Let's THRIVE!

ExPOSED Inc is pleased and EXCITED to announce for THRIVER entires to recognize each month. THRIVER recognitions are individuals overcoming through life's challenges while impacting the lives around them to see beyond hopelessness. Do you know a THRIVER?

A THRIVER is an individual that has overcome abuse & refuses to allow their traumatic experiences to define who they are and who they want to become. 

I AM A THRIVER of 7 years of verbal and emotional abuse. I witnessed several abuses from such an early age and escaping it seemed inevitable. From the time that I can recall my understanding of a man. All I thought is that; I don’t really want one. From visually seeing sexual and physical abuse at a young age, my view of relationships was screwed. You don't know, what you don't know, and is everyone's household this way?

I decide to keep the legacy of abuse going because who was I to end the cycle? Put on the brave face & mask and face his demons head on. Well, I am no one's savior, but thank God my Savior found me, and made a way of escape; physically first and then in my heart so I would not go back down that same path. Once I release not only who I was but also my thoughts that held me captive, it was then I found joy. Like the kind of joy where it does not matter the external things going on, you will still have that JOY, it’s the kind of peace that you can't measure the magnitude, but those who have experienced it understands. It's that smile I saw on others and knew that it was not fake or temporal, but just didn't understand how to obtain it. Until NOW! I got it ya'll, and I never want to give it away.

Career-wise, I have worked for over 16 years with the Department of Workforce Development, currently serving as the District Director for Job Service.  I am grateful for where I am presently in life; looking forward to where I am going because guess what...

I AM A THRIVER,  Laneice McGee