Debbie Lim's Online Journal

There is a reason why things are moving in a circle for Donna and me.  Donna just called me and asked if I watched Joel Osteen this morning.  I did not, because I hardly watch TV in the early mornings.... Joel Osteen message today.... "Move Forward".  SO, I looked it up at the Osteen website. A new light to a very sour ending of a relationship I had only a few short years ago... Diamond came to me and wanted to become part of our team of Fitness Instructors. She never taught fitness before, but had a desire to learn. Everyone warned me about her, but I felt there was something very special about her. We became very close and spent a lot of time together. For over two years I mentored her and taught her everything I knew about fitness and the business. I trusted her and loved her like a sister.  She told me how she mentored this lady in her massage business and how that lady took full advantage of her . At the end of our relationship, she did that same, exact thin...

15445 Chapel  |  Detroit Michigan 48223 This is where abuse, torture, racism, and hatred entered into our lives... This is also where determination, hard work, and strong minds made us - The Lim Siblings - survive...

The Lady in the Mirror What I see in the mirror... a middle-aged lady looking back at me.   Someone who tries to give the world a positive approach to life... motivation for a better lifestyle, and love to keep going.  I see a lady who gives 1000% to her family and friends and will do anything for them. I see a lady who gives 1000% to her students and plan each class at the best of her ability.  I see someone who is a very hard worker, loyal, talented in art, and who laughs at herself all the time. As I look deeper into the mirror, I see a lady who really doesn't know the person looking back at her. Someone who is unsure of herself, doesn't know what happiness really is (deep from within), and who has many insecurities. I see a lonely person, someone who has taken many roads, in many different directions, someone who is tired of smiling and laughing when she feels so much pain deep from within. The lady in the mirror is confused a lot and hides it very well...

A lot of you are wondering what happened with the studio search..... Let me say this in a blunt, honest-to-goodness-way... NONE OF THESE DANG REALTORS WANT to rent their properties! I swear, every "For Lease" sign that you see are only placed there for "tax Deduction" reasons and NOT for leasing the actual space!  From a business point-of-view, if you are a rental property owner, you have a tax write-off if you advertise the property for rent, pay the utilities, etc...etc... It is a huge write-off! To start with, the ONLY Realtor that we found that actually worked with people - personable, yet professional was Brad Margolis from The Farbman Group .  We would have finalized a deal with him, but we believed his sudden business in Vegas gave us one week to decide that his location would not work for us. This is when our stress began... At first, the property owners of the Philmar Plaza , Darla was a gem!  When we were looking for property (to service our stu...

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I use art, videos, and photos that I creative to express myself. This short clip is showing us doing one of the last request that mom had in her will for us to do.... I cannot express how much I miss mom...

A good friend of mine emailed this to me and it was perfectly written by Tyler Perry. A couple of days ago a storm came through here that was crazy. I’ve never seen that much hail and rain. It reminded me of when I was living in my old house. Every time there was a bad storm I had to go through some major things to get the lights back on in the house. One time there was a storm so bad that lightning hit the house and all the power went out. I looked across the street and my neighbor had power, so I knew the problem was just in my house. Stay with me, I’m going somewhere here… I knew I had to get to the circuit breaker to fix what was going on. Now, in my old house, the breaker box was in the attic, and in order to get to it I had to climb a ladder, go up a flight of stairs and then climb over an air conditioning unit, all the while trying to not step through the ceiling joist or I would go straight through the sheet rock. And imagine trying to do all of this in the dark. But ...