“I didn’t have it easy growing up because my mother wasn’t rich but she did everything possible to see her kids succeed.” Beyoncé

“I didn’t have it easy growing up because my mother wasn’t rich but she did everything possible to see her kids succeed.” Beyoncé

“My grandmother was a seamstress. My grandparents did not have enough money, they couldn’t afford my mother’s Catholic school tuition. So my grandmother sold clothes for the priests and the nuns and made the uniforms for the students in exchange for my mother’s education. She then passed this gift down to my mother and taught her how to sew. When we were starting out in Destiny’s Child, high-end record labels didn’t really wanna dress for blãck country cũrvy girls. And we couldn’t afford designer dresses and couture. My mother was rejęcted from every show-room in New York. But like my grandmother, she used her and creativity to give her children their dreams. My mother and my uncle, Johny designed all of our first costumes and made each piece by hand, individually sewing hundreds of crystals and pearls putting so passion and love into every small detail. So to my mother, my uncle, and my grandmother, thank you all. Thank you for showing me that having a presence is far more than the clothes you wear and your physical beauty. Thank you for showing me never take No! For an answer. Thank you for showing me how to take rîsk, work hard and live life on my own terms irrespectîve of my gender.” Beyoncé