Norene L. Willis

Living Life in Vitiligo Norene L. Willis

Back in the late 90's I was singing in the church choirs giving God all my talents and gifts. I would see people visiting the church who had Vitiligo, I would go up to them introduce myself and give them a hug. Because I know what they've been going through. People always are approach me, asking me how was I able to walk around without the makeup on. I let them know that It's God working in me, He's the one whose keeping me, Protecting us. We can't do anything without him. Once when I was at the YMCA and a lady run from behind her counter telling me about her Vitiligo and how she can't deal with it. One day a total stranger approached me telling me about his problem with dating and Vitiligo. I have a friend who has a neighbor who both her and her husband have Vitiligo. I'm always encouraging people, letting them know they can make it. Once I was at the gas station, getting my inspection ticker and an older man was just setting there. I never saw him even look up at me, he just started talking to me, saying, my daughter in law has what you have, I said what's that. He said that, I said oh Vitiligo? He said, my son wants to take his wife out to dinner and to a movie, but she won't come out of the house. There are people all over the world who are struggling, refusing to remove their makeup, hiding in their closets, behind closed doors because they're so afraid of what people will say about them. It wasn't until I started to sell my book when all the pieces started to come together. It was all the feed back that I was getting back from the people who had read my book that made me realize that all the pain that I went through was not for me, but it was for your pain. The Lord had told me to write this book two years ago. The Lord was preparing me some forty-two years ago. This book was wrote for you, and your pain not mine. The Lord has brought me through all of this to help somebody else. It never was about me, it's always been about you and your pain. This book was wr