At just 8 years old Kim's parent's divorced due to domestic violence. In the words of her Mother " Rather than to have my kid's in that type of environment- which it wasn't good for them or myself, I just felt that it was time for me to move on, and that's what I did."

When her parents divorced little 8 year old Kim decided to live with mother while her brother stayed behind with their father.

Since she was a single mom and it was the 80s Kim's mom had a hard finding a job and a place to stay. They stayed with friends whenever they could, but after a while they were staying out of the trunk of her car. Kim even told her brother one time "Man can you believe we had stay in the car."

The courts eventually granted Kim's father full custody of the children, while her mother went to figure her life out.