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time and energy into
your children but then
you understand that
putting into what you
believe is going to be
fruitful and multiply
for them is what’s
most important.
MADE: What drives
you to keep going
when it gets tough?
AJ: My children for
sure. It’s like once you
have kids you don’t
see yourself anymore.
You understand
that you have to
be responsible for
somebody else. I have
two little babies
that I have to be
responsible for so
now it becomes even
more of a motivation.
When they get older
and understand what
you’re doing, I want
them to be able to
say my mom worked
really hard to get to
where she’s at. She
went through this
to overcome that.
They’re going to go
through things too
and and they need to
know and understand
how to get out of
those situations and
have the motivation
to say well if my
mom did it or if
someone else did it,
I can do it too. For
me, I can’t really fall
and if I do fall it can’t
be for a long time
because I have two
little beings looking up
to me.
MADE: What’s
been your proudest
moment in business
thus far?
AJ: Just what I’ve
done with my brand
and my wine. I had no
idea what I was going
to do. I just kind of
woke up one day and
got this message from
God like what are you
going to do with this
brand? I could just
sell it but I realized
that it’s supposed
to be bigger than
that. So when I really
honed in on it, and
focused on what this
is supposed to be and
once we started we
just kept going. To me
that’s my proudest
thing. I’m giving back.
I’m helping people,
I’m inspiring other
people and that’s the
proudest thing that
I’ve accomplished in
my business venture.
MADE: What advice
would you give to a
single mother who
wants to start her own
business?
AJ: Whatever it is
she wants to do to
keep on doing it and
seek the answers
as far as doing your
research and learning
your options. Don’t
let someone tell you
that you can’t do it.
No matter how hard
it seems when you’re
doing the research.
No matter how hard it
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probably will be, you
can do it if you really
want to. Also, keep
going. Pray on it and
ask God if that’s really
what you’re supposed
to be doing.
MADE: What’s your
outlook on 2018?
AJ: I see my brand
coming all the way
together. I‘m going to
be writing a book and
I want to incorporate
that with the wine.
Everything that I’m
doing is to inspire
and to give back
and to help people
with the things that
I know. I see myself
growing in 2018
and I see the wine
business growing and
honestly, I just really
see myself happy.
That’s all I really want.
I don’t want to get in
anybody way, I want
to stay in my own
lane and I want to
help other people and
I want to be happy
that’s it. 2018 is going
to be a positive year
and a year of change.
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