Melodee Rhodes

So it feels...

like I'm truly just living in my purpose now that I get to truly do the things that I love because I remember moments in my life when I had to do what I had to do, what was necessary, right?

And I didn't get to do the things that I love.

And now being able to kind of, you know, like wield that sword and just, you know, move things.

I mean, it's just, there's, I'm just amazed all the time because I remember times I would wake up in the middle of the night crying and I'm amazed all of the time

And I sometimes I don't really appreciate, right, the hard work I've put in.

And I have a lot of self-doubts set in.

And I'm like, I don't deserve this.

But then when I really think about it, I'm like, wow, you look at all of the, you know, the fight, the struggles, everything you've been through to get to this point.

So wield that sword.

I'm very I'm looking forward to it.

I really am.

And I think what you're going to learn about me is that like you, you also graciously since I walked in here, said, oh, Mel, you look amazing.

Oh, you've given me so many compliments.

And I'm truly very, very grateful and humbled by that.

But what you'll see is that I'm really this just little girl from Brooklyn, New York.

Came from nothing.

And I had nothing given to me.

And I mean nothing.

I had nothing given to me but love for my mom.