The Matriarch Rules

Chapter 2A Matriarch's Future Is Based on Her Actions Today

We are all defined by our previous actions and what my history indicated was that I was a quitter with low self-worth, who put herself in vulnerable situations and didn't care about the future. That is what I showed people and that is what people believed about me.

Now imagine where I'd be if I hadn't made the decision to create some new history. Let's face it, the very next time I stuck out my thumb on the side of the road could have easily been my last day on earth.

It's interesting how things always begin with a decision, right? And now it's time to make some more. Let's decide together, right now, that we are living a day that will become part of our history. Let's live it like we will tell the story of it tomorrow to someone we admire. And let's make damn sure that we get to tell them a story we're proud of.

If I could transform my shitty history of a dirty kid on welfare, who smoked weed, listened to heavy metal, dropped out of high school, and didn't achieve much of anything, into a story about a down-and-out-but-deceptively-smart chick who gets her shit together, marries her soul mate, raises confident daughters with amazing self-esteem, creates a clean and loving home, and runs a successful business, without sacrificing my love for tattoos, hot pink stilettos, and Metallica, then you can surely create some new history that better defines you, too.

Let's write some Matriarch-level shit by living some Matriarch-level ...