08/28/2026
✨ TODAY, P.I.E. RECEIVED OUR FIRST GRANT. ✨
And honestly, this isn't really a story about money.
It's a story about obedience.
I had never applied for a grant before October 2025 I have been funding P.I.E. & The Butterflies have assisted at times.
But, 10/25 was the first time I decided to put my training to the test.
And I learned.
I learned by engaging with funders.
I learned by listening.
I learned by being willing to see where we had missed the mark.
And I learned to allow My Ori to lead me.
I could see the error.
We got a million dollar level fiscal, however, were aiming too high financially. We put ourselves in competition with those organizations operating with those budgets.
So we stopped.
We regrouped.
We corrected.
We built differently.
And only now are we beginning to write again.
Then today, after spending time at the ocean, I came home and checked my email.
There it was.
Our first grant.
And what moved me wasn't the amount.
It was the timing.
We hadn't written for it recently.
We weren't chasing it.
We weren't expecting it.
It felt like a quiet reminder:
You listened. You corrected. You stayed the course. Keep going.
Yesterday, my accounts were looking ugly. 😂
I went to the pond.
I sat with nature.
I breathed.
I surrendered.
By the time I came home, things had shifted, and there was an overflow.
Today, I spent four hours with my ancestors.
And I came home to this grant.
Again, this isnt a story about money.
Because that's not what I believe.
Blessings don't always look like money.
Sometimes the blessing is clarity.
Sometimes it's protection.
Sometimes it's the right person showing up.
Sometimes it's a closed door.
Sometimes it's the strength to begin again.
Sometimes it's simply knowing you're walking in the right direction.
And sometimes, the blessing arrives in a form that helps you continue the work.
Today, for P.I.E., that form happened to be a grant.
And I receive it with gratitude—not as a measure of our worth, but as provision for the work.
The blessing wasn't the money.
The blessing was having the wisdom to listen, the humility to correct ourselves, the discipline to wait, and the faith to keep moving.
Remember, when your learning something new it's okay to fall as long as you fall forward.
One day, you'll look around and realize that all those little acts of obedience were building something much bigger than you could see.
So today, I give thanks.
For the lesson.
For the correction.
For the guidance.
For my ancestors.
For My Ori.
For the people who believed.
And for this small beginning.
Never despise small beginnings.
🌱✨
We're building.
We're learning.
We're listening.
And we're just getting started.
Oh... and that first grant?
$5,000. I am going to a shelter & gift 10 women with a blessing...
🙏🏾✨
