Author Insights: “I AM MEM” | Jemima’s Journey, Hidden Symbols & Living Waters

Hinzugefügt: 2026-05-08

[00:00:08]Howdy folks. Hope y'all having a good day. Um, [clears throat] we're going to talk about this today. We're going to talk about our newest release. I am Mim.

[00:00:19]We got a couple of releases coming one after the other. Um, we've got the butterfly and we have this one. And so keep your eyes open for the butterfly will flutter by butterfly, you know. And so it's a it's a it's a nice little whimsical book about butterflies [clears throat] and metamorphosis, if you will. And so the thing is is that's uh the next presentation. But tonight we're going to or today we're going to talk about uh Jamaimama and her journey uh from she leaves California and she moves to Tennessee and everybody seems to be moving out of Tennessee or or out of California to Tennessee these days or whatever. Land prices have really gone up in Tennessee. You can hardly afford to purchase there.

[00:01:08]>> [clears throat] >> So, but yeah, um she doesn't really uh she knows she needs to go and she knows she needs to serve um but she's not real sure about, you know, well, why why are we doing this? Why why is this happening? Why are we why am I doing it?

[00:01:27]And whatnot. But as she journeys, as she goes on this journey, she sort it sort of begins to to to be revealed to her um you know really what this is about. So here we go. The journey. Okay. So the of the day is Jamaima. She leaves California and she travels on Interstate 40. Uh so 40 is a sign of you know 40 years the children of Israel wandered in the desert. And 40 has a lot of of biblical uh meaning. Uh in this particular case she's going to be traveling to a place uh named Mimsville.

[00:02:18]and mim is a Hebrew letter and numerically it represents 40. So there's the connection to all of that. Uh but it Mimsville also um is symbolic of uh living waters and and and eternal life and and and that sort of thing. And so she uh she pulls off on the side of the road and she's looking at a map, y'all.

[00:02:43]That's the way they did it in the good old days. You didn't drive and look at the map at the same time. not a good idea. Might get pulled over or have an accident or unless you had somebody who's navigator and I was always fortunate enough to have a navigator with me to look at the map and say, "Okay, you're coming up on this or whatever." But, uh, Zope is not a very good map reader, so she has to pull over. And so, that's what this is about.

[00:03:07]And she sees the junction up ahead that she needs to take. Um, like I said, she's traveling to Milsville. And Milsville is a kind of a special place.

[00:03:17]It's it's a well it's an imaginary place for one thing. Uh and it the next aspect of it is is that it's in uh there's these rivers and I took the you know it it's funny because on the map there's James Town and uh Sunbrite and Huntsville. So I thought well you know James Town that's like Jimmy and Bright and that's my last name. and I was born in Huntsville and and she's at the she's at the Crossville exit. And that's basically what happens to pretty much everyone is sooner or later you you you got a choice. You can accept the what was done at the cross or not accept it.

[00:03:55]And uh these four rivers that are here are the four rivers and we're going to talk about that a little bit later uh from uh Genesis from the from creation.

[00:04:04]And uh they have a meaning. Uh and so uh but we I'll put them in there. They're kind of in the shape of a cross. That's what the little blue lines are uh that you see there. And so she makes a stop and she stops at Slim's one stop. And you know, Slim's uh workout gym or whatever is that that's where she's headed. Uh she just doesn't really know it yet. and Jim uh is her future um husband that she's going to meet while she's there. Uh but at this point in the story, it's revealed from the previous story uh Jamaima Job, you don't know why she's burying the hatchet and moving on. But in this particular scene, you see that she's a gold star widow and that, you know, the license [clears throat] plate is IS-68 and that's Isaiah 68. At the time it was a big deal 67, but we was 68, you know.

[00:05:06]So that's what that's all about. So, the other part is, I say, she's going to meet her future husband, uh, Jim, and she's she doesn't know it yet, but, uh, he turns out to be truly the the love of her life, and it's a it's a wonderful meeting when they first meet, and it's a whirlwind relationship, y'all.

[00:05:30][laughter] So, that's the little spin thing there. And so, uh, but yeah, uh, Living Waters, they they go to the Living Waters is is a is a c church, uh, in Mimsville, a congregation, if you will. And so when you go in and you immerse yourself in these living waters, uh, you know, you're you get physical healing and that's why everyone goes there. And I'm sure there are health areas all across the country. Um, you know, in Georgia there was a warm springs where, you know, different presidents and stuff would go for, you know, water is a mineral water especially, you know, is very therapeutic. And so anyway, uh, and you can see the Maha thing there. I mean, it's not Make America Healthy again.

[00:06:23]It's Mim Aquatics Healing Association for me, but Maha is kind of a big thing right now. And so I thought, well, I might try to find a way to work that into the story. So I did. Anyway, so like I say, she stops at the onetop and she's leaving California. She's traded in her flower dress for a butterfly dress. Okay. And so uh the good part of that is we're like I said earlier in the beginning, we're working on the butterfly. And so you know that's kind of the link up here. You know that she's she's kind of linked to that.

[00:06:56]She's going through a kind of a a metamorphosis, if you will. She's changing. And uh but yeah, Tiva and Zope, they're still there. They're still her trusty companions and friends, and they're along for the ride. And like I said, this is where we make the reveal on the gold star widow thing. U the the tail lights are shaped like the Hebrew letter MIM. And so like I said earlier, um the MIM is the Hebrew letter represents 40. So there's a there's a whole lot of symbology here. There's the dove, you know, thing and 316 and um and and I guess you could you could spend a few a few minutes on this page with your child looking for the different symbols and and explain what they mean. you know, they might not understand gold star um families and and gold stars and what what that's all about and what the symbology is for that. But [clears throat] anyway, she's noticed that she just doesn't seem to have the same vim and vigor that she used to have. And by traveling to Millsville, uh her vim is going to be restored. I mean, she's going to, like I say, she's going to go for a swim in the pool and she her vigor is going to be res restored. She's going to be uh restored in a lot of ways. Uh she's going to be very very productive. Uh but the spirit's moving her in this direction.

[00:08:31]And the thing the reason um she's like she's driving along and she's listening to the radio and the announcer comes on, right?

[00:08:44]So, here's Jim. He's he's up there. He's coming out of church, you know, he's he's he's been praying for a bride. U he's wants a woman with a with a good heart. And so, um, Jamaima has a a heart of of David Opal medallion that she wears around her neck. And and Jim notices that right off. Okay. So, uh, here they are.

[00:09:14]They're they're separate, but they're on the same path. They're headed towards one another, and it's just kind of a lot of fun. And so, she's listening. She's looking at the map, and the radio announcers, uh, Tom, uh, he's the he's the same announcer that is in the yellow fellow. He's the race announcer. Uh and so but uh he's he he works [clears throat] at WACE and 2766 and 2766 on your programmer's calculator or scientific calculator uh is ACE. Okay.

[00:09:49]And so um we we we have a lot of the link to that is um in the snow drop [clears throat] which is uh kind of a Trudy she's a free spirit similar to to what Jamama is u you know that's the address uh faded ace and so you know um there's there's links between all of these different books and you this the like I said the snow drop it's it's just in approval mode right now but um you know when it comes out you'll you'll easily if you have done your homework on this one you'll easily recognize the numbers that's going on in that one. So anyway these two are on on a on a collision course if you will.

[00:10:40]So, just to give you a little bit of background, um the uh Mimsville is a madeup place, y'all.

[00:10:52]Meville doesn't really exist. Not to my knowledge. It may. And I think there is a MEIMS uh place in Tennessee, a church of some type or whatever or living waters congregation or something. uh when I was doing my research. But um you know, we took the in the beginning, you know, God was creating everything and and one of the things that he did in in Genesis in chapter 2 um verses 8 through 14 is he plants the garden. Okay? He he puts the garden in place on earth and you know he the man that he created he puts into that garden and um there are four rivers in that garden. Okay. And the first river is the um and this is Smith's Bible dictionary the Pishon River, the Guehon, the Tigris and the Euphrates. And so um the pishon uh translates into um um pleasure or or whatever. So that's why you have the uh paradise pleasure or paradise creek up at the top. The Serette River is Tigris spelled backwards and the Nohig is uh Guehan spelled backwards. So, uh, that's what those two one rivers are. Now, the, uh, no hig is, you know, hig if from fig and zigg is how's it going? And so, what you should do is you should know how it's going. [laughter] Okay? And that's kind of a little embedded thing there. And then, uh, Euphrates is is is good and, uh, abounding river. And so I just named it Good Creek. And so you have this these these these these creeks, if you will, and these rivers uh from creation. And so you can you can make a um um sentence out of that. And like I say, you have to go to the um [clears throat] with the Smith Bible dictionary. Uh, but my sentence is the great river streaming with the pleasure of paradise. And so that's where she's headed. She's headed to the great river streaming with the pleasure of paradise. And um, you know, that's the exit that she's taking. She's taking the exit to the good and abounding river. And that's the exit you want to take. And that's the exit that you want your children to take. And so, uh, interestingly enough, there is a place on the exit on the interstate there, Crossville, Tennessee. And so, hats off to all you people in Crossville, Tennessee. But, uh, you know, the um um the other interesting aspect of it is when Tom is doing his um radio announcement that he's looking for volunteers. And what better place in Tennessee, the whole state's full of volunteers. dress up on Saturdays and go out and cheer for football teams and you know wherever basketball and baseball teams whatever they do and they're the volunteers and so the it's it's kind of if you're from Tennessee you you may appreciate that and then again you may not I don't know it's like well I hope you do I hope you don't get offended but I'm not trying to offend anybody anyway but uh yeah that's what this is all about this is a kind of a neat uh symbology and like I said we we created Mimsil so don't go looking for it I I mean it may be there but it's in this world it's imaginary.

[00:14:45]So Jim meets Jim and you know the rest is history really. I mean he sees her and he's he's enamored with her. He's aruck. He's that it's over. I mean he and and I think he knows it. uh you know, and you know, she's they go out for a a a jog, if you will. They've already worked out together at the gym.

[00:15:11]Um you know, Jamaima, Jim, Jim for short, has a a brother named Tim, his name is Tim Kim, and you know, that kind of thing. And so that's the rhyming word is Jim. Jim Tim Kim. Well, you know, it turns out you got Jim Jim and you got Jim JM and you got Jim GM and then you got Jim GM. And he's looking at her and he's thinking, there's no Jim that can compare to Jim. She is just the most beautiful thing he's ever seen. He's no no other can compare. And so at that point, he's she's she's actually said the magic word, if you will. I am. And so she says, "I am exhausted. I need to rest for a minute." And when she says that, uh, he knows he knows that that's the final thing that he needs to hear.

[00:16:05]Uh, he's already, you know, been praying for a good woman with a good heart. Uh she's wearing the the the David medallion, the opal uh with the David opal with the heart on her around her necklace around necklace around her neck. And you know, she's she's everything that she's heaven on earth to him. Uh, and so he goes he goes home and he goes to his desk and he uh pins uh a poem, if you will.

[00:16:42]So he [clears throat] sits down and this is where you kind of get the this is where the purple heart is is revealed.

[00:16:48]And in the earlier part of the book you see um you know he's a integrated workout um person IWO and his name is Jim A. Coleman and so Ewo Gima and so his father senior uh served in in in World War II and was awarded the Purple Heart. And so that's why at the church where they go, and you'll see this a little bit later in the book, and you you saw a little glimpse of it when he was walking out earlier, there are purple and gold parking spaces. And those if you see one of those uh we don't have many of those around here, but if you see one of those at a shopping area or something, those place those spots are reserved for Purple Heart recipients uh and people who have served with valor. And so [clears throat] the interesting part about this scene is, okay, you have the the Euima, you have the guys lifting the flag, you have his father, Jim A. Coleman, Senior, with the Purple Heart Award that has been awarded. and the mug. Okay, now the mug is uh from uh the snowflake and that's the mug that uh Clint is drinking his apple mint tea from uh when his cold stony heart melts. Okay, he begins to melt and he becomes a different changes into a different person. Well, uh, Clint is Jim Coleman Senior and Jim Coleman Jr., he's their great, well, he'd be Jim's greatgreat greatgrandfather, okay? Kind of thing. And so, um, that's the link there. And so, that's the lineage to that book. And that and that's where that comes from. And just think about, you know, if if Clint hadn't come out of the darkness and come into the light, uh we might not be reading this story, it might be something different. So, you know, you're you're here today based on the decisions that a lot of people have made in the past. And so, I think it's just a great way to tie this these stories together. Uh there's another link we'll talk about that in a little bit uh about from the the newest work that we're working on and uh uh the deception the veil and removing the veil and the deception from people. Uh Captain Hail uh he he pins a note also and cast it into the sea. Anyway, so [clears throat] that's the other link in this book to another work that we're doing. And anyway, so he he's he he's he's in love. And so he puts together this uh you know, request, this poetry, if you will. He's just pouring out his soul. He's he he writes his feelings in a letter to Jim. Okay? Heartfelt feelings. He writes them down to her and he gives he gives this to her. And the interesting part about it is is, you know, she turns around and repeats the words to him. And so he writes them to her and gives them to her, she receives them, and then she reads them. And it's like it's it's it's a it's a full circle uh completion thing. So so romantic. [laughter] Anyway, so you know, like I say, she mentions the words I am. Okay. And you know, when this is the Mims, this is the Purple Heart parking space, and there's the Meim convertible that Jim rides around in, and Jamaima's with him, and they're they're come to the church, and they're going to go for a swim. Uh but on the outside of the church u there's the there's several places in the Bible where where God says I am um uh the bread of life, the light of the world, the gate for the sheep, the good shepherd, the resurrection life, the truth, the way, the true vine. Okay.

[00:21:01]Well, [clears throat] those things are all symbolized here. And so the first one is the good shepherd. And so the there's two of them there. There's the G and the S that are on the gates. Okay?

[00:21:13]So symbolizing the good shepherd, but also the gates themselves are for the sheep. And so those gates are open uh for for everyone. You know, you you can't resist the effectual call. U my sheep know my voice and they follow me when I call them. And the in, you know, it was, not to get too far off track, but there was a a minister one time was talking about he had visited a holy land and he happened to be out at one of the wells and there were there was a flock of sheep there and along come another herd herdsman with his flock of sheep and they were watering their sheeps and they just all mixed in together. It was pretty interesting, you know, all the sheep just kind of and he's like, "My goodness, how what are they going to how how [laughter] they going to figure this out?" Right? And so the thing is is what happened was they I guess the two herdsman they knew each other and they chitchated a while and the other one's like well I'll see you later I got to go kind of thing or whatever they say and there he's heading off and he's like he just yells out and he starts walking off and all the sheep that are his break away from the other sheep and come in his direction and that's like my sheep know my voice. And so if you know the voice of God, you're going to follow him and there's not there's not really a whole lot you can do about it. That's just the way it is. And so then the other aspect of it is I am the true vine. And so the vines growing on the on the gate, you know, across there. And then also I'm the light of the world.

[00:22:42]And so occasionally, uh, it happens that you'll see inverted rainbow. And if the cloud formation's just right and the angle of the sun's just right, it'll be inverted like a smile. And so, uh, that's what this is about. that that God is looking down and he sees the two of them and he blesses them. He's happy that they have found one another.

[00:23:16]So down come the wall. Okay. So the wall comes down and then so they they go and they are go for a swim and so uh in this particular scene um you see the maja thing again but you and that at the end of the pool is the the sign of the fish and the sign of the cross mim healing and you know um I don't know I guess it works for him and it works for her. It probably works for everybody. But once you get in that spiritual water that Jesus has to offer, um, you're healed. Your your spirit is is overflowing abundantly uh with living water. And kind of like Jane and the trumpet train when she just gets soaked out in the rain, off brie pours down the rain, the water on her, your spirit is filled. And so that that's what's going on here. and her vim, her her physical malady, if you will, is reversed. Okay?

[00:24:24]And so, swimming in these living waters and and and her spirit and whatnot, she dealt with all of that in in the first book, Jamaima and Job. And in this book, she's dealing with um her physical ailment. And so, after it's all said and done, they sit down and they break bread together. And so that's the I am the uh the bread, the bread of life kind of thing. So they're eating the bread of life together and uh and and the true vine. Uh he is the true vine. There is no other um vine. So that's what this thing is about.

[00:25:12]So he pops the big question, right? He's like, "What you?" And so he gives her the poem that he he wrote to her and you know, uh she reads it back to him. And so he wrote it to her and she reads it to him and he's just uh like I say, he's enamored. He's just just in love. And so he asked her to marry him. And behind him is the Exodus 23. And if if you serve the Lord your God, he will bless your bread and your water and he will take away sickness from among you. And so that the key is, you know, the the children of Israel wandered around in the desert for 40 years and their clothing didn't wear out, their shoes didn't wear out. uh you know they were when they when the rebellious ones didn't enter into the promised land but all of their descendants all of the ones who didn't when they came into the promised land they were in perfect health there were no sick people among them and so we're talking about you know couple two or three million people most probably I mean the number varies depending on who you talk to but uh yeah and just just think if you were a doctor or nurse, you'd just be sitting around all day. Nothing to do, you know. No, well, I hope somebody shows up today with a splinter or something. I mean, you know, there's just there was nothing. Uh they were in perfect health.

[00:26:43]And it's because you will serve the Lord your God. If you serve [clears throat] the Lord your God, he will bless you.

[00:26:50]And so, that's what's going on here. And so, um it's a good scene. Of course, uh she says, "Yeah." Yeah. She answers, "Yeah."

[00:27:00]And so they get married and they have the promise and that promise is you serve the Lord your God and you'll be blessed. And that's exactly what happens. And John um 14:6. Uh you know, it's the [clears throat] way, the truth, and the life. And so Thomas, doubting Thomas as we know him, he's like kind of wondering, you know, you don't know where you're going. And and so Jesus says, "Well, I'm the way, the truth, and the life, and no man cometh unto the Father but by me." And so that's the part you got to remember is, you know, you can try all you want to. You can do all the work you want.

[00:27:40]You can get somebody to pray for you or do your praying for you or whatever.

[00:27:44]But, you know, eventually you have to sooner or later you got to stand on your own and you got to go face him yourself.

[00:27:50]And we all do and we all have to and that's just the way it is. But [clears throat] anyway, the book ends up uh with okay, Jamaima in this particular one, the early parts of the book, she's got this kind of 80s hairstyle and 80s attire and that kind of stuff. Well, this the last book in the scene is is she's done moved forward from that.

[00:28:14]They've they uh they they have their own home now. They have a family. Uh and you know, her hairstyle changed. And so, Jamaa is a dynamic character. She's going she's she's going through a lot of changes uh just in the first two books.

[00:28:32]And she's going to go through some changes here in this in the next book in the Empty Nest uh book. she's going to well I don't want to spoil it for you but that one that particular one is in in design and so it should be coming out pretty soon so you'll be seeing a par a presentation on it. So anyway that's this book and it's just a it's a fun book. It's got a lot of symbology in it.

[00:28:55]It's got uh some really neat scenes and and and characters u you know Jim and Jim they're they're made for each other and the setting is good. We we wondered about how we where we're going to set it and we settled on Tennessee and so um I hope the people of Tennessee like the book and I hope all of you like the book. Anyway, uh so that's basically it.

[00:29:19]So, we're going to cover the team members and wrap this up.

[00:29:38]I always like that pull back the curtain thing, you know. So, anyway, this is our team. And so, you know, every so often we have to update the photos and the pictures and, you know, who's doing what and that kind of stuff. And uh now that we have Lily Bug, you know, she's she helps us some occasionally with editing.

[00:29:54]She looks at the pictures and gives her approval. Uh but you know, for some of you, we we have a a lot of subscribers now compared to what we had in the early days. And so, every so often, we just like to introduce the team. So, there's me, there's my wife Susan. She's she's good for she helps to support editing.

[00:30:17]She's good at uh grammar and punctuation, which are not my strong suits, believe it or not. And then my daughter Sarah, she does a lot of the marketing and she's the one who puts the uh commercials on the end of these things and the music and the that kind of stuff and does the final edits. And then I my grandchildren, my granddaughters, they come over and they look at the books and the illustrations and they approve or disapprove and they make some pretty valid suggestions, you know. I mean, they I mean, the youngest one doesn't talk very much yet, but she you can tell what she likes and what she don't like. Okay? And so anyway, uh that's the team.

[00:30:58]So, I promised you I was going to talk to you a little bit about where we go from here. And we have Jama and that was the bury the hatchet mental you know deal with your loss situation. Uh I am Mim deals with the physical healing and restoration. Uh they they find what they've been both patiently waiting for.

[00:31:20]Uh they actually find one another. Uh the empty nest is God's blessing and favor. That's the part of the Exodus that we were reading earlier. And you know, u boy, she winds up blessed. She winds up with like eight children.

[00:31:35][laughter] So yeah, she I guess it was a show one time. Eight's enough. I think she calls it quits eight, but yeah, she has eight. And um and then the message and after that is, you know, I'm still wondering about this message and treasure if they're going to be one book or two books. But uh basically uh they travel, they take a vacation, they go to California, and then they go, uh they find the message in the bottle from the from the veil. And as I thought that was kind of a neat touch there. Um you know, the message that that Captain Hail throws into the water. He throws it into the water in like 1860 and on the east coast of America. And all the time goes by and wouldn't you know it, Jamaima and family go to California and there's the bottle on the shore 150 or so years later. So anyway, that's kind of neat. And they open the bottle and you have to wait to find out what the message is. And so but anyway, so then they take it, they go to travel and they go to the Solomon Islands and they go to Japan and they're looking for the cure. and you know there's a place in Japan called Cure and so um that that's how that's going to go and so you it's exciting the journey that she's on and I don't want to tell you too much about what happens and spoil it for you or anything but they go on kind of a scavenger hunt while they're in Shakir and uh picking up different pieces and symbols and whatnot and eventually u they come to a treasure they find a treasure and I'm not going to tell you what that is either But it it's a lot of fun and so hopefully uh it'll be something that you stick with us. I think this is a good series. I'm enjoying the Jamaima Jamaima well Coleman now is who she is. Uh Jamaima Jo story though. I'm enjoying it like I said. So uh come with us. You uh Jamaima they leave Tennessee and move to West Virginia. sorry, Tennessee, but they they just move across the border, just a short distance from where they are. Uh, but they move up into the mountains of West Virginia, and that's where they have their family and build their home and and whatnot. And they reminisce about what they've done and where they've been and the things that they they've been doing. And so, [clears throat] it's a I think it's a lot of fun. I think the the journey that Jamime is on. And so, um, hats off to West Virginia, y'all. next. So, y'all look forward to to that book. The nest is u it's in design and so probably [clears throat] be out of design here in the next couple of weeks and go to print. So, uh we got several books like I tell we got uh um we've got this one that's coming out. We got the butterfly coming out and uh Kismet was put released today. Uh you know, so it's out there at Amazon. You can pick up a copy of that. gambling addiction and how to do, you know, coping with that a little bit. And, uh, and then, like I say, the nest and and so forth. And so, um, we got a lot of books in work. Uh, Yellow Fellow's in work. We've got, um, The Veil is in work. The Snowdrop got is in in approval right now today, this very minute. And so, looks like it's going to be okay. And you're going to like that one. Um, uh, Trudy, she's like, uh, little E from Molly Overcame. Uh, she's like her wild aunt, you know, wild and free aunt and she's definitely a free spirit. She flies a crop duster and she does a lot of, you know, interesting things. She's a active person. And so, uh, anyway, so that's that's what's coming up and that's what's going to happen to Jamaima and and and it's I think it's a good story.

[00:35:29]So just want to thank you. I don't know we we are we never imagined when we started out how we would this would grow. U but here in my house um this little paint by numbers kit down at the bottom there. Two love birds. My wife painted that when she was just a kid.

[00:35:50]And you know it it it's it's in a prominent place uh on our wall above our entrance and exit for to our front door at our house, our home. And so [clears throat] y'all, you just never know what path you're on. And you need to listen to that small voice that's telling you go here or go there. And when when God is looking for a volunteer, Isaiah 68 said he's like wondering who shall I send? And and the response is, well, here here am I. Send me. And so you need to be that person because you cannot go wrong doing what God has in place for you to do. Anyway, uh so that's our website, that's our email and that kind of stuff. and um look forward to seeing you or or hearing from you and getting your thoughts about the book and and and so forth. Uh probably be another month or so before it's uh maybe a month and a half before it's on Amazon and other pl sites, but uh it's going to be a good one. Anyway, so thank you for your time today and tonight and um you know, we'll talk to you later. More to come.

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