Our Beautiful Guest today, Roberta Axson is Owner and Fonder of Teen Moms 2 Beyond, which is an organization to help young mother's with support, knowledge, and direction. Roberta newly released the "Teen Mom 2 Beyond Journal," found on Amazon! This movement was birth from Roberta's own story with teen pregnancy, starting at 14 she found herself walking in the footsteps of her mother, who had her at 15. Roberta was determined not to become another statistic and she graduated highshool, pursued a degree in college, which eventually led to her 25 year career as a Teacher!

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Power Notes:

* "My first son is my heart beat. He keeps the rhythm in step. My youngest is my heart."

* Didn't know what motherhood was about at 15 years old

* Refused to be labeled with in the typical statistics category

* a great desire to give to her son more than she saw or had 

* The way she gives is because that's what she wants for her own self. Love, Support, Encouragement, Cheerfulness, etc.

* "You can't tell people who you are until you tell people who you were," Roberta's Husband

* Mom hood is not just a job but a career

* This is generational- making a choice to something different

* Career- professional, what you do to always continue to be better, ministry, gift, assignment, busines, etc.

* Job- something you do in the meantime

* where you are now isn't where you have to stay

* didn't understand the rejection, abandonment, self-hatred, not belonging, don't fit in

*it's not me to not be able to give something you've never had, it's a desire to give what you haven't experienced

* God gives us love to be able to give

* optimism equals opportunity

* being broken will cause dysfunction

* be brave enough to accept help

* defending soul wounds and trauma with success and arrogance

* living in surrender for His Glory and Purpose

* it's already in the spirit, it has to manifest in the natural

* abundant life more than material things, breathing in your life.

*I believed I could 

* Break the bonds  when I broke down

* If we don't teach our children then who will??

* we are all flowers with different characteristics, fragrances, and aroma that goes up in the nostrils of Almighty God.

* sunflowers move toward the direction of the sunlight.

* Tulips reposition themselves to survive.

* God said, " I am not in your past. I'm ahead, meet me there."

*income-investment, outcome-fruit of labor

* comparison and competition with one another = contamination and compromise

* we can decontaminate by = prayer and repentance