Good Morning. It’s a great Tuesday! Three quick things I want to talk about but first let me say, thank you for indulging me as I share with you. This is a tough time for me in more than one aspect of my life, but I’m good! (I’m faking it till I make it Pastor Fonzer!)

#1. The first Kleverkathy Couple’s Caribbean Cruise is set to sail October 24 – 31, 2010! We are gonna have a blast! Why do I mention this? Because I’m going to do it again! This time we are taking seven couples, next time I’d like to take double that or more! So… I am going to begin working on the next one tentatively for let’s say, June 2012! Stay tuned. In the meantime if you have travel needs, might I recommend Aleece Rothandler with Omega World Travel, 703-359-8888. She has been a great travel agent and I look forward to working with her in the future. (shoot me! I’m a marketer!)

#2. Please pray with/for me today as I have a phone interview at 11:30 this morning. Typically I don’t share these types of things with a lot of people because there is always the chance I won’t get it but… I have given it over to God so no matter what happens, I believe Him for His will and I am not worried about it! Getting this job would catapult me into the next phase of my life, but if it is not the Lord’s will, I’ll wait. It is a Department of the Army job and the transition would be almost seamless. I’m excited!

#3. Here is my health update. I had the ultrasound of my heart and carotid arteries Friday, no results yet. Getting to the most important specialist – the neurologist – is the problem! It is apparent I am not myself because any other time I would have raised the roof until I got that appointment! Here’s where we stand.

Friday I went to the office to ask why I hadn’t gotten my appt. After sitting there for 6 -7 full minutes while she was on the phone, finally she finishes and I explain that this is the third time I have been here about my neurology appt! She immediately gave me a print out that said a referral to an off post doctor was approved the day before! What!? I asked, if I hadn’t come in, would nobody had continued the process, made me an appt and called me? She assured me they would. So she picked up the phone to call to make my appt right then. It’s 4:30 by now and they are closed! She told me she will fax all my info to them and it would be waiting for them when they get to work Monday.

Monday… (tapping my toes). Finally, half way through the day, I call and she tells me… (wait for it!) there is only ONE neurologist in Columbus (the second largest city in Georgia! ) and the earliest he can see me is September 15th!!! OMG! So she tells me, she put herself in my shoes and she went ahead and called a neurologist in Opelika (25 miles away) and is waiting to hear from them. How magnanimous of her, don’t you think!

Here’s the thing, my first attack was Sunday, August 1st. My MRI was Tuesday, August 3rd. My second attack was Monday, August 9th and today it is Tuesday, August 17th and I am NO closer to an answer than I was Saturday, July 31st before this began! I have been advised on more than one occasion to fake an attack just to go to an off post hospital and maybe I will get quick results. That is not really me but… the thought of it is becoming more appealing. Daily I have at least the symptoms that scare me into thinking, another attack is coming on. I pray through it and it doesn’t overtake me but I am still worried. Today is it! I will have an appointment with the neurologist by close of business! I still have the joy of the Lord and I am still blessed! In the words of Hezekiah Walker: I know God favored me because my enemies did try, but couldn’t triumph over me! Yes they did try but couldn’t triumph over me. I’m still here, I’m still alive, I’m still blessed, on my way to my destiny, because the favor of God is on my life!

Hello! It’s been a while hasn’t it. I don’t have a real topic today but I just wanted to share with you what has been happening in my life. For me writing is therapeutic. I have gone back and forth about sharing my current status but you are my friends so I share!

The last two months of my life have been trying to say the least! In efforts to not have a woe is me party right here at kleverkathy.com, I won’t bore you with ALL the details, I’ll just say, I honestly don’t know how I have maintained this far! Everyday seems to bring more hurt and pain and worry but… God is so good and He is handling this! He’s got this! It is amazing how we screw things up by leaning and depending on a person/people and invariably, the one/s you think you can count on, lets you down, but my great God never lets us down, does He!

So… my health has been one of the biggest surprises! I have now lost 25 pounds (it’s been hard! Excuse me for patting my own self on the back) and have conformed to a healthier lifestyle of eating and exercising. However, wouldn’t you know, I have been afflicted with attacks that have me and the doctors puzzled. Today I have an x-ray on my Carotid arteries and an ultrasound of my heart and am waiting for the most important appointment, a visit to the neurologist. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t scared and felt alone and sad, but I’d also be lying if I didn’t say, I know God is able! My sickness is on the cross. He left it there when he died for me! I can’t sing a sad song because I have seen the miracles and wonders He performs and as His child, I’m standing in line for the next one!

I am so grateful to all who have lifted me up in prayer. Here’s your flowers:
Angie, you got the first balling rolling! Thank you girlfriend! I love, love, love my brother Tom for making things happen when I can’t make them happen. He is a mover and shaker! (truth be told, he would make a great leader of a city, state or country! Lord just give me that!) I love you Karolann for being a true nurturer, always there willing to do whatever needs to be done! Kourtney, Kendall and Ali are the joy and strength of my life! Your concern and random “I love you” is what having children are all about. Karen, when I say go, I’m gonna step back and let you lose to do your thing! ROTFL! Daddy and Buzzy thank you for your ongoing prayers.  I know your anointing will get them to Him!  Bishop Fonzer, without your daily personal encouragements, I’d probably be wandering through my days with no real sense of what to do. Thank you. Lillian, thank you for telling me what to do and staying on top of me while I do it! Your concern is appreciated. Kim, you were the first to say, yea… that’s pretty scary! Lol. I smile about that because it is so true, I’m scared! Miss Betty, you have been a true mother-in-law through this. I look forward to your daily calls checking on me. Thank you and I love you! Karlissa, Kelsey, Kandance and Korbyn, thank you my sweet nieces. Wesley, thanks for calling and checking. Cece and AJ thanks for helping me through that first episode. My little Jaime and Amber, thank you for being there for me over and over and taking me home from the hospital both times and to my doctor appointments! Traci, Renee and Staci thank you for your love and concern.  Henry, Bobby and Jesse, thank you.  Master Kaiden Jay there are no words to say how much I love you and love hearing, “get better. I love you”! Grandmother loves it! The best medicine I could have!

Yesterday, today and tomorrow… I have to make some hard decisions. Decisions that I know will hurt me deeply but are necessary. Right now I am marking time but soon, I gotta move on! I ALMOST welcome the hardship and pain that will come along with my decisions just so looking back and knowing that I made it will be that much sweeter! Can you imagine the power of my testimony? And I will tell of His goodness!

Do you all know my favorite song? It is by Rev. Richard White, and it says: You been waiting on a blessing and it seems it just won’t come, doors are shut, things are rough, it seems that you’re all done, but the devil is a liar and a deceiver too, God Is Not Through Blessing You! I am holding on to that! I am encouraged and hopeful and I realize through all of this, God has an awesome assignment waiting for me on the other side! Stay tuned! The Best Is Yet To Come!