Letter from the
Editor in Chief Hello to all you wives that have decided to make Empowering Wives your source of information. I am happy and honored to be given the opportunity to have captured your attention. I believe that it is by no mistake that you were drawn to glaze your eyes upon the pages of this magazine. If I may, let me take a moment and introduce myself. My name is Meltoria Woodside, I am happily married to Yocasta Woodside Sr. Whom I have been graced to have been with since high school. Together we have 3 handsome, smart, and intelligent sons Yocasta Jr, Carlisle and Mateo. In addition, I have 2 bonus sons Jermaine and Tagem. Over 10 years ago, I was faced with infidelity in my marriage. It was one of the toughest seasons of my entire life. Although I had reason and right to leave, I decided to stay and push through. Along with infidelity, I endured verbal, emotional and physical abuse.
I believe that it is by no mistake that you were drawn to glaze your eyes upon the pages of this magazine.
“However, with the help of the Lord, I was able to fight through all of that, and conquer what many would consider a lost cause. Now, my husband is saved and delivered, and my family is now experiencing what I believe are some of the best days ever. In 2016 the Lord spoke to me and said, “It is time to tell your story”. Now at that time, I had not idea what He was referring to because I did not think that I had a story to tell nor worth telling. However, Holy Spirit took me back down memory lane and directed me to teach Wives how to fight. He said When Wives Fight Families win. Since 2016 to this present time, my life has been dedicated to what Holy Spirit has commissioned me to do. Since the time that I have been commissioned, I have obtained my bachelor’s degree in theology and became a certified Marriage coach. I have also written four books When Wives Fight Families Win, Fight to Win a battle plan to fight for your marriage and family, Healing and Deliverance for the broken wife and the praying wife an introduction to effective prayer. I am also an instructor at Empowering Wives Academy. The Lord has empowered me to be a resource center for wives. In 2017 I had a vision of launching a magazine, which I tried to execute at that time with no success. For a moment I felt like a failure because I was not able to get it going. However, many times since the initial vision I kept seeing this magazine. In addition to that others have mentioned seeing me create such. 2017 may be the time that the vision was given but 2021 is the year of execution. Empowering Wives Magazine is a magazine that is done for wives by wives. We will be publishing 8 issues per year with 2 issues each season!
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EMPOWERING WIVES • February 2021
