It's a new me! - Ask Naoma

Thank you Dee Akright for the amazing photos! You made me look how I want to feel about myself.

Summer of 2017 was kind of a rough one for me. September 1st would have been 1 year until the date of getting married. I made a choice for myself and my boys that was necessary. I went from planning a wedding and a life with someone I loved, to completely changing everything I knew about my future. I didn’t get to accomplish as much as I would liked but I became stronger in who I am and what I deserve.

I have grown from things that were meant to break me. I have cried myself to sleep, I have picked myself back up and wiped my own tears. Everyone has a past and if I said I judged you for yours I would be a hypocrite. My trials have taught me about myself and I have done my best to work through them. We all have our own battles and at the end of the day it is what we do to build that foundation of ourselves that matters. Hardest person I have ever had to love and take care of was myself.

My future and what I am looking for is more clear.

And I have learned that when I step outside of some of my troubles, you find out how beautiful life really can be. The rest of this year and and the years to come are gonna be amazing and I can’t wait!