The Stay Strong and Stand Show

My name is Minister Aleja Robbins Bennett and I was born in East Elmhurst Queens New York by my unknown biological mother July 9th 1973 at 7:23 am. In 1976 I was raised in East New York Brooklyn by my adopted parents who served as a deacon and deaconess and became mother and father of the church in their older years. As of March 2021 My adopted father has passed away at 85 years old. From the age of two through nineteen they physically-verbally and mentally abused me. I was tortured, starved and neglected all through my childhood. Alcohol became an escape for me while I associated with people-men that added to the painful past of abuse. At the age of twenty five while walking into my first A.A. meeting is when I began to write the very first poem titled Being Alive. From there I wrote Fourteen titles, 40 Ways To Please A Good Woman, 40 Ways To Please A Good Man, Only the Strong Can Survive, Aleja's Beautiful Poetic Strategy in Recovery, Poems from the Heart Mind Body and Soul, Passions Desires of Aleja the Poet, Thoughts Deeply Rooted Within Me, Seasons With And Without Love, All I Can Do Is Stand, All I can Do Is Stand Part Two, Adopted Abused And Still Standing, Unlocking The Doors Of The Spoken Word and my new release for February 2014 is You Can't and Won't Stop Me From my Purpose and I cant Breathe which are all Available on Amazon and all online book stores. I share my story to changes lives and the foster care system. I've had a calling to minister in my early twenties. Due to negative comments, gestures led me to run from the call. The call of ministry, Praise and Worship, writing books to recording my first gospel CD titled Gratitude to Praise and Worship. God has delivered and set me free from adoption abuse, alcoholism, depression, suicide and homelessness. I now answer the call to Minister because the Holy Spirit will not let me go on a daily basis. I'm currently as of May 25th 2021 in my second semester of Ministry schoo