EPILOGUE
Lord knows
Dreams are hard to follow
But don’t let anyone
Tear them away
—“Hero”
In the middle of a violent storm, very young, I was given a glimpse of God’s vision forme. As a child, awakened¹ to my dream, I believed with my entire being in what I wasmeant to do and who I was meant to be, long before anyone else did. And holding on tothat belief required everything I had. Along the way I was given signs of hope, but mostlyI faced chaos² and calamity³, heartbreaks and brutal⁴ betrayals to derail me. Some almostkilled me, or worse, almost killed my spirit. The toughest truth was that the people I lovedthe most hurt me the worst. The ones closest to me were the ones who came closest tostripping me of my dreams. If I have learned anything in this life worth sharing, it is,protect your dreams. Even in the face of disadvantages and dysfunction, you can’t letanybody define, control, or take away your vision of your life—not your mother, brother,sister, father, spouse⁵, boyfriend, girlfriend, fake friend, boss, bully⁶, bigot, manager,partner, assistant, critic, cousin, uncle, auntie, classmate, mogul, predator⁷, influencer,president, false preacher, fake teacher, coworker, frenemy with a phone, coward with acamera, or chicken with a keyboard.
For I assure you: If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will tell thismountain, “Move from here to there,” and it will move. Nothing will beimpossible to you.
—Matthew 17:20
In the end, and in the beginning, it’s all about faith for me. I can’t define it, but it hasdefined me.

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