Has anyone ever investigated themselves? I have and I realized I am an overcomer. The definition of the word overcomer is to beat, to defeat, to conquer, and to gain the victory of. And I have done all of that. Today I am 8 years clean of crack cocaine and undetectable of HIV. I would like to recite a poem by Alexis Xia:
If we can fight together, we must strive together
If we can play together, we must pray together
If we can plan together, we must stand together
If we can cry together, we must try together
If we sing together, we must make peace together
If we stick together, we must stay together
If we have faith together, we must believe together
If we work together, we can make this a better place.
I would like to thank the Washington Area Women’s Foundation for allowing me to stand here today. I would like to thank my daughter, my mother, my sister, my pastors, and my encourager, Mr. Thomas Penny, for coming out today. And I would also like to thank the Goodwill program, for it was you who helped lift me and today I can smile again.
