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Starbucks #11919

     Josh when I went into the Falcon Starbucks in the Safeway and were spending some Kimi and Joshua time. I hadn't given him $5 for his Starbucks card. When he purchased the two things he needed to in order to fulfill a star streak ending today it was more than $5. As I was pulling out the change a stranger, Mr. Bill behind us said, “here I will just pay for it. What did you say oh I will just pay for it.” An absolute complete stranger but he is part of the family of God! This reminds me a song from my childhood at First Baptist Church in Security, family of God! As I previously mentioned, I have been given complete peace about life and how I've had sudden changes arise. The only thing that I'm a little unsure about is because I haven't yet found a job although I went to an interview and it was so amazing! But I still do not know about that job. And if you will please continue to pray with me about finding a job. The song Trust and Obey is playing in my head.

The Lost Earring

           I was recently given amazing earrings by my future stepson. Filled with excitement last night as I picked out my clothes for today realizing I had a brand new pair of fabulous 60s looking earrings to wear oh, my outfit was complete. The new earrings didn't even have backs on them - - you know, the Christmas hook type of earring backs. I put them in this morning with my halfway 60s outfit for the conference and I was so excited!
           Arriving at the conference I had the new earrings in and I was thrilled to show them off. Before I even made it to the first breakout session location, I realized that one of the earrings had already fallen out. How in the world did this happen? The Christmas hook like earring backs did not stay in on one side at least... I was devastated. I told one of the ESP conference workers that I had lost my earring and I showed her about where I was that I knew it fell out but I didn't have time to look and people walking everywhere. She told me to go to the breakout session and that she would look for it. I had totally forgotten about my missing earring after all of the exciting sessions that I had been to, especially after the amazing keynote speaker, Craig Zablocki. They had given away most of the door prizes at the end of the conference and I still I had not thought about my earrings. All the sudden I was approached and handed a small bag with my earring. The amazing ESP conference worker had told me she would look for it at the beginning of the day had found my earring! Not only had this conference been absolutely amazing full of useful information, the addition to my 60’s outfit I had had been lost was found!
            I was glad I was able to bring both of my earrings back home but I was even more excited that my earrings would be fixed before the night was over. After I had explained what happened, the supplies were purchased to fix my earrings. Almost the instant I got home Joshua was excited to fix my earrings and make them secure. I now have have brand new pair earrings with wonderful securing fasteners on them.  

Discernment

I was kind of nervous about all of the events that are happening in my life however they seem to be falling together so perfectly. At the family gathering to ring in the new year I mentioned what was happening in my life. After praying about receiving clear discretion for a while, it may be happening. If it is,  why am I so apprehensive? After all, this is in God's hands.
          During a Bible study I was reminded that even if something not part of God's will, events may still fall into place-- God allowance doesn't always mean God's approval. After having a wonderful meeting with my cousin Randi I was reminded to pray for clarity along with additional benefits from God. Will you please pray with me for discernment and Stillness to hear God's voice and understand if this is what is best...
          Sitting at a different Starbucks I was not just observing other people and coming up with stories about events in their life, I conversed with the barista and talked about her enjoyment of Starbucks and the vast differences between two particular locations. Eventually I was sitting there composing this story watching Charles play cards with his children... and every so often I would get a huge squeeze and an “I love you Miss Kimi” from one of the boys. Pestering the two random strangers in the store, the second one, Josh, was the reason we were there.
         Josh explained his college plans at Colorado Christian University and as child- like excitement welled up in me I explained my time at CCU. I gave him a quick summary of what I was trying to handle and...THIS JUST NOW ENTERED MY MIND, I've sought God's, family member’s, and friends approval but what about mine? What do I think? Yes, certain areas differ from the “norm” in each of our lives tremendously due to what life has handed each of us, but will dealing with these be fun? I am often told that I can ask for as many opinions as there are stars in the sky, but it all comes down to my decision. Side note: Frontal Lobe damage hinders decision making which could be why I write blogs before deciding-- I write them,  sleep on it, re- read them being removed from the situation (I don't always remember what I am dealing with). Then I think about what I would do if I were her. Remember that I am actually her.
Back to the story, I have sought God and Godly counsel but now it is up to me… Signing out as I attempt to be still...

A Reflection of My Emotions

After work Friday I was supposed to go to meet a friend. Since every other meeting was pretty structured, I was not aware of whether or not he could fly by the seat of his pants. Little did I know this would soon be found out.
Willy Wonka and I were supposed to meet up at Starbucks. Unfortunately, when I got home, put all my stuff away and got ready to go to Starbucks I opened the door and it was freezing.  I normally don't mind and I put it on extra layers, but for some reason that just did not come to mind at the moment. I let him know that we should meet somewhere closer to my house and he had no problem with this sudden change of plans. He met me at the new designated location and then we decided to go to a nearby restaurant. A few minutes after we got in the restaurant an older couple walks in. The man looked familiar, but I could not place him.
“Hi Kimi”
Uh oh! “Hello sir”
And then explained that I know him from somewhere but I wasn't sure where even though I looked at his jacket and it had Numotion embroidered on it. Why do I know that name I was thinking... I then asked him and he refresh my memory. He did so by reminding me of the fantastic adventures we've had. Him repairing My Hotrod at Starbucks, over the phone, at my house and at NuMotion. I then began explaining how awesome he is to his girlfriend and then I remembered that.             Willy Wonka was sitting as a table by himself. I look over there and he's talking with somebody else about the awesome wood carving on his walking stick. I finally get back home and crawled into bed realizing that tomorrow would be my birthday.
Springing out of bed that morning and realizing that it was my birthday, I remembered that there was a wrestling tournament going on that I wanted to go to. I wasn't sure if anyone from work would be available to take me so I put on my intentions  on Facebook... Can I please have a ride to the wrestling tournament? Right after I got done posting that, I thought of the man I met the night before and the discussions we had. I decided to ask him and he said he would take me as long as we could do x y and z with his children (okay so is only x but that doesn't sound right so it says x y and z). Additional things came to mind that I needed to get done that day and I let him know what was going on to see if I should get them done before we went to the tournament or when it was over.  After describing his availability I decided that we could do them after because the tournament was scheduled to get over around 5.
We met up and went in the tournament and I was able to see most of West students wrestle as well as see a coach and a few students that I don't see everyday.
     Unfortunately we had to leave before the absolute land but I was supposed to see the places most of our students earned.
    On the way home I asked if I could stop by the store and was reminded that we could because it would be snowy the next day. So we made it to the store and I got the few “necessities” to include a folder to organize a students papers. I have it in my head that I had put her papers in an empty folder that I already had on my wheelchair and when I got home to pull them out of the mm2 folder they will not there! I was completely panic! For what seemed like many grueling hours I was going through every single thing I had. About the time I was going to give up and looks like she employee that was not able to keep track of anything, I remembered at the end of the day how I dropped the paper off the bedroom just in case I got sick or something happened and I was not able to make it work. I also located other folders for potential students and I felt like I had won the golden ticket!
Even after the totally exciting and neurologically stimulating day, I woke up feeling down and out on Sunday. I thought “For sure I can make it to Church,” when I remembered the reason for stopping by the store. I glanced outside and there was no way I can make it to Church - although it was not that deep of snow even small amounts of snow ruin paths for my  Hot Rod.

Thoughts of the rest of my day's plans raced through mt my mind.  “Go to Church Kimi, at least TRY to go to Church. I rolled out the door and headed to Church with um …with the path being clear, I arrived at Church and was welcomed with great hugs and a warm beverage. The sermon (2 Sandal 11:1-27) was filled with such wonderful reminders and Pastor Brian's hilarious sense of humor and way of delivering concepts from ancient days into something more understandable today warmed up my heart! I am so excited spend time with my family tonight and have a wonderful week! Join me!
I didn't really reflect my emotions, or maybe I did but I suppose now you can see why I may seem everywhere.

Hold on to Your Britches!

Alright I'm sure you've seen the last story Divine Intervention #11318; even though it was first thing in the morning I thought, “Well today is a kind of stay in the house day with snow coming and such.” I had convinced myself that heading home and actually watching a TV show would be so calm and nice. One thing led to another and I ended up at a grocery store. After getting the one item I need it I left and even though I had on the back of my wheelchair I saw a coupon I just got on my receipt and decided hey I'm going to stop by Hungry Howie's Pizza just to try it. I'm sure they have to have something without bread.
I rolled into the pizza store and I start ordering a roundabout way of ordering and then I finally look at the pizza guy. “hey, you look a lot like my cousin  ….. I was trying my darndest to remember his name and then I thought of it as he told me his name. Nate! By golly it is my cousin! I have not seen him in a long time (thanks for reminding me of that Nate because I think everything happened just yesterday). After meeting another customer who swears by this flavored crust pizza, I used the coupon I just got on the back of my King Soopers receipt and left with two amazing pizzas! See my cousin hard at work was absolutely amazing! I'm telling him that I have a cousin that looks just like him was hilarious because he was like it's me :-) love you Nate!

Divine intervention #11318

Divine intervention  #11318 …… Okay, so I am God's favorite!
After making my normal Saturday morning trips to Starbucks and the bank, it was a little chilly but I didn't think it would snow. When I came out of the bank it was lightly sprinkling but by the time I got home and sprinkling was like falling shards of glass hitting my face. I pulled  into Safeway to let it pass and do a little shopping. All of a sudden I look outside and it is snowing not just little place is coming down crazy. My intentions were to head home grab something and bring it back to the bank but it looked like that was not going to happen. Being that this is Colorado with amazing, predictable  weather, it was only a few minutes later that it became amazingly sunny again. I made it back to the bank. I was talking to my bank lady when someone peeked in the door and asked if I would talk to her daughter when I'm done. She explained that her daughter was in a wheelchair and I became super excited. I was thinking of my recent meeting with Fred Reynolds, Chuck and his daughter. I was glad that I carry my book on my hot rod by sitting on it.
Soon her daughter and I were face to, well wheelchair to wheelchair. Her daughter is Michael-Ann and after only a few minutes of chatting she explained that she also goes to a Calvary Chapel, but the one in Monument. I felt like we definitely have a connection and have amazing things to share with one another. The beginning of yet another amazing divine intervention!