Ms. Beyonce Knowles,
Before I really get started, Let me just say I'm nervous and my hands are shaking cause I never thought in a million years I would ever be here writing to a world wide very well known woman like yourself. I prayed many of nights, years and ask God to give me the push I needed to write to you and as I sit in my living room watching TV with my little 4 year old nephew, it wasn't a voice I actually heard but out of no where I just get up to grab my lab top went straight to you tube and without even typing your name, there you were. My God My God I knew that was the push I needed to write to you. Ms. Knowles my name is Mickey and I currently live in Houston but originally from Louisiana, I'm 56 years old and a resign teacher after 25 years of teaching performing arts and dance 9th thru 12th. I taught and worked with mostly female young ladies and my first year of teaching I knew I had a lot of work to do when it came to working with high school girls and I could I convert these beautiful young girls into becoming well respected young ladies. Ms. Beyonce I went to work and I knew I had to put my heart and soul along with the passion into my teaching. I became the dance director and chorographer over the high school marching band dance line. So to fast forward I would go straight home after work and began watching all these female artist and groups perform on different shows and there was density child. Ms. Knowles watching you as young lady that you were with density child, the elegance, grace, that diva attitude, award winning smile that you always have during performances and would never lose that smile. You enstooled so much into me and my teaching by watching every performance of you. I watched and learned your elegance, grace, and I even practiced your walk. I would spend 10 hours in my mothers garage practicing non stop until I was ready to take what I learned from you to my girls. You are truly a blessing to me because of who you are Ms. Knowles I could never thank you enough through words for all you bring to the world dedication in all performances. Fast forward to get what I learned from you and teach it to these girls, I knew that they had to actually see it, for me to do that and perfect it the way you do, I took a risk after talking to my mother because she knew how much teaching meant to me and the love and passion I had for my students she gave me her blessing and told me she love me you got this she said. Ms. Beyounce I didn't know if I would lose my job or not but I followed my heart and I transition from male to female. My mother is a true beautiful diva herself and I patterned myself after you and my mother. I taught myself how to walk in heels, how to walk and the elegance you that you have taught me to be the elegant woman that I became. Fast forward it was tough at first and I was scared because I didn't want to be judge in the wrong way I had a purpose for that choice I made. Fast forward I turned every young girl student into the most beautiful young ladies. My god I had a dance team that was unstoppable, the trophies that we would receive and little girls wanted to be one of my dancing dolls. Til this day Ms. Knowles every one of my students that has graduated that came under my direction and are now women still carry themselves the way I taught them and could never be so proud of each and every one of them. The 25 years I taught I have received award after award and also put in the hall of fame as the most outstanding and dedicated teacher. I know I may never meet you but that could never stop me for thanking you for the woman you are and how you make a difference in these young ladies life. Thank you, Thank you. But most of all I thank you for saving my life. Ms. Beyounce my last year of teaching new administrations were hired at the school and felt I was a bad example to the school. Students, parents everyone went to battle for me to continue teaching because of the difference I made in there kids that some parents couldn't even do, it was the love and passion I had for kids. Teaching was my life, my world. I didn't have the fight in me and I knew in my heart I could not live in the same city where I taught it was to painful and depression would got the best of me. I just left and relocated to houston texas . I been here ever since trying so many careers even teaching but it was not the same. Fast forward I thought hard many nights of taken my life for what was done to me. For years and years taken my life would take all the pain and hurt for people judging me cause of a change but not seeing the impact that have on so many people back home. I dedicated my life to teaching and was willing to teach for free that is how much passion I have for those kids. I'm now 56 years old and everytime I see a performance of yours on TV and the work and dedication you put in each performance gave me the strength to carry on with life . Like I said earlier you don't have to hear a voice, but thought of me living this world I swear I hear you say, "all that hard work you put in I know you not trying to leave and disappoint all those that mean so much to you". I would just cry and cry. If I give could you an award Ms. Beyounce it would be the perfect woman award. Your presentation of a woman taught me how to teach that to all young women. For you being who you are saved me from taking my life. God knows my heart and he put the right person in my vision for me to carry on. God bless you and thank you, thank you I'm still here.
You will always that Perfect woman and my angel.
Thank you forever
Mickey J. Bellard
