We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Nekisha Cosey. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Nekisha below.

Nekisha , thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today We’d love to hear the backstory behind a risk you’ve taken – whether big or small, walk us through what it was like and how it ultimately turned out.

I was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. As a young child, while my peers desired to be police officers, doctors, and firemen or firewomen, I desired to be a writer. I had a profound love for Langston Hughes and Zora Neal Hurston. I would often write poems after cleaning my room and loved to create short stories and narratives. This love for writing is what saved me from one of the most challenging times of my life, the passing of my father. When my father passed, I knew he was sick because I had several phone calls with his providers, accompanied him to appointments, and did my best as his daughter to care for him. However, I realized that while I could control appointment schedules and when I would pick up his medications, I had no control over his death. My dad took a trip to Memphis to visit my uncle who was also on his death bed. He made it just in time to wish his brother farewell. Unbeknownst to us, we had no idea that our dad would not be returning from his trip. On December 9, 2020, he went to bed and never woke back up. He had passed from one realm of consciousness into another. It was at that time of sadness, sorrow, anxiety, and helplessness that I would take one of the biggest risks of my life. I applied for law school at the University of Georgia School of Law, and I was accepted. The book I started writing while my dad was living, and the same book I allowed to collect dust when he passed away, I begun to finish it. While there are times that we become stagnant in grief, there are times that it becomes a gust of wind, pushing us into purpose. My dad’s passing did just that. My grief had caused me to take a risk I never though was possible. I didn’t think I was good enough to attend law school. There I was almost forty, and my classmates were in their early twenties. I felt out place, but I found out quickly that feeling out of place, doesn’t mean you’re not in purpose.

Nekisha , love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

My name is Nekisha L. Cosey. I am the middle child of 6 children, three sisters, and two brothers. I am a mother of eight children, four boys and four girls. I am also the grandmother of three grandkids, two boys and one little girl. I accepted my call to preach the gospel at the age of nineteen and this year I have been preaching for twenty-five years. I began my ministry of writing when my father passed away. It was therapeutic for me and provided an outlet for me to catalogue my thoughts and feelings. I essentially began to grieve in writing but the more I wrote, the less I grieved. When my grief became overwhelming and unbearable, I wrote. It was in my father’s death that I found my purpose as a writer. To date, I have written eight books. Word to the Wise: Transformation Station, Word to the Wise: 108 Days of Power: Hood Proverbs for the Soul, Glory and the Land of Signs and Wonders, Glory Loves the Rain, Picky Pete Hates to Eat, Gabriel and the Sock Bandit, My Grandpa Went to Heaven, and Go! I am proud of these books because it allows the reader to use their imagination and walk through the pages. It also allows the reader to take a journey and the road of encouragement and pick up useful tools to navigate through life’s journey. I want potential readers to know that I write with them in mind. The bible records that the Father is close to the broken hearted, and I want to encourage them not to become stagnant in grief or the disappointments in life, but to GO!

Can you open up about how you funded your business?

Publishing books can be very expensive. Not only did I have to consider the cost of graphic design, the book cover, illustrations, editing, and publishing services, but I also needed to care for these costs without any loans or sponsorships. I decided to walk by faith and do it myself. I cut back on things that gave me joy, such as a simple trip to Wal-Mart that would cost $300. I used those funds to publish my books. I also picked up a gig such as driving for Uber and Lyft. I set a goal each day and completed it. The lesson I learned in this is if you have the will to do it, you can get it done. We should never be afraid of money. If we are afraid of our visions, we will never accomplish anything. The bible tells us to walk by faith and not by sight. If we are not careful, our sight can cause us delays because sometimes what we see is a sea of disappointment, hurdles, and challenges. However, what the Father sees are a horizon of accomplishments. When you take the first step, you’ll find out that walking out your vision is easier when you’re moving, then when you’re standing in one place looking at all the challenges but making no gains.

What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?

I had to unlearn that the lack of support, doesn’t mean your vision won’t be supported. Some of us have been waiting for those closest to us, familiar with us and friends with us to support our work. Unfortunately, that may be the reason for our delays. I had to unlearn depending on close spheres of support. When I wrote my first book, not only was it sold in the United States, but I was picking up sales in New Zealand, Canada, Europe, and places I had never been in my life. Had I shut down and not written my books because people didn’t believe in me, I would have never experienced my books traveling the globe. The important lesson here is to believe in yourself and that you are capable of doing anything as long as you believe it.

Contact Info:

• Website: NekishaCoseyMinistries.com
• Instagram: PastorProphetCosey
• Facebook: Nekisha E Cosey
• Linkedin: Nekisha L Cosey
• Youtube: Crochrell