Today we’d like to introduce you to Brandy Waller.
Hi Brandy, thanks for joining us today. We’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
My name is Brandy TheeYellaStallion born and raised in Houston, Texas. I am a testimony that anything is possible! I’m amazed at how far He’s brought me. I adore the woman that I have grown to be. I was never this strong. Never this open. I‘ve never thought I’d have the courage to tell anyone my story. I never would have thought I’d be this free. This happy in my journey.
You see, It all started back in August of 2000. I can remember it like it was yesterday. The phone ringing. The call that would change my life forever. “Your daddy’s gone.” My momma could barely hold back the tears as she sat us down and gave us the news. “He’s gone.” Just like that, my dad was gone. A motorcycle accident took my father. My heart. My world. My best friend. In my eyes, he was perfect. Yes, I love my mom, but the saying is true. “There is no love that compares to the love a father gives to his daughter.” When I lost him, I lost a big piece of me. I lost a piece of who I was. I hated him for it. I hated God for it. Why take away such a good person? A person who feared God himself. A person who did no wrong in my eyes. I didn’t understand.
I tried to put the pieces of myself back together. I tried to walk the straight and narrow, I did. I did what I needed to do keep to everyone happy. You know the norm that’s expected out of you…be the perfect girlfriend, the perfect athlete, the straight A student, graduate from high school. Get accepted to college. Get Involved. Keep my mom happy, obey all of her wishes. But at the end of the day, I was never happy. Something in me wasn’t satisfied.
I tried to figure this world out alone. I tried to find me alone. I tried to fill this void in me. I tried so hard and that’s when I found myself in a place where I felt the “love”. Yes, I became an exotic dancer. Oh boy. I was in a trance. A trance I did not want to snap out of. It felt all too good. I was in this club where I can get on stage. All the attention was on me like nothing else matter. Guys and girls gawked over me. Giving me what I thought I needed. Music blaring. Strobe lights bouncing from wall to wall. Hands all over me. As I take down each drink and swallow each pill, my inhibitions blurred. I kept sinking. I kept sinking deeper and deeper into this fantasy that this is where I belonged. Those walls again, closing in me tighter and tighter. I had nothing else. Numb. I did any and everything to stay in this made up reality of mine.
At this point, I was at rock bottom. I couldn’t breathe. I needed more. More of the drugs. More of the alcohol. Lady of the night, I was. That was my high. I chased it. I didn’t care about anything else. I was that girl you warned others about. I was that girl you wished you’d never be. That mugshot you seen in the chronicle. Yep, I was that little naïve girl trying to do it all on her own. Still trying to myself until one day reality hit me.
As I’m lying on the cold cot in the emergency room with three doctors and two police officers surrounding me. Laying there in complete dismay, I disregard everything that is going on around me. Drowning in my mind trying to accept what has happened to me. Chasing that fake “love” put me face to face with a barrel of a gun while being forced in a corner of dark parking lot in the back of an apartment complex. The pain. I wanted scream. His hand was holding my mouth. The hurt. I wanted to fight back, but I was too afraid. I can still feel the cold steel in the middle of my back. I was scared. I was alone. Lord please, I pleaded in my mind. Please don’t let him take my life. Not like this Lord. All this ran thru my mind
Laying in that hospital bed ….alive, God spoke to me once again; held me, and at that moment those walls of deception came crumbling down around me. I realized I was so sorry. Sorry for blaming my dad for leaving us. I was sorry I blamed God for taking him away from me. You see, the Lord never left me. All this time I denied him and he had never left my side. Yes, my dad was gone but as He says in Isaiah 64: 8: And yet, O Lord, you are our father. We’re the clay, and you are the potter. We are all formed by your hand.” I will never be alone because he is my creator. I will never have to figure it out alone. The Lord, my God, will always be there every step of the way to protect and guide me. When I feel like the pieces of me start to fall apart, just call on him like I did that very night. He will mold me back together like the potter like he promised. All I have to do is have faith. “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; lean not unto thy own understanding. In all ways acknowledge him and he shall direct my path.”
Now look at me. I have started school again to finish my business degree. Clean of any drugs eight years and counting. Out of depression. Happy, free, and even in love with this journey!
Since then, 2014, I have had so much clarity in my life I was able to see through the lens more clearly. I made my way back into the corporate world. Can you believe it? I worked up the ranks from being a customer service manager at a Savvy Discount Furniture to a store manager in a matter of less than five years (all thanks to Wayne Smith, the most awesome boss!) It’s ok to give that shout outright? Lol But I wanted more. I knew I was capable of more! So I took that leap of faith and became an entrepreneur all the way in a totally new state! Bye bye Texas and hello California!
I am now a business owner! Yes, I founded Its Simply BB Boutique where I sale women’s clothing, swimwear, and accessories during the start of the pandemic in 2019. I am currently in the start-up stage of my wig restoration and customizing business called The Luxxe HairXchange, and I have even began acting and modeling! I’m a constant work in progress! I’ve been amazingly successful in accomplishing all the goals I set and on top of it of all while being an awesome single mommy to my beautiful 6-year-old. SINGLE might I stress! I can now say my days are much brighter. I’m proud.
“I am bended, but not broken. I am the power of the thunderstorm. I am the beauty in the beast. I am the confidence in the midst of doubt. I am her, rebuilding these broken walls. I am me.” I am Brandy and thru Christ anything is possible!
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
Oh by far, it has not been the smoothest, however, I have enjoyed this process and have been learning more about myself along this journey than ever. I would say the main struggles I have is perfectionism and being my own worst critic. I catch myself being so caught up in the details being on point before I dive in to the point I almost self-sabotage. I have been learning every day, like Nipsey Hussle once quoted “Instead of trying to build a brick wall, lay a brick everyday. Eventually, you’ll look up and you’ll have a brick wall.” I am teaching myself to continue to do a bit each and everyday towards my goals and stay consistent. Before I know it, everything will fall in place! Trust God!
As you know, we’re big fans of you and your work. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about what you do?
I feel I am soooo different than most. It’s really hard to explain. YOU JUST KNOW! They say God gives his toughest battles to his strongest soldiers!
I am known to stand out for being just me; real and authentic. I go for what I want with passion and drive. I mean, I am the number one role model in my daughter’s life!
Whatever I put my mind to, I push for that ultimate end result; my vision. I am known for being that person to manifest and create her own reality. If you don’t like any part or circumstances happening in your life, you have to decide within yourself to make a change. That’s what I do and everything else fall into place. The universe always has my back!
Yes, I own a boutique and wig business. Yes, I am growing as a model who’s walking in Curvy Fashion Week this fall in NYC and an actress who is one credit away from becoming union, but if it weren’t from the fire and passion I have inside, none of it would have never came to fruition! I believe in me! I am proud of me! I owe myself and told myself that I would do this! Giving all praises to God!
We’d be interested to hear your thoughts on luck and what role, if any, you feel it’s played for you?
As I look at where I started to where I am standing today, others would say it was luck because I have survived and persevered through a tough life, but deep in my heart I know it was planning. It may have not been my plan, but God within me knew what was instore for me. Through all that pain and figuring things out on my own, it gave me a better understanding of myself and how to move through this world accordingly. How to make my next steps. I can honestly say it turned me into a savage. I have been through things many haven’t, but I am still here! I’m not kidding! Ask anyone that know me. They will tell you I make things happen with what I have “and it’s not ego-driven, it’s not me boasting and bragging!”
Contact Info:
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: ItsSimplyBB.com
- Instagram: www.instagram.com/TheeYellaStallion
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/BrandyTheeYellaStallion
- Other: https://app.castingnetworks.com/talent/public-profile/e1c86078-5d04-11ec-8b6a-6dc9748bfe3d
Image Credits
Photographer: Eli Malizia Makeup/hair styling: Eli Malizia Hair Unit: TrindiBundles Install: The Luxxe HairXchange Lingerie: The Deepend EP Wardrobe Styling: Brandy Thee Yella Stallion
