A sample of All The Right Pieces
All the Right Pieces
Nakeia Homer
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ISBN 978-1-949759-49-5
It took a while, but I finally grew into a space that had
enough room for the good and the bad parts of me.
Decided I was worth more whole than in pieces.
Saw the value in turning negatives into positives.
Found a reason to get lost in the process of being found.
It took a while but I’m good with me. Grew into a
space that was big enough to fit me and my purpose.
Decided that since it didn’t break me, I might
as well let it make me—or at least mold me
into the woman I was always meant to be.
—Whole
We tend to look at the different versions of ourselves and not see the value in the parts we leave behind. We deem pieces of who we were as old, lost, bad… not seeing that those pieces grow together to make us whole.
I’ve grown to see the value in them all. I gathered the remnants, the stories, the lessons, the wisdom… and I tucked them away.
Now I pull them out for her, for you, for us.
For her
She took the wood from the bridges that were
burned to keep her from crossing over
and used them to build a house where she stood.
She let the tears that she cried from the hurt of betrayal
fill a bucket she used to wash away the stains.
She let what was meant to break her make her better.
She was nobody’s victim.
HER NEXT 4 MOVES:
letting go
healing
forgiving herself
moving forward
She may have gone to bed with tears in her eyes
but she woke up with an “I got this” on her mind.
She just wasn’t built to quit.
God is in her.
She’s nobody’s average anything.
She was confident she could take it
but realized she didn’t have to.
She’s tired, a little worried, feeling anxious,
overwhelmed, and depleted.
But she still has fight in her.
She’s not giving up.