Emem Washington is a wife, mother singer,
songwriter, speaker, teacher, author, dream
ambassador and attorney. She is a social
media strategist to faith based
entrepreneurs. But at one time in her past,
her story was very different.
She suffered 2 miscarriages and 2 still-births
before her first child. She went broke and
lost her house to foreclosure. She has been
through a divorce, even though she doesn’t
believe that is the way a marriage should
end. She was forced to move back in with
her parents as a single mom with 2 children
and 2 advanced degrees including a
doctorate.
She felt lost, hopeless and trapped, even
after doing all the right things. But today
her story is different. How did she get out of
those depths? Find out more in her
interview.
“ Your Story Is Not Over”
An Interview with Emem Washington
JP: First of all, I want to say thank you and God bless you richly for agreeing to
this interview.
EW: Thank you for the honor.
JP: You have been through so much. Were you a Christian at the time you were
going through those difficult circumstances?
EW: Yes I was.
JP: People ask God “why” in difficult times. Can you in any way put a finger on
the reason why you went through those difficulties?
EW: You know, the Bible tells us that His ways are not our ways, and neither are
His thoughts our thoughts. I can say that as a result of all that I’ve experienced,
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