Naleighna Kai's Literary Cafe Magazine May - Mother's Day Issue | Page 24

Slaves of Heaven has a great deal of what I experienced
by my uncle’s hand
Open Door Marriage is a nod to the older woman/
younger man relationship with the first man I’ve ever
loved.
My Time in the Sun is a blend of my sister and my
niece’s experiences (who years apart where both victims
of child sex trafficking and became teenage prostitutes).
It also details my struggles with believing in God, the
recent family drama surrounding a funeral I didn’t know
anything about, and the tribute to the same man who is
written about in Open Door Marriage, Rich Woman’s
Fetish, and Slaves of Heaven. Same love. Different
experiences.
Now let’s take stock of things. That woman, who I call
my true mother, was already put in place to help me long
before I crossed the threshold and crawled in her lap. I am
more like her in my thinking, the way I keep house, and
the way that I’m always open and receptive to the beauty
of what life has to show me. The Creator knew that I had
to go through the tough lessons, but also knew that there
had to be a softer, nurturing element nearby to balance
things out so that I could become the person, the woman
that I am; the woman that I am evolving into. The woman
that I am learning to love.
Who knew that things could look really bad in the
beginning, but are all part of the Master Game Plan? If
things came without walking that thin line between pain
and pleasure, fire and ice, seeming failure and resounding
success—we wouldn’t become the spiritual representation
of the best The Creator has to offer.
Ask me how I know.