Hello and welcome to this special edition of Keep It Positive, sweetie.

Today is a special episode because you, my listeners, have written into me and asked me for

advice. We always do positive outcomes where I read a letter from you all that you write in.

And I give you my advice and so does my guess.

But today I'm taking some time out for just me and you to listen to what you have to say

and give you the best advice that I can.

All right?

So let's get into it.

Good morning, Crystal.

First, I want to say thank you.

I love to watch your show, and you are so inspiring and honest.

Thank you for being who you are authentically.

I am on a quest to get back my femininity.

But as a 52-year-old woman, I'm not sure what that means. Is it the way a woman dresses,

speaks, smells, moves, acts, and can you lose it? And if so, how do you get it back? As a single

divorced mother of three adult children, I am in search to recreate myself. I have been hard for so long that I don't know

anything else, but I know that's not how God made me. As I am typing this, my eyes are filling

with tears. I had to be hard in order to raise three children, two males, and one daughter

on the south side of Chicago, keeping them out of gangs, not selling drugs,

or becoming baby daddies or baby mamas.

It was hard, but I did it because I wanted the best for them.

In doing that, I lost me.

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