SIZE TEN

Look at me than. That's the body I want again. I took this picture over thirty years ago. I probably didn't like my body then because I was so self conscious. I thought I was to big at a size ten.

I want it back. I have a long way to go but I want that size ten back. My goal for this year is to lose thrity pounds. That would bring me back to the body I once had.

I need help. I plan to join Weight Watcher. I don't mean watching it grow either. Does any one have any suggestions? I need encouragement too. I need a cheering section.

When I perform in May I want to have lost fifteen pounds.

Help me make that goal.

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME, HAPPY TO ME, HAPPY TO ME, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME.

WOW! TIME FLIES WHEN YOU GET OLD. I WILL BE CELEBRATING MY FIFTY FIRST BIRTHDAY TOMMORROW.

These are pictures of me at eleven and sixteen and fifty. I still have the same smile.

I've come a long way. I'm writing my book and I've gotten a great opportunity to look back over my life and boy what a life. I'm still growing more on the inside now, I'm not going to address the out side.

What have I've learned in these fifty one years of life? I've learned that I have more to learn. I've learned that I am loved. Something I needed to learn.

Life is great. It's been fifty one years of tears, pain, joy, saddness, learning, resistance, frustations, disappointments, excitement. and determination. I am sure I will be experincing even more of the same. The great thing about living is having wonderful people in my life to help me make the most of it.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

WHEN IS YOUR BIRTHDAY AND WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED?

DREAMS

My friend Laura helped me remember how making goals for the years can really be helpful.

I worked with Donna Marie for two years posting my goals and dreams for the year for the last two years and boy what joy it has made me. I have seen so many of my dreams come true since I've been doing this. I've been amazed at how things have been coming my way. Things that I have been dreaming about for years have been just planted in my hands.

I'm excited about this year and can't wait to meet and encourage others this coming saturday to dream and watch their dreams come true.

This is the year of new beginning.

OUR NEW PRESIDENT

A BROTHER IS IN DA HOUSE

JUSTICE FOR ALL

"With liberty and justice for all."

The day Martin Luther King died was the day I saw my father cry. I watched him sit at the dining room table and weep as the television continue to show the assassination over and over again. I stood there stunned at what I was watching. I had just learned about him two months before to do a report on him in school for Negro History Week. I had learned that he had received the Nobel Peace Prize for fighting for racial justice. I couldn't understand why would someone kill a man that only wanted justice for everyone. I didn't understand what we did (black peopel) that society wanting no parts of us. What did we do that was so wrong that we weren't allow to have the same privileges everyone else had in this country.

As I stood there and watched my father cry then he began to pray for peace for our country I could feel the fear rush though me wondering what would happen next. I remember hearing people saying that we'll never be excepted in this country. People were saying there is no justice for blacks. I too began to cry. I had no hope.

On November of this year when Obama won the election I sat and watched the resource come in with Pops, my girlfriends, father. As we watched he shared stories of growing up in the south with all the laws that prohibited him from being excepted as a man in this country. I listened to him share stories of places he wasn't allow to go and working and receiving a very low wage for a days work in the fields. I sat and listened and cried with tears of joy as he shared that he didn't think he would ever see a black man become the president of the United States of America. I found the hope that I lost as a little girl when Martin Luther King was killed.

Justice is finally here for all. Not just for blacks in this country but for everyone. Obama represents everyone that makes up these United States. He believed in this country and the laws that govern this country. He believed that this land was truly made for not just one but for all. He had the hope that was planted many years ago. I feel so proud that our country feels that we should not judge a man by the color of his skin but by his character. I can finally say proudly "with liberty and justice for all."

The Dream is alive.

God bless America

TODAY

Today has come, a new day. A day to celebrate life my way. A day for me to make and do of it what ever I want. A day to be surprised by events and things that will happen in this day. A day that will unfold right in front of my eyes. A day I will meet strangers and greet them with a smile. A day of cars passing me by. A day where many conversations will take place. A day that may even bring tears. This is today. A day of laughter and a day of joy. A day of sadness and a day of hope. A day of warm weather but not here. A day of learning and a day of growing. This is today and right now I'm here. Who knows what this day will bring? Celebrate today, its here!

BABY ITS COLD OUTSIDE

When Kaylan was here we all went ice skating. I didn't get out on the ice but it was great watching them all trying to stand up on the skates. Kaylan and Courtney were both from the south and they were like real pros out there on that ice.

The joy of being out can bring much joy even in the cold. Maybe I'll try putting on some skates. Just kidding.

JOB WELL DONE

I sung a song in high school titled "No man is an Island." I didn't quite understand that song than. On saturday I learned the true meaning of those lyrics.

My bedroom and extra room was driving me crazy. I was not happy in those rooms at all. I didn't know how to make it a room of beauty and organize, I was lost.

The Bible say "Ask and ye shall recieve." In my frustration I asked my Master Mind Group to beleve with me for assistance with assistance and organizing my room.

The group all volunteered right a way to assistance me with conquering my rooms. On Saturday they all came and made it happen. What a wonderful experience it was. I was humbled by the experience for sure. They saw the true Kim.

It turned out so beautiful. I even learned something about myself in the process. I was so grateful for friends that took time out of their busy schedule to help me. What a moving moment for me.

I have to take this moment to thank the Master Mind Grew, Jennifer B. (the grew leader), Jennifer L., Jennifer T., Cathy , Diana, Chris (the man) and me. To each of you I give my thanks because of your kindness my life is much better. Thank you for showing me what true friendship is all about.