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ROYALTY IS OUR ACRONYM FOR:
REACHING OUR YOUNG & ADULT LADIES THROUGH YESTERDAY'S TRAGEDY.

WE ARE A NONPROFIT (501C3) ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO BRINGING AWARENESS AND ADDRESSING DATING ISSUES FACING OUR TEENAGE BOYS AND GIRLS.

                                                                                                         
FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT

THINGS WILL HAPPEN IN OUR LIFE...THINGS THAT WE ARE NOT PREPARED FOR...THINGS THAT WILL MAKE US QUESTION GOD AND OUR FAITH.

ON AUGUST 19, 2007 MY LIFE WAS FOREVER CHANGED. DANIELA HUERTAS IS MY NIECE AND WE SHARED A SPECIAL BOND.  I RECALL BEING AT HER WEDDING AND THINKING "WOW, THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW LIFE FOR HER." A MONTH LATER I FOUND MYSELF AT HER FUNERAL...THE END OF HER LIFE. I RECALL HER FACE, HOW YOUNG SHE LOOKED, HOW SHE HAD PLANS FOR HER FUTURE, GOALS IN HER LIFE... BUT YET THERE SHE WAS LIFELESS.  I KEPT THINKING HOW SENSELESS HER DEATH WAS. "SHE DIED FOR NOTHING" I THOUGHT.
THAT DAY AT HER FUNERAL I MADE A PROMISE TO HER. I PROMISED HER THAT HER DEATH WOULD NOT BE IN VAIN! I PROMISED THAT THROUGH HER TRAGEDY MANY YOUNG LIVES WOULD BE SAVED, CHANGED AND INSPIRED. I HAVE ESTABLISHED ROYALTY IN HER HONOR.
IF THROUGH ROYALTY WE CAN HELP EVEN JUST ONE GIRL...GET HER OUT OF AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP OR PREVENT HER FROM GOING INTO ONE, THEN SHE HAS NOT DIED IN VAIN.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE QUOTES IS: "THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO US IN LIFE DO NOT DETERMINE WHO WE ARE.
THE WAY WE RESPOND TO THEM DETERMINES WHO WE ARE!"

IN OUR DARKEST TIMES, OUR MOST PAINFUL EXPERIENCES...THERE IS ALWAYS A LIGHT...A LIGHT OF HOPE....AND IT IS OUR CHOICE...DO WE GO TO THE LIGHT...OR DO WE STAY IN DARKNESS?

GENESIS 50:20
WHAT THE ENEMY MEANT FOR EVIL, GOD WILL TURN IT AROUND AND USE IT FOR GOOD.
A poem I wrote for Daniela

                               THE GIFT

I ONCE HAD A GIFT MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD...
NOT THE KIND THAT YOU BEND-NOT THE KIND THAT YOU FOLD

NO THIS GIFT WAS SPECIAL IT WAS THE KIND THAT YOU LOVE...
THE KIND THAT YOU HOLD...

IT CAME FROM MY SISTER....
IN THE FORM OF A LIFE...

SHE CALLED IT DANIELA...
AND WHAT A DELIGHT!

I WISH YOU HAD KNOWN HER CAUSE WORDS CAN'T DESCRIBE....

HER SPIRIT...
HER LAUGHTER...
HER JOY & HER LIGHT!

SHE CAME ON MY BIRTHDAY...WHAT A BEAUTIFUL GIFT!! THE BEST ONE EVER... BUT NOT MINE TO KEEP!

SOME GIFTS LAST FOR EVER AND SOME A SHORT TIME....ALTHOUGH I DON'T HAVE HER, I TREASURE OUR TIME.....

THE LORD HAS MY GIFT....AND IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL...
HE WAS ALWAYS HER KEEPER....
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD....

I'LL SEE HER AGAIN...ONE SWEET LOVELY DAY....
OUR MAKER WILL SAY....


"YOU'RE GIFT I HAVE KEPT....SHE'S WELL AND ALIVE....
I KNOW YOU HAVE MISSED HER...I KNOW YOU HAVE CRIED...

NOW GO AND EMBRACE HER...AND TAKE YOUR SWEET TIME....THERE'S NO NEED TO RUSH HERE...

THERE'S NO SENSE OF TIME.....YOU SEE THIS IS HEAVEN....

IT'S ETERNAL
IT IS LIFE!!!

Daniela and I had the same birthday January 10th...and she truly was...the best gift I've ever had!!

Olga
DANIELA'S STORY

DANIELA HUERTAS WAS A BEAUTIFUL 18 YEAR OLD HISPANIC TEENAGER.  SHE MET A YOUNG MAN AND HER HEART FELL IN LOVE. THEY WERE MARRIED ON JULY 14, 2007  AT BRADY'S LANDING WHERE FAMILY AND FRIENDS WERE IN ATTENDANCE.

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL FAIRY TALE WEDDING BUT IT DIDN'T HAVE A FAIRY TALE ENDING.
ON AUGUST 19, 2007 DANIELA WAS MURDERED BY HER HUSBAND.
HOUSTON BAPTIST UNIVERSITY "ALPHA CHI OMEGA" SORORITY KICKS OFF THE MONTH OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS WITH THEIR ANNUAL LUMINARY SERVICE PROJECT OCTOBER 1, 2009
Olga Rodriguez Founder
Olga Rodriguez Founder
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