THE RESILIENT:
Adjusting My Crown
You may feel like you’ve been bent backward and forward beyond recognition by life’s trials. Let’s face it, life happens, but you do not have to allow life to destroy you. What you will learn by reading these amazing stories is that you too can overcome. You will be inspired to be a victor and not a victim. You can and will overcome rejection, avoid being a statistic, love again after a divorce, and heal physically, emotionally, and spiritually. You can rebuild your life after losing everything. You are resilient!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Colony T. Velez is a native of Tampa, Florida; however, Charles Town, West Virginia has been her
home for over twenty-six years. She and her husband, Daniel, met while in high school and have been
together ever since. They have been married for twenty-three years and have three children in college.
After graduating high school, she attended Hagerstown Business College in Hagerstown, Maryland, and
then attended Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, majoring in nursing.
In 2004, Colony had to make a career change due to getting hurt on the job and other family
circumstances. So, she started working for a large IT company and has been working in some form of
program support for IT companies for almost twenty years. She currently works as an account manager.
Her faith in God is very important to her, and she loves to fellowship with others at her church, Hope
City Church, in Martinsburg, West Virginia. In the fall of 2022, she founded Purposeful Peace Ministry,
Inc. Through this ministry, she hopes to share with women of all ages how to find the peace that God has
given us and to help push them to find their purposes. In her spare time, she enjoys journaling, spa days,
and traveling.
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