You know how some things just catch your attention? They just stick in your mind. Well the name “Women With Gifts” was one of those things, and I had to know more about it. The motto was even intriguing “Growing Roses From A Briefcase”. Then to top it off they were sponsoring a project that was near and dear to my heart. 
The project is called “I Survived” Gospel Concert. This is a movement to celebrate survivors of breast cancer, sexual abuse and domestic violence. This concert will donate the proceeds to Dunbar High School in Fort Worth, Texas and the Umoja mentoring organization. I made an appointment to interview the founder of “Women With Gifts” to learn more about the organization.
I’m always telling my students and children that you never know who you are going to meet. When I attended the press conference for the announcement of MegaFest coming back to Dallas, I introduced myself to this beautiful young lady who immediately said she knew my name.
Photography by Radiant Sparks
Then she smiled and said that she was the person that I had an interview with later on that day. Even in the few minutes that we talked I knew that the interview would be something special.
Mrs. LaNette Kincaid is a woman on a mission. A mission to give back to the community, to give and to assist other women with their gifts. Let’s first start with the “I Survived” Concert. Everyone knows someone or maybe they are that someone who has survived breast cancer, domestic violence or sexual abuse and more. This concert is a celebration of their survival. When I asked LaNette why gospel music, she talked of her survival through her own illness and how gospel music speaks to the soul. There is a gospel song for every trial, all tribulations–there is a gospel song for every situation.
She has always given back to the community through coat drives, programs on breast cancer and more. She is intent on helping the community as much as she can.
Her website “Women With Gifts”–“Growing Roses From A Briefcase” not only assist women with using their gifts, but it mentors other women to use their gifts. She realizes that sometimes women suppress their gifts, and though her mentoring she helps to inspire and motivate them so that they can use what God has given them.
Her determination to help others does not stop with the concert or the mentoring. She invites other bloggers to post on her blog, giving them a chance for others to read their work. She says that God gave her the inspiration to launch “Women With Gifts”, and she is determined to assist others in their endeavors.
The “I Survived” Gospel Concert will be held on March 7, 2015 at 6 PM at Dunbar High School (5700 Ramey Avenue, Fort Worth, TX 76112). You can purchase your tickets at: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/i-survived-gospel-concert-tickets-14746225357.
You can also purchase the tickets at the Women With Gifts site at: http://womenwithgifts.com/.
Being a survivor and helping others is a way to give back to others. Mrs. LaNette Kincaid is “Growing Roses From A Briefcase”.
Remember “thisisyourbestyear”–why not start planting your garden?
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