...but she was doing it FOR.THEM.
She just finished her first semester and seriously...she's kicking azz and taking names.
I'm so proud of her I could just BURST.
The second she finished her final exams she was on the first thing smoking to New York to get her babies and then came down and visited family and framily.
We had a BLAST!
The decision to leave her daughters with their father for a year was a major sacrifice for her but it was the right decision. She loves her babies, their father loves his babies. Those girls see how much their parents love, sacrifice and work hard for them.
I'm so proud of her and share her story with anyone who needs encouragement. Anyone who has an excuse. Anyone who believes they can't move the mountains out of their way to get the things done which need to be done.
I'm so very, very proud of her I could burst.
We don't talk as much as we used to because she's in school and she's FOCUSED.
We don't get to kee-kee and shoo-shoo practically at all.
But when I picked them up Wednesday night...everything fell right back into place as if there was no time at all betwix the LAST time we got to kick it.
She's one of my heroes.
Her daughters?
My nieces.
I've met a lot of FABULOUS people through blogging.
I've invited many of them to my home and we're still alive and have never had a thing missing nor would we ever think to look for anything missing.
kiz4tj is just one of them.
She is SUCH an amazing mother, daughter, student and friend. She is kind. She is gentle. She is NOT the help. She is every.single.thing a mother should be. She's following her dreams and showing her daughters how REAL.WOMEN do it.
In 2012...Imma tell yall about many more of the FABULOUS people I've met via the blog.
The Tribe rocks.
Yall have no earthy idea.
If you have a dream and think you have obstacles...try being a single mother of two daughters trying to finish your bachelor's degree, studying for the bar, passing and going to law school.
She wrote it down and is making it happen.
I love, love, LURVE me some her.
Yall should be proud of her too.
If you have time...comment and let her know.
Sometimes...the encouragement helps us soar.
