Thank you for this heartfelt celebration Lor and Adam. I bet my dad is grinning somewhere in another dimension too, hearing a bit of his story told through his daughter, on this very special week. If you both happen to see a bizarre increase in 43’s in the coming week, it’s him. 😂
It is also a perfect week to post this, Adam. Not sure of the exact day, but Kimberly is celebrating a BIG, or I should say, a grand, birthday, all week long. I’m shouting, and singing (badly) HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KIMBERLY!🎉🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈
I am certain many people are celebrating with you!
Grand is such a good word. And that’s how it felt, thanks in part (BIG part) to this stunning family over here on the stack. My god you’re all so beautiful it hurts.
Gosh, this is really dear to hear Ben. I hear my own voice and it sounds all Fargo in my head. ;) As you know, reading our words is an entirely different experience of sharing; perhaps even more vulnerable? Do you feel that way?
Well, reading fiction is a whole different bag than reading a page from your real life. The level of vulnerability you had to embrace for your memoir I’m not sure I’ll ever be capable of.
Thank you for this heartfelt celebration Lor and Adam. I bet my dad is grinning somewhere in another dimension too, hearing a bit of his story told through his daughter, on this very special week. If you both happen to see a bizarre increase in 43’s in the coming week, it’s him. 😂
It is also a perfect week to post this, Adam. Not sure of the exact day, but Kimberly is celebrating a BIG, or I should say, a grand, birthday, all week long. I’m shouting, and singing (badly) HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KIMBERLY!🎉🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈
I am certain many people are celebrating with you!
Grand is such a good word. And that’s how it felt, thanks in part (BIG part) to this stunning family over here on the stack. My god you’re all so beautiful it hurts.
Wow that was beautiful and powerful and utterly stripping. Amazing, thanks
“Utterly stripping” - - I’ve never heard that phrase before but it’s such a good one! Visceral, vulnerable, exposed.
I know! I just came up with it! Such a powerful piece of writing/reading Kimberly, you inspired off the cuff inventions :)
Ooooh Kimberly- this took my breath away - - and now, I just need to sit with it.
🙏 Sitting with it, in silence, is the best response.
I remember tearing up when I read this passage in your memoir last year, but hearing you read it aloud kind of broke me open. So beautiful.
Gosh, this is really dear to hear Ben. I hear my own voice and it sounds all Fargo in my head. ;) As you know, reading our words is an entirely different experience of sharing; perhaps even more vulnerable? Do you feel that way?
Well, reading fiction is a whole different bag than reading a page from your real life. The level of vulnerability you had to embrace for your memoir I’m not sure I’ll ever be capable of.
I’m good at dissociating.:)
Wow that gave me chills!
Good ol' bodily response. Love it! Thanks for listening Deirdre. ;)
This is great and I want to read more, but the link to 4/3 isn't working
Fixed!
No biggie, thanks Adam!
Oh I see it now, the last link on the post doesn't work. Not sure what's up with that! But the earlier one does. ;)
That's strange. Try again, I thought I removed that chapter from the paywall but maybe it didn't refresh. Here's the link again! https://open.substack.com/pub/unfixed/p/43-on-highway-43-543?r=3lmmp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
Gulp... Kimberly hearing you read this passage which I remember so well, tares the threads that keep my heart in place. No words... ❣️
Here here, let me spin some thread from hummingbird nests to stitch it back together. 💛
This is truly stunning Kimberly. I hope that there will be an audio version of your memoir, read by you 💛✨
Thank you Emily. Yowza. That sounds daunting but it might be part of the publisher’s plan so I better get used to the idea.:)
Beautiful, and beautifully read.
Thank you Rona. I appreciate your presence here!