Skip to main content

The Blueprint

I became hearing impaired the Spring before September 11. I was working at the phone company and had just gotten a promotion from directory assistance operator to a representative which would morph over time into a sales consultant. It was a harrowing experience being Deaf and working in telecommunications yet I wouldn’t trade it for ANYTHING because it gave my son a childhood people STILL covet and prepared me for ANYTHING. 


This picture right here is when JJ was a baby. Newly Motherless and SINGLE I took this picture because Aunt Colette A beautiful, independent and STRONG Woman and Mother. Gwendolyn’s Daughter. 


I’m not who I USED to be! I am comfortable in my own skin and I KNOW and OWN who I am. I am an Intelligent woman of color who has defied odds, broken down barriers and been the voice for the voiceless. I strive to be a leader by example and bridge the divide. My community is going through a gentrifying revitalization and I am documenting and experiencing it. 


I don’t know WHAT my future holds but I know it’s BRIGHT. I have made peace with my past. I’m living in the NOW. I am an Influencer, Trendsetter and LEADER. Some people can’t make their next move until I make mine. I’m always a step ahead because when you stay ready you never have to get ready. 


Nothing will be the same in a YEAR. My circle is so small sometimes I’m just talking to myself. But I remember the beginning the 3F days. The riding the Dollar van with the Queens Borough President days. Sitting in Beverly Hills I thought about C. Vernon Mason telling me I could be ANYTHING I wanted to BE in this world when I was a little girl. I had just verbally eviscerated Al Sharpton about Tawana Brawley at an event in Harlem that Auntie Helen and Uncle Marvin had brought me to. Al Sharpton is so charismatic and to this DAY I will ALWAYS remember how he listened to EVERY word I said and grabbed me and hugged me! I was MAD! 🤣🤣🤣🤣But my SPEECH 🎤 👌🏾Auntie Helen was so PROUD and Uncle Marvin gave me 50 dollars!!! 😆


I don’t know WHY or CARE why some people treat me the way they do. But I can bet you one thing I will NOT be on Jimmy Kimmel talking about your ass. I don’t  owe anyone ANYTHING not an explanation, a wave or a ticket to see me SOMEWHERE. See this is GOD’s Plan (in Drakes voice) not MINE. 


I may have lost my HEARING but I NEVER lost my VOICE. People try to bury you not knowing you’re a seed! One of my childhood friends who is so FABULOUS as a Mother AND a Mogul told me recently “I make it look so EASY!” This shit is HARD and I’m doing it by MYSELF! Physically, financially and mentally but I’m GOOD! I’m the SAME Kim who walks up to people and introduces myself. I did it to Andrew Cuomo, Ed Koch, Martha Stewart, LL Cool J, Bill Deblasio, Brian McKnight, Aaron Sanchez, Joan Rivers, amongst others and TRUST I’m just getting started! 


#MovingRightAlong #Kimmisms #ItsPrettyJimmysBirthday #Kimhermajesty #DeafCulture #DeafMom #BlackboyJoy #Explore #Explorer #JimmyKimmel


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Fan Clubs

 Kim’s Korner  Everyone has FANS that are OBSESSED with THEM OK! I LOVE Jay-Z from the BEGINNING called him HOV and Everything! Aunt Audrey was so mad 🤣🕊️I am LOYAL to THAT Man! He’s a BUSINESS MAN 💪🏾🐐I WATCH what I SAY too because the Bey or Bee Hive is CRAZY they will be online calling me all kinds of MUTE WHALES🤣🤣🤣🤣 SHE cannot control them or tell them to STOP 🤣🤣🤣🤣Chris Brown loyalists don’t GIVE AF about NOTHING but HIM🤣🤣🤣🤣💯💯💯💯 But Nicki Minaj BARBZ y’all do THE MOST! Funny thing is I BET they are the most law abiding, good credit having, nicest people in the world. The bartender at a party I planned is one. He was so nice and dope! Like one she KNOWS 💯That Woman can say James Evans (“ the Father on Good Times”)deserved to DIE 🤣🤣🤣🤣💀💀💀💀and her FANS will find 182 reasons to support HER! Never seen an episode in their LIVES. I used to go to the Co-op Mall in Rochdale with Aunt Colette six times a day. Nana was in OTB and she was going to get me a...
Post a Comment
Read more

My Tribe

I have been reflective lately. In order to move forward you have to take stock of where you have been. I am blessed to have some really special people in my life. 2017 has been a great year for me with new beginnings. I have met so many wonderful souls and bonded with or reconnected with bright lights who illuminate this dark world. Writing has always been for me an outlet. I sincerely hope Jermaine has inherited this trait from me. My baby is so smart. He is so technologically advanced and I try to incorporate many things in his daily routine. As a new mother again I find myself gravitating towards the things that of course two years ago were foreign to me. As a Single mother I am basically the only example daily other than his Big Brother David so I have to make the right choices at all times. It's a daunting task to say the least. My parents and grandparents were alive and healthy and VERY hands on as I climbed the corporate ladder. They helped me immensely and for that I am...
Post a Comment
Read more

Family Ties

When you are an overachiever, successful and KiND you can’t let people drain and drag you down because they can’t RELATE. It will change your personality because you will be on sets and in rooms that you don’t belong in.  Don’t you think I KNOW that if I was docile, submissive, subservient and STUPID what my life would be LIKE? Who I would of become? Where I would of ended up?  Until RECENTLY I HONESTLY was SCARED to TELL my STORY. I STILL wasn’t READY. But being at Auntie S’s beautiful home last Christmas and her pleading with me to WRITE our STORY with her beautiful, clear Doe looking eyes that mirror my Grendmothers I KNEW I had too. Nana used to look at me the SAME way.  Because my Uncle Sam who has ALWAYS had my BACK throughout my entire life whether it be OVERJOYED I was SKIPPING a GRADE. Helping  me write my business PLAN, letting me drive his BRAND new CAR for my road test and being the FIRST one in my FAMILY including my parents that I told I was pregnant wi...
Post a Comment
Read more