The Beginning
Hey! My name is Monique and WELCOME to my online boutique - FLY - First.Love.Yourself. FLY isn’t just a saying that looks cute and sounds good, the saying has powerful meaning to my heart and journey.
My hope is that I can bring you with me on this journey. A quick backstory on how we got here; back in my twenties is when I first started to feel my emotions, emotions received through interactions from my family, work, personal and romantic relationships - this was the moment in time I started to find my identity in those emotions – and that is a recipe for disaster!
I joined the military at the young and ripe age of 20 years old, not knowing what I wanted to do with my life, but at the same time knowing that I had to do something. After I joined the military my ‘adulting’ went from 0-100 in what felt like seconds. I went from moving away from my family, moving overseas to Italy, getting pregnant, getting married and then divorced all within 4 years. You can imagine my emotions were everywhere with everyone and sadly enough I never gave them space to be seen or heard, and that pattern was done for quite some time, let’s say 10 years.
Wake-Up Call
Fast forward to that estimated 10 years later, I took my first solo trip to Estes Park, Colorado and there I realized, I’m not living my true self. Once that realization came I literally said out loud on top of the Rocky Mountains so God himself could hear me, “I’m READY – TRANSFORM me.”
This was a little over 6 years ago, that was when my relationship with God took many ebbs and flows, finding a way to trust everyone and even God himself. One thing that did stick with me is the truth of, ‘God has a purpose for my Life.’ It all started with knowing and trusting that I need to FIRST.LOVE.MYSELF to know that God will never abandon me and he has a plan for my life. I ultimately had to answer the question, do I love myself enough to let go of my emotions and let God transform me, and the answer was an astounding, YES! I’ve transformed in every dimension of my life – my marriage, parenting, my career, in interpersonal relationships with my family, friends – and still transforming today. This is all done with the power of the Holy Trinity known as God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit.
Time is Now
So, here we are – welcome again to the journey of FLYing - through FLY - we are creating a movement of loving yourself enough to know God has put you here for a purpose. We celebrate this mission through our clothing products, designed with you in mind - take a look around and let us know if you have any questions. Many Blessings to You, My Friends <3