How Do You Like Them Kumquats?

For the past 3 days in a row, the first 3 days of the New Year, I have seen kumquats on my daily walk with my dog, Little Bear.

They have appeared out of nowhere, for three days straight.

Keep reading till the end, because it turns out, this is a really good sign. I believe that God is showing me that everything is going to work out.

It has been amazing, these kumquats just keep popping up randomly. Three days in a row, in three different locations on our daily walk.

I have been praying a lot lately because I am down to my last few thousand dollars in the bank account. My two credit cards are almost completely maxed out.

I have over $25,000 in credit card debt, plus all the debt my ex left me with – about $300K of debt in back taxes and student loan debt.

He also took the house in the divorce in 2022, which is why I've been living in hotels and Airbnbs for the past year.

I thought I would have gotten my social media back by now but I'm still censored – never got my accounts back. And I've been fighting me ex in court for a year – but I still haven't won.

The first two years after the divorce, I rented houses, but both years I got kicked out at Christmas. Can you imagine kicking a single mom and her son out at Christmas?

Yeah, well, both of my landlords were both H-1B visa holders. Imagine that.

"STAY THERE"

This afternoon, while we were on our walk, I asked God where I'm supposed to go when this Airbnb ends on Jan 7, the day after Christmas.

Yes, Christmas lasts until Jan 7. Epiphany is on Jan 6 – it's the "twelfth night." That's what the Shakespeare play is named after.

God said, very clearly with big YELLOW LETTERS (the color of kumquats,) "STAY THERE."

I looked down at the bracelet my son gave me. It's one of those bracelets that you can hold up to your phone and it gives you the scripture of the day.

This is what it said for today:

I didn't know if this apartment would still be available. You never know if an Airbnb will still be vacant when your month is up.

I have really been dreading moving again. You never know where you will end up and sometimes it's on the second or third floor. It's a lot to move all my stuff with the dog and everything.

But I had a feeling I was supposed to stay here. And then God told me today, very clearly, "STAY THERE."

Anyway, after Little Bear and I came back from our walk, I looked to see what it would cost to stay another month and it was $2,300. I had exactly $2,700 on my credit card. I gave it a shot and clicked to extend.

And guess what, the charge just went through. I just got the receipt in my inbox. Hallelujah – I can stay here one more month.

This will be the first Airbnb in a year that I have been able to stay more than one month. What a luxury not having to move again.

A Year in Airbnbs & Court

This February 6th, when I am scheduled to move out of this place, it will be exactly one year literally to the day that I will have been living in hotels and Airbnbs.

That was the day I moved out of the second rental. I moved all my stuff into storage (two containers) and vowed to fight my ex in court and win the money back he stole from me.

I couldn't find a lawyer who would help me. They said, "You'll never win. You'll just waste your money." So I've been representing myself in court.

It was Christmas Eve in 2024 that I served my ex the first affidavit. A year later, almost to the day, we had a hearing on December 22.

You Can Just Do Things

Not only did I get to cross-examine my ex-husband on the stand, I also got to question his live-in girlfriend. I subpoeaned her. Yeah, I really did that. You can just do things, as they say.

She admitted under oath that she had made a fake Twitter account to harass me with.

When I had asked her online, last spring, if it was her behind the account, she said, "No. I'm a parent at the school. And we are tired of your hate."

She also admitted under oath at this last hearing that she tells my 11-year-old son that I am crazy.

"Yes, I tell him you are crazy," she said, her eyes gleaming, "Because I do think you are crazy. I think you are unwell and I think you need help."

My son showed me the text messages his dad sends him, telling him he is not safe with me. "She's a sociopathic liar."

He also told my daughter via text that I was possessed by demons, with a "Jezebel spirit."

I keep remembering something my friend Mike said to me right after the divorce happened and my ex kept calling me crazy. Mike said, "If you were crazy, even if that were true, wouldn't he want to get you help?"

You would think. But of course, I am not crazy. They just say that to try to intimidate me and try to get me to quit. But I won't quit. I've come too far.

It's a Wild Story

Here's the short version of what happened: my ex used an invalid, unenforceable, basically fake postnuptial agreement at the mediation – to say that our property was separate.

Only it wasn't. I never agreed to separate our property.

I only signed the postnup back in 2015 because he and his mother told me we could try to protect my ex's assets from the IRS. I was completely financially dependent on my husband in 2014, with our newborn baby Ollie, and having just lost my blog network, so I signed it.

What happened was, the accountant my ex hired royally screwed up our taxes and made it look like I earned a million dollars in 2013 (he got fired over that). This is why I still owe over a quarter of a million dollars to the IRS.

Yeah, my ex not only took the house but he also took our life savings, said the crypto all disappeared, and he gave me all the debt.

Not only that but my lawyer did the worst possible job with discovery – he just trusted everything my ex said. I never even got to see the crypto wallets. And I told him about the postnup being fake and having no assets on it. He said he would "look into it" but never did.

Just an absolute sh*t show. Anyway, that's what happened.

The Good News

Here's the good news.

At that December 22, 2025 hearing, the judge agreed to grant me a hearing for a Bill of Review.

What that means is I get to present my case to attempt to overturn the divorce decree based on fraud. The hearing is set for January 21st.

Eden Revival

In the meantime, God gave me the vision for my new network. And I just launched it on January 1st. It's called Eden Revival. And guess what? We already have 9 members. I'm so stoked, you guys!

Here's the link to my launch post.

And here's the link to join Eden Revival.

The first 100 people get my class Detox & Heal for FREE. Plus 6 other classes. Only 91 spots left – step right up.

The Truth Shall Set You Free

I haven't seen my kids this Christmas. Except my son on Christmas Eve.

My daughter won't write me back. I know she's upset about the court stuff. Her dad tells her I'm crazy, just making everything up.

Of course that is what he says. If the judge grants the Bill of Review, we can do a full discovery of the assets.

Then you shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free. (John 8:32)

That's the scripture I wrote on the envelope that the affidavit was in – that first affidavit I gave my ex on Christmas, 2024.

Back to Those Kumquats...

So I looked up the meaning of kumquats. You see, I believe God is always giving us signs. He is always trying to talk to us. We just don't even pay attention.

Prayer is not a one-way conversation. It's a dialogue – meaning it goes both ways. You have to ask Him for guidance.

Ask Him, "What should I do, Lord? What do you need me to do?"

And He will answer you.

So I asked, "What do kumquats mean, Lord? This has to be a sign."

And I googled it. And would you look at that.

But wait, there's more... I noticed that it mentioned the Lunar New Year, so I looked that up...

Not only do they symbolize wealth and prosperity, but also family harmony. I could use some of that right now.

So then I looked up the date... February 17, 2026.

I guess we'll see what happens.

I do think 2026 is going to be the best year of our lives. I've been saying that for a while.

Weirdly, 226 has always been my favorite number. Like for real. My whole life, it's been my lucky number.

And look at the meaning of the "fire horse" for 2026 – sounds pretty frickin' epic:

How Do You Like Them Kumquats?

Do you remember that scene in Good Will Hunting, when he says "How do you like them apples?"

I remember watching that movie with my daughter back in February of 2023, right after the divorce.

We really loved that movie. That one and also Dead Poet's Society. I even bought her a framed picture that said "Carpe Diem." She's an award-winning Latin scholar.

They just don't make movies like those anymore.

Here's the clip from Good Will Hunting, when Will gets Skylar's number – one of the best moments in any movie, ever:

Life can be hard. And I'll be honest – this past decade, and especially the past three years have been the hardest time of my life.

But the harder it is, the sweeter the victory. Like a kumquat you find on a winter's day in the middle of nowhere.

Someone's gonna win in this little story of mine. And I'm pretty sure it's gonna be me.

You know how I know? Because God wins. That's why. He's omniscient, omnipresent and omnipotent. Nobody can beat Him.

This is not my battle. I just asked him what He would have me do. And I'm doing it. Isaiah 6:8.

He sent me on this journey. And I won't stop until He teslls me to.

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