Check Out Kim Sorrelle’s Story

Today we’d like to introduce you to Kim Sorrelle

Alright, so thank you so much for sharing your story and insight with our readers. To kick things off, can you tell us a bit about how you got started?
I was going to be the first woman president of the United States. I had a plan laid out. I knew where I was going to school, when I’d work as a congressional page, whose campaigns I’d give my time to, and work hard to be elected when the time came. Then, a tall, dark, handsome man walked into the room, and my presidential dream walked out. I was immediately smitten. Ten days after we met, I asked him to marry me, and he said, “Yes.”
Since he was still in school, I started a business to support us. At 18 years old, I was the proud owner of an old abandoned furniture manufacturing plant. I built walls and leased space. That building led to another and another, and before long, I was leasing over 10,000,000 square feet of space. Meanwhile, I started a golf course, a fine dining restaurant, event facilities with catering, a grocery store on St Croix, and more. Several years in, my husband decided to give up on his career in electronics and join me.
Business was great, and marriage was greater. We had four kids and adopted another. We coached together, traveled wherever, and had a great time doing it all.
We’d just become empty nesters when the phone rang. “Blah, blah, blah, you have breast cancer. We will call you on Tuesday.” Shock turned into panic, not knowing what the future would hold. As procedures were scheduled and a plan put in place, my husband started having stomach pains. He went to the doctor, was prescribed Rolaids, and was sent on his way. When things weren’t better a couple of months later, he went back again and again prescribed Rolaids. When he finally went to the emergency room, hoping they would get to the bottom of his pain, things were much worse than ever expected. Just four months after my diagnosis, we heard the words “Pancreatic cancer.”
We had a wonderful six weeks together before I whispered in his ear, “Baby, just go.”
When I was finally physically able to return to work, I didn’t know what to do. I started by volunteering at an organization that helped developing nations worldwide. Twelve days after I started, there was an earthquake in Haiti that killed 200,000 people. Within two weeks, I left for Haiti and did not look back for a long time.
At 47 years old, as I was wrapping my head around the loss of the dream to be in our 90s, rocking on the front porch and sipping lemonade, I knew I needed to live in a way to honor my husband. In John, it says that God is love, so I figured if I knew the true meaning of love and then lived it, I would be fulfilling my goal.
When I asked Google for the full definition of love, tens of thousands of sites provided seemingly tens of thousands of definitions. I couldn’t find where anyone had done a deep dive to figure it out.
The other reason, or not really a reason but a driving force, was I heard about this man in my town who would live a year like Jesus and then write a book about it. I couldn’t wait to read it! As I was diving in, I kept waiting for that big aha, that transformation I thought would certainly come if you lived a year like Jesus. Instead, the book was about living Jesus’ physical life, wearing sandals, drinking at a bar with strangers, trying to do a 40-day fast, etc. I thought about how I would have approached that year. The WWJD movement was massive and still goes on some, but it occurred to me that everyone looks at Jesus differently. To some, he is a heretic, to others, a prophet, still others, light, peace, love, everything good and wonderful. Even among Christians, Jesus can be thought of as a loving savior or a heavy-handed God who is to be feared. So answering WWJD, What Would Jesus Do, can be answered in so many different ways. But love is universal, and God is love. So if we thought WWLD, What Would Love Do, we should have similar and correct answers worldwide.
Between wanting to honor Steve and needing to know what love is, I had to figure it out. I knew I would put it all in a book and thought it would still be worth it if I were the only one who ever read it.
I dedicated a year to figuring out the true meaning of love. I ventured off on this eat, pray, love experience. I was chased by a motorcycle gang, slept outside with tarantulas and snakes, and nearly got arrested at least once. But it was all worth it. The things I discovered about love blew my mind, rocked my world, and changed my life. The world would be a better place if everyone understood love and lived love.

Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
No. Many struggles along the way. All learning and growing comes with overcoming.

Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
Life is wonderful. I write, speak, and serve. I love people, all people, sincerely. I enjoy serving any way I can. I am determined to live life to its fullest, not take one day for granted, and be the change I want to see in the world.

Do you have any advice for those just starting out?
I have plenty of advice. The number one thing I would say is take one day at a time. If you give yourself to the day, do all you can, make the phone calls, make things happen, before you know it the day is a week, the week is a month, and the months are years. Accomplishing even small things each day throws another shovel of dirt on the pile. Before you know it, you’ve climbed a mountain.

Pricing:

• Love Is Book – 17.95
• VIP Day developing business strategies to bring you to new heights in your business, $100,000 to $300,000.
• Speaking – $20,000

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.kimsorrelle.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimsorrelle/?hl=en
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ksorrelle
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-sorrelle-11079523/
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@kimsorrelle