Who is Brave? Aside from being considered the “mom” of the group, the point person that will hunt you down through emails and phone calls (and if you don’t pick up, no worries, I’ll call your home…lol) the “Sarah Jessica Parker Diva” ( who loves bags, shoes and shopping  as Se7en would say. But I am also the person that will stop in the middle of ANYTHING to lead a prayer…Brave is your fun-loving, goofey acting sister, who is always open to telling a bad joke and laughing hysterically. She is your spoken word, rhyming, “can I rap on this song?” asking, and if you tell me No - ignoring, OVER practicing/rehearsing, heavy on the chocolate eating- Richgirl!

So a lot of people ask me about my name and what Brave means? This is the long answer…(sorry it is reeeaaly long)
Brave, like Richgirl, is a metaphor that means (to me) “absolute freedom.” I am free- and have felt free since I was given the name at 15. I didn’t understand the name at first, (didn’t even really like it,) but when I realized the power of names and what this name really meant, it totally transformed me. I allowed it to define and affirm me…and then, I started to AFFIRM MYSELF. I soon found out that this name wouldn’t really let that affirmation take root in me through just a bunch of loudmouthed pride or silly arrogance. Just because you’re loud- it doesn’t mean that you’re brave. The truth of the name couldn’t work through the condescending attitude that feels so natural to SOO many of us, (especially in the music biz)..I could only do it by being “brave” enough to listen to people who knew a little more than I did, and by being “brave” enough to pay attention to those things that I normally would have LOVED to ignore. I humbled myself. I learned to embrace things rather than push them away. Listen to me Richgirls, every one is going to have an opinion about what you’re doing and what you should be doing. Everyone is going to have advice to give, and you will NEVER have a shortage of people in your ear, (now in some cases that advice may lead you to a positive outcome). But you have to be “brave” enough to dig deep within you and find it in yourself to B E L I E V E. Believe in something other than and/or bigger than yourself…And to truly do that…YOU GOTTA BE BRAVE! You gotta be brave enough to control your emotions (or at least act like it!) I guess what I want you to know is that this name that I get asked about so much, just like any other name, is just a name - until the characteristics that define it are really put into practice. This name for me, was just a starting point for my freedom. Mainly I CHOSE freedom and that can be really hard if you’ve never done it before. I ain’t even gonna lie; I’m still working on it! Cuz my God knows, everyday there’s a bunch of reasons not to be brave and to not choose freedom. But if it was easy, everybody would do it!

I’m free because of the relationship that I have with God and the way that I view life because of that relationship. CHOOSING freedom allows me to be me- to speak my mind freely, to stand up for what I believe in, to sing EVERY wrong note in the booth and to know that its OKAY because only HE can judge me (although Rich [Harrison] would disagree…lol). I’m free to be silly, to dance to the Dooby Brothers and get excited over George Benson, to fail at something and try again. Now like I said I am still a work in progress. There’re moments that I get scared, maybe even a little insecure- but I never let those moments conquer me. I make a conscious decision to live my life through faith and through my faith- I AM FREE!

Luv you guys, Brave
Richgirl get it- you can get it too