Dec 27, 2021Hi. My name is Kimberly. And I have a headache.I don’t know when I got my first headache. I remember being a kid, laying on my grandma’s couch, begging for relief but we were out of Tylenol and it was a Sunday night and the store was closed. In high school, sometimes they kept me awake. Sometimes they kept…Headache5 min readHeadache5 min read
Dec 27, 2021A handwritten $1,000,000 check… a unicorn in the fundraising world.October 2021. A donor hands me a handwritten $1 million check at a donor meeting. Before driving back to the office, I jump on a zoom meeting with the team, and our VP jumps to me to announcement it. I just put the check up to the camera on my…Fundraising6 min readFundraising6 min read
Mar 18, 2021LossesWritten for the Pandemic Writing Project with Lighthouse Writers and History Colorado. At the beginning of the year we will never forget, I was really sick. So much so I posted, “What third ring of hell is this?? 12 days of headache, stuffed nose/ears, seared throat and lungs, unending coughing…Covid-199 min readCovid-199 min read
Feb 22, 2021Quarantine DreamIf a fundraising professional falls in a forest… I mean sends a grant proposal from the work-from-home office, did it really happen? In this dream, I’m at a conference with my teammates. Something I used to do with some frequency. It’s pre or post COVID so not the recurring dream…Covid-194 min readCovid-194 min read
Feb 3, 2021Another Day.Another screen instead of a friend Another day separate but on zoom A work day marks the day different Another short commute to the guestroom Another risk assessment of the ordinary Another socially distanced work around Another tech platform crammed in my brain Another unsatisfying solution found Another afternoon like…Covid-191 min readCovid-191 min read
Nov 5, 2020Is rural America Trump’s America?I was born in a town of 300 people in a blue state. For twenty years, I have lived in a metro area with almost 3 million people in a blue state. I don’t recognize rural America anymore. I didn’t fit in there in that small town. Few would argue…Election 20205 min readElection 20205 min read
Aug 19, 2020People plan and COVID laughsSo many of my favorite people have gotten off Facebook saying it’s too hard, it’s full of nasty politics, comment trolls, or Russian bots trying to exert an emotional response. The fun is gone from Facebook. It’s not fun because it’s not personal. People repost, sharing other content — articles…Vacation9 min readVacation9 min read
Jul 14, 2020Fox News saying what I want to hear?Conservative pundits and alt right radio: The radical left is TAKING OVER THE COUNTRY. Progressives have a problem with how America was founded. The “American Left wants to totally transform America.” We are witnessing a “left-wing cultural revolution.” Are liberals trying to “overthrow” the government? Fox news is telling us…20202 min read20202 min read
May 11, 2020We traveled 12 hours for 2 minutesAll eclipsed out. In August of 2017, I drove with four friends from Denver to Wyoming to witness the rare event of a solar eclipse. Always the planner and amidst a ton of hype, I was nervous to not have reserved a hotel or camping spot ahead of time. …Eclipse6 min readEclipse6 min read
May 11, 2020The German who showed me U2.[I wrote this story and published it on Medium in 2017. Later, I found this header on the story: “Only you can see this message. This story’s distribution setting is off.” I cannot update the setting so I had to republish.] I’m 17 years old. I’m on a bus in…Foreign Exchange4 min readForeign Exchange4 min read
