Erica Jo Robinson
My name is Ms. Erica Jo Robinson, and Im just a Jersey girl living in Va.
Just an ordinary woman, called to do extraordinary things, but my calling , by no means, made my life any easier.
I have been through enough things in life, that I feel qualified to stand amongst those who are qualified to share, I also know you are the raw material of everything you ever wanted to be. It's under heavy duress that I am face to face with the very essence of who I am, to be honest sometimes I’m proud of what I find, and other times not so much. It’s when I became fed up with being in the valley of pain and decision, without a way to navigate, that I learned to quiet my emotions. Emotions are equated to seas being tossed to and fro (back and forth) but calming that sea is the key to hearing that still quiet voice. It's the only voice that truly allows you to decode the sediments from your repeating thought patterns. In this place, considered one of the most anguished places to be among men, is where the olive is pressed for Its oil, grapes are crushed and trampled for wine, iron is refined in the fire and made beautiful, valuable weapons of war. I believe it is to this place that many are called, but few are chosen. If you ever felt like God crushed you in one hand and sustained you in the other, then my message is for you.
I am a stage 4b adenocarcinoma survivor, ironically it seemed when my life was just beginning, I was closest to death. I was living so good that I felt no symptoms of cancer that I could recognize, I had both covid and cancer at the same time and was practically A-symptomatic. After surgery, recovery was lonely, long and hard, but In these moments I would have the clearest picture of myself. My true self. I want and need to share my deepest thoughts while I was in these refining moments, not only during my first cancer diagnosis, but also my second. While in the valley of pain and decision, I realized my purpose was grander than I could have ever imagined. I Am the guardian, I Am the change, I Am both the lock and key.
Ms. Erica Jo Robinson is a Best selling co-author in the H.E.R Story T.O.O. Anthology book collection by Carolyn Wilson, an aspiring public speaker, and point of light. She has been trained and fortified by lifes lessons and finally feels ready to step forward.