When I was growing up, my mum was blunt if she had something to say, sometimes, it felt like a wack.

This I just felt as I was about to leave for the day, “it’s time to be bold”.

I will no longer hide; I will no longer be held back by the feeling of not being good enough (and who is good enough to judge that anyway).

It has taken a lifetime to know this truth, it’s okay to be me. Being kind is not a weakness, being smart is not something to be ashamed of. Putting on makeup and wearing nice cloths does not and I repeat does not define that I am trying to be something I am not.

I am these things, I am my father’s daughter, I am nice, funny, kind and empathetic.

If you do not like me or judge me for my decision made for the right reasons, then that is on you (this is if anyone related to me and reads this). For so long, you tried to squash me, belittle me, blame me and manipulate me. I have news for you, do not stand in my way, for you may not like what comes. This is a warning, why, it’s about time, you know your place, you might be older, but you are far from wiser. You may think everyone around you is less than you, but one thing I know, people are not as stupid as YOU may think. They see the real you and don’t like it, I cannot fake my heart and the way I care. They see that you do, they see all your faults and as someone said to me, “I like you but not your sister.” I know you read this, because your nose cannot mind its own business. What I do, is none of yours, what I choose is none of yours, my children are not yours to rule over and manipulate like puppets in your game. Whether I have money or not, is none of your business, the fact I have chosen to surrender my life to God, DOES NOT mean I am in a cult. You have been wrong so many times, you have had so many failed relationships and done incomprehensible damage, but because of what you are, you have no understanding of this. All the work I have done whether in business or otherwise is from my brilliant brain, my honour, respect and the words given to me by those in heads of industry show, I am more than you will ever acknowledge. I leave you with this dear sibling, I am steadfast and ready so leave my children alone, stay away from them and me, for if you do not, then I leave the father to deal with you and your life. For all you have done is written and you cannot manipulate the day of judgement, but I send you this, love and a prayer that you come out of the mental darkness on which you sit and into the light.

For those who do not know, what I have lived through, some in my life had to be let go and the father allowed this to happen. It may seem extremely harsh, but it is the only language she will understand.

But I send out love, for instead of anger, I feel sympathy and a sadness for what has been stolen from each one of us.

The heading does say, it is time, TIME TO BE BOLD.