2010-My Year in Review

With 2011 only 27 hours away, I thought I'd take a look back at the wonderful and not-so-wonderful events of 2010.

In no particular order, I...

• celebrated nearly 3 years of celibacy! (ONLY with the help of the Spirit)
• was promoted to Dean (a fancy word for Asst. Principal)
• bounced back from foreclosure
• served as a NTO Teacher Leader (after being rejected 2 years in a row)
• was diagnosed with Arnold Chiari Malformation (Google it for more info)
• reconnected with my estranged father after 9 plus years
• delivered a sermon to my M.I.T classmates titled "Desperately Seeking Transformation"
• thrived in the middle of an economic recession (every single need was met!)
• relocated to Atlanta, GA from Michigan
• successfully completed the 12-week Experiencing GOD course (with only 1 absence)
• met some 'wonderful' new acquaintances
• got the devastating news that my father has lung cancer
• cut a few 'toxic' people loose
• saved over $100 plus dollars on my car insurance by moving to GA
• partnered with one of the greatest ministers I know to share the gospel weekly with the young ladies on lock down at the WCJDF (sidebar:I thought I was going to make a huge impact on the girls when actually, they made a huge impact on me)
• learned to say and mean "NO"

Here He Comes to Save the Day!

I woke up this morning feeling like a super hero; ready to save my day from another boring blob of nothingness! I dashed out of bed...hopped into the shower...shampooed my hair...had a snack...got dressed...only to discover that I really didn't have anywhere to go!

Desperately not wanting to dwell in nothingness, I thought it a great idea to pay homage to the late Tina Marie (my ALL TIME FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST). So I docked my iPod and played Tina's Ultimate Collection (if you don't have it, you need to get it). I danced and sang my little heart out. You couldn't tell me I didn't sound like Tina...especially on Fire and Desire. (Hater!) I know for sure I was jammin!

Parched from my Tina performance, I headed to the kitchen for something to drink. Much to my surprise (OK, I wasn't surprised. I never have any food) there was nothing in my fridge. I'm somewhat excited because now I have somewhere to go; to the grocery store...it's about time I stocked my fridge!

Inside Kroger, I'm still jammin to Tina in my head. I know the other shoppers were looking at me like I was on something.

SIDEBAR...Chips Ahoy are now $3.25 a pack...and they're smaller in size! Such a rip off. What happened to the economic recession? Imma need Nabisco to drop their prices!

PLEASE GET TO THE POINT KIM...

$106.51 later, I come out of Kroger and clicked my key fob to unlock my car door (it's cold outside. I need to hurry up and get these groceries in this car) Except the door isn't unlocking. What? (OK, take off your mittens Kim...you can't click the button with mittens on) I remove the mittens and try clicking again. Still...my car doors are not unlocking.

Two seconds from an anxiety attack: I start pulling on the door handle (not sure what this is going to do...well, it definitely makes me look like I'm trying to steal the car). It doesn't help that I'm talking to myself and using some profane words. Desperate to get in my car, I start looking around for someone to help. Wait! I don't know these people...and they don't know me. They looking a little rough. I'm not trying to get robbed in the parking lot (Damnit....imma be stuck at Kroger or worse...imma have to walk home because I don't know who to reach out to for help! I'm in Atlanta for petes sake!)

Now in full panic mode I begin to pray...God please allow this key fob to work or send someone who can help me...it's cold and I wanna go home!

Feeling helpless with a tiny tear in my right eye...I walk back into the store to ask someone...anyone...to come assist me with getting this key thing to work. Before I could get the words out of my mouth, the security guard gladly agrees to help. (He looks rough too but at this point it doesn't matter, I need some help) He walks me to my car, detaches the key from the clicker, puts it in the lock, turns it to the left and what do u know?...the door unlocks.

RANDOM THOUGHT...

...the entire time I'm going through this crazy ordeal I'm thinking to myself...If only I had a boo I wouldn't be out here trying to figure out who to call. I'd give my man a call and surely he'd come rescue me.

OK, BACK TO THE STORY...

I'm jumping for joy! Security helps me to load my groceries in the car. He tells me not to worry. This kind of thing happens from time to time. He said I'll need to take the key fobs to the Chrysler dealership to have them re-programmed. I thank him and drive off. Yes, I'm going home!

WHAT'S THE MORAL OF THE STORY KIM?

There isn't one. I just thought I'd share with you how my day started out great...turned sour for a minute...and after answered prayer...ended up being great again!

WAIT, THERE IS A MORAL TO THE STORY...

Don't go judging people based on how they look! You could very well be in the presence of an Angel. Don't laugh, its true. Hebrews 13:2, "Don't forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels." (NJKV)

THE OTHER MORAL TO THE STORY...

JESUS is all the boo I need! He ALWAYS saves the day!

From my EVO

I sent this post from my mobile phone just to see if I could actually Blog on the go! I hope it works!

5, 4, 3, 2, 1...

...and so we're just five days away from a new year. See ya 2010 and hello 2011! I'm willing to bet that there are millions of people all across America sitting somewhere making their lists and checking them twice...what list you ask?...their New Year's Resolutions list! Don't act like you've never created a list at some point in your life. If the truth be told, you're probably working on one now. Well, I'm not. I'm forreal! I stopped making new years resolutions years ago. It got to be too much for me. Every year I'd write down all these things I resolved to do and every year, midway through, I'd fall short. I felt like a failure with no stick-to-it.

Now, a little older and a lot wiser, I can see why I fell short of keeping my resolutions. It had nothing to do with me not having any stick-to-it. (I'm the most stick-to-it-est person I know...seriously). It had everything to do with me trying to accomplish the resolutions on my own. (Huge mistake!) For a minute there I seriously thought I could run my own show (Really LOL). After several mess-ups and a ton of failures, what I came to realize is that in order for me to succeed at ANYTHING (even keeping some measly resolutions) I need to be plugged into the Ultimate Power Source; Jesus Christ. It is He Who provides me with the strength, wisdom and power to accomplish things. Philippians 4:13 says, "I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me."

So as you count down to the new year and (work on your list of resolutions),if you don't alredy know Jesus, I challenge you to get to know Him. He'll give you life anew and the strength, courage and power you need to accomplish whatever you set out to do (...that's in His will of course!)

Don't call it a comeback, I've been here before!

I'm baaaack! WOW! It's been almost 5 years since I've last posted on my blog. A lot has happened since then...a whole lot! Stay tuned...I'll update you on my journey from then to now.