The Hardest Week of My Life Became My Biggest Business Breakthrough

As per my last post, my mom went into surgery on Nov. 13.

What was supposed to be a simple 3-day recovery turned into 12 days in the hospital, and I stayed for eight consecutive days. I raw-dogged that hospital couch, barely sleeping, and stayed glued to my mama’s side. Nurses coming in every other hour. My mom vomiting, in pain, her heart rate spiking, and watching them shove a nasogastric tube down her nose… it was honestly traumatizing.

Watching someone you love suffer is one kind of pain. Trying to hold your life together at the same time is another. 

And I was doing BOTH!

The Overwhelm No One Prepares You For

Between comforting my mom, advocating for her with the nurses, and barely sleeping, I was also:

• managing retainer clients,

• onboarding with a brand-new client,

• preparing my Pinterest Strategy presentation,

• doing client outreach,

• taking client calls + discovery calls from the hospital,

• and gearing up for Freedom Queen Live and the VALA VA Roundtable.

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My laptop lived next to her bed.I was doing admin tasks while rearranging pillows for her comfort…writing proposals while she slept…checking emails in every quiet moment I could steal.

And to TOP. IT. ALL. OFF…

I got my menstrual cycle on day eight... this moment was my true BREAKING POINT. I cried. HARD. The exhaustion, the fear, the pressure, the lack of sleep, watching my mom suffer… it all hit me at once.

I felt like life was trying to see how much I could handle and pretend I am the dog from that meme like:

“This is fine.”

 …while everything is burning to HELLLLL around me.

But even in the middle of all this… something shifted.

Life does not pause just because you’re building something.

And I wasn’t going to let the universe break me AGAIN, especially when my momentum is finally rising.

I wasn’t just a daughter in a hospital room.

I wasn’t just a Virtual Assistant trying to finish tasks.

I wasn’t just someone “trying” to get clients.

I was a woman stepping into her CEO identity in real life and not just in theory this time.

In the chaos.

In the exhaustion.

In the noise.

In the messiness of being human while building a business.

So when my mom’s friends insisted on staying with her for the weekend, I was honestly overwhelmed with gratitude. I grabbed Azul (my wiener dog + emotional support assistant), went home, and finally decompressed after an intense week.

I was able to reset and prepare myself for the weekend to join Breanna Cain and 4 high-profile VA’s at the Round Table at Freedom Queen Live.

The Truth I Needed to Learn (and Maybe You Do Too)

Life taught me something that week:

Your business doesn’t grow during peaceful, perfect moments.

It grows in your breakdown moments.

It grows in your “I’m running on two hours of sleep but I’m still emailing this client” moments.

It grows in your “life is trying to knock me down, but I’m choosing to get up anyway” moments.

It grows when life throws the hardest shit your way and instead of stopping, you whisper:

“Not today, bitch. I’m still becoming the woman I’m meant to be.”

Life will test your commitment to your dreams.

Not to punish you… but to strengthen you.

Because if I can build from a hospital room…

If I can reach out to new clients while my mom is hooked up to machines…

If I can run a Pinterest strategy, show up for meetings, and prepare to step into rooms I once thought were too big for me…

Then I can do ANYTHING.

And so can YOU!!!

P.S.

The Universe always cracks me up. It’ll drag you through a shitty storm… and somehow, right after, it opens the path for new opportunities and blessings. Making sure I do ot fall back to my old patterns, whichhhhhh I did not!!!!

I’ll be sharing all the juicy details in my next BLOG!

Here's a little peak at my life!

Mama & Me