The Evolution of Me written by Author Daphne Dorsey
Evolution, to evolve, to come into oneself. The gradual development of something, especially from a simple to a more complex form. As a young girl developing into a mature me, I didn’t see my future being a wife or mother, as a matter of fact, while in my junior year of high school I was working on base with the Air Force. Single, enjoying life still home foot loose and fancy free. I hand selected my destiny and future and I decided I was going to enlist into the US Air Force. That was age 16 many years ago. God has a way of rerouting and often times changing our plans! Did I know that then, I didn’t, it just happened? The “it” was named John! We met during my high school years and I married this king at the young age of 17! From graduation to marriage all in the same year. Now this is when my evolution began. Raised in church all of my life, a very soft-spoken young lady who was always told that a lady is always seen and never heard therefore, I was always cautious conducting myself in the presence of others. Soon after marriage we started our family. Now I did not know that FAMILY was coming in such a large package, I was one of five but he was one of eighteen! I know right, go figure even if we were to agree to meet in the middle is does not equate to 15 children in our 17-year marriage. Evolution, the gradual development of something, especially from a simple to a more complex form. I believe in life, evolution can happen numerous times depending on the occasion. We are constantly evolving as human beings because of the complexities of life. So here I am evolving from a single young lady in high school into young women who’s a wife and now mother. 4
