Erica - HER LIFE Magazine

herlifeErica| inspirationsNew Year, New You!HughesMountains are God’s gift to the world. They are beautiful,majestic and awe-inspiring. When we literally face thesemountains and aspire to scale them, when we reach theirglorious peaks and look down not only at the world around us butacross the horizon and to the skies above, the inspiration that continuesto lift us higher cannot be ignored.Sometimes, however, there are mountains we face in life of themore figurative kind…the kind of mountains that seem daunting,insurmountable and simply too huge of an obstacle for us to attemptto get around. Some people may attempt to climb them, but thensomehow lose their ambition to go any further. Others try to go aroundthem, but end up going in circles. Others still, decide to do nothing,content in the mediocrity of the valley in which they reside. EricaHughes, however, knows just how to kick a mountain’s butt and thensome!Erica, a fun-loving and down-to-earth young woman, will quicklytake your breath away. Sure, she has the looks, but what makes onestop and take note is her amazing grace and subtle confidence withwhich she handles life. She has scaled a few emotional mountains inher day, and the journey has not always been easy. In fact, sometimes itwas downright paralyzing and at one low point in the valley, she evenquestioned the need for her own existence.However, Erica looked deep inside herself at that lowest point inher life and realized that she, like everyone else, has a special purposeand reason for being. She realized God’s eternal love for her and thatHe wanted her to have the best life possible. Keeping that in mind,Erica decided, when so many others would have thrown up their armsin despair, to really live her life to the best of her abilities, and in doingso, she has inspired countless others to pursue the dreams of their soulsand embrace each day with renewed vitality. Every day is a reason to22 HERLIFEMAGAZINE.COM