Born Kenyatta Sirena Lowe 11-20-1991. My mom wanted to name me Spring. My mother was a single parent. Who came from a single parent. She raised four kids on her own, with little help. I witnessed what God could do at a young age. We always had what we needed. Living in government housing always felt like an abundance. My mother’s mentality was “greater.” Before I started my 5th-grade year, my mom bought a house in Pooler, GA, on her own. I remember her ranting for years before how she’d buy this house and celebrate by playing Jesse Powell’s song “You” loud on her stereo. In the kitchen of this house, she also married my bonus dad.
In 2008, February 7th, the Imperial Sugar explosion would take her life and take her from us. She suffered four weeks in the Augusta burn unit before succumbing to her injuries. My mother worked 12-16 hours faithfully, and the value of her life was determined by white-collared white men who did not know her.
I would suffer with healing for ten years. In 2013, I married and had my first child in 2015. I filed for divorce in 2016 after I had enough of the abuse. I was pregnant with my second child. Now a mother of one daughter and son, we struggled with stability for one year before moving in with family in October 2017. From 2018-2019, I would work warehouse jobs, barely making ends meet for my kids until finally declaring to God that I’d had enough.
In January 2019, I received a full-time job, and on April 15th, 2020, on my daughter’s 5th birthday, I purchased my second home. I had no money saved because I couldn’t afford to save, but God covered all expenses. I had no money for closing, but I received money back. After a year of being in our home, I had started two businesses while working full-time, and I felt a tug in my heart that led me to leap. I thought of my mother and knew God had called me for more. He wanted more for my family. On June 17th, 2021, I quit my 9-5 to be a full-time business owner. God said it. Jeremiah 29:11