My Story
What Ignited #momday
I was born in Manhattan, NY to two deaf parents, one which was an immigrant from Nicaragua. I grew up in a home where it was abusive and toxic. I lived most of my younger years moving state to state because my mom decided to leave my father. When I was 8 my mother gave custody over to my aunt and for 3 years I lived without my mother. At the age of 11 I lived with my mother and grandmother. I met my now husband at 14 and we became pregnant with our first son at the age of 17. We graduated high school and went on with life as teen parents. We had three boys by the age of 25. The relationship endured a lot of heartbreak and tribulations. I was so broken. I did not know who I was anymore. I decided to go to college because that is what everyone does right? After getting my associates in Human Services in 2020, I still felt a void. I decided not to go back to college. In my prayer time with God, He gave me this vision of #momday. I sat on the vision for a year and decided to go for it. It started off with encouraging videos every Monday and a giveaway on the last Monday of the month. It grew quickly to brunches then to a retreat. During the launch and growth of #momday I got engaged and ended up calling the engagement off. I was devastated. I really did not know who I was or who I had become. What I learned quickly is that God is truly near the brokenhearted. I was so tired of doing this on my own that I had finally surrendered and submitted to God completely. No more half in, half out. God told me to give Him a year and watch what He would do. I had to leave everything I ever knew or was comfortable with. I had to dig deep and heal from past trauma and hurt and boy was that hard. The year had ended and my high school sweetheart and I got married. #momday had grown and so did I. I realized who I was in Christ and who He had called me to be. I finally understood what the good news was and knew that I had to share it with other women so they knew they weren't alone and could do it with Christ. I truly understood what God meant when He says He turns everything around for His good and that is something I pray every woman I encounter understands.
Testimony
"My name is Kaila, and I was apart of this beautiful #momday event. I want to say I found my peace & healing. I will start by saying the ride there was amazing I got to listening to the beautiful sounds of gospel music & also was able to have my mother by my side .. This event meant so much to me due to all the trails & tribulations I had going on ..
As we got to this beautiful home I felt the love through each lady that was there .. I can tell we all had a story .. My beautiful Bella did her thing she brought us all goodies bags that meant a lot to all.of us .. We had a wonderful game night & lovely comfy pj's.. We talked, we vented, we even cried A LOT !!! But it all was sooo worth it .. My favorite part was the healing process we all came there to relieve ourselves & that we did.. I met some dope females & bel'a"s beautiful voice and some worshipers that was there for us and prayed over us.. I can't wait to attend another 1 because it changed my life for the better, thank you soo much Bella. You're amazing keep going sis!!! I love MOMDAY!!"
-Kaila
Testimony
"Let me just first off say that Momday changed my life. I am at a place where I’m walking with God, I’m understanding him, I’m listening to him. I’m trying to follow his path when I went to Momday I was struggling, Bella asked everyone who attended what they love about themselves and nothing really came to my mind. I had to dig down deep and really think about it and I just knew then that I was lost. I prayed and asked God to show me the way and since then he has opened up so many doors for me but I see now that they have always been open for me, I was the one not walking through them. I had to let go and let God, I give thanks to Bella for having the Momday event because it pushed me to that point to realize that God works for good….. always! So, trust in him, believe in him, I knew those things but I wasn’t really living it. I wasn’t being intentional with it. I can say I know God is real and he was in the room that day. I just want to thank God for looking out for me when I wasn’t looking out for myself. One word I can describe how I felt when I left…… blessed!"
-Latasha
Testimony
Momday Brunch is such a beautiful event. The experience is everything! Literally, to be in a room full of amazing women, amazing mothers, all from different walks of life together celebrating each other, building each other up, and more importantly celebrating and building relationships with God! A true safe space. It is most definitely unmatched. My mom and I have been the past 2 years and will continue to attend as many as God allows! An amazing time with magnificent people!
-Keosha