Madonna of the Trail.

Apr 24, 2026

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During my studies this morning at 9:35 AM on April 24, 2026, someone referred to me as a Madonna of the trail which I’ve never heard of before I don’t believe I have anyway. Then the thought dawned on me that I did see the statue in Bealsville, Pennsylvania, when I used to live in California, Pennsylvania, which is just miles away. I always thought it was so awesome but I never understood exactly what it meant.

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Now that I had a chance to see the statue up close while researching it, I see that I am a military woman, a Marine, and I have two children just like this woman has two children. She looks like a strong woman, trained in Battle yet gentle enough to raise her children. It could represent me. That’s what I’ve done for the past almost 40 years among other things. The picture below shows the states along route 66 that she is in. The Madonna of the trail is from Pennsylvania to California. There are 12 of them. From the east, to the west.

I never really considered myself as what you’d call, a leader, and I was hoping not to be. I do preach the word of God, but I am not the best of course. I couldn’t stand by the leader of this country and call myself being the spiritual leader of the country, unless God lead me that way. But I would never try to do it on my own out of my own power. People ask me questions and there are certain people who stick with me throughout the years, but I never saw myself as a literal leader.

Anyone who finds themselves in competition with me do/does not realize their own power. All of us are different. No one is the same. I don’t want to be like anyone else at all. I enjoy being me. If anyone is watching me to see if I’m going to rise up a nation of people, they’re wasting their time. I am not Martin-a Luther, King, I am not Esther Shabazz, and I in no way, choose to be a Moses or a Miriam. There is always going to be someone along the way who is going to monitor you to see how far you go/grow. As long as I have God with me and the word of God, the Holy Spirit and Jesus, I cannot stop doing what I’m doing. God assigned me to do what I do and I will continue to do it until my death or until JESUS comes back. (I have no idea why this thing capitalizes names, it’s aggravating.)

You can see my credentials below throughout the years and no, I do not speak with collegiate words. I am down to earth and a basic speaker. The biggest event that I have on my list is that I spoke for Black History Month at the Federal building in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, and got a certificate for that as you can see below. And yes, they let me know that they scanned my background. It was real but we all laughed and took it lightly.

That’s it, that’s me, thank you to whoever that was that referred to me as a Madonna of the Trail. It’s an honor for you have done so but I’m just a nobody trying to tell everybody about somebody and his name is JESUS.

Essie

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