Integrity in Flux?

This has been an interesting year for me professionally, personally, and politically when it comes to the topic of integrity. Professionally, I left a successful career that I had been growing over the last five years because of a core conflict of integrity with the senior leadership. Having loved that company and many people who …

Faith in Flux

Those of you who know me personally know that I grew up in the South, and though my parents were not religious people, I was still raised up in Christianity. To provide a bit of background for the rest of you, I started going to church with my mamaw before I could even remember. She …

Twinship in Flux

I was born a fraternal twin. When we were born, our parents couldn't decide which one of us would be Kim or Carrie, so while we matured under incubators for three weeks, the nurses had named me Night because I had dark hair, dark eyes, and darker skin and her Day because she had light …

Farewell Flux

As you read in the previous post, the last three years in the Pacific Northwest have seen me face some of the most challenging life events a person can encounter. I think the experiences started to tone the place for me, and as I knew my life was already drastically changing with the divorce, I …

Embracing Flux

I started this blog in the winter of 2014 in preparation for moving across country from TN to OR with my husband and our dog. Though our close friends and family knew of our intentions, I had to keep things under wraps and private for a few months until giving notice with my employer, so …