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Continue reading →: Disconsolate
Yesterday marked 6 months that I’ve been single. To be honest, I never thought that I would make it this far into the year. I thought that by this time I would have either died from a broken heart or by my own hand. It’s funny how 2020 was considered…
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Continue reading →: Choosing More than to Stay
September is National Suicide Awareness Month. This is a topic near and dear to my heart because I’ve been brought down to the darkest depths were I felt like death was the only way out. I never attempted suicide – so maybe my thoughts won’t count – but I know…
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Continue reading →: National Suicide Awareness Month
September is National Suicide Awareness Month. This week specifically – the 8th-14th – is Suicide Awareness Week. Suicide is a very real topic with me because suicide ideation is something I struggled with a lot as a teenager. When I was a month away from turning 26, I came very…
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Continue reading →: Plastic-Free Grocery Shopping
April 22nd this year was Earth Day. That was the anniversary of being home from my mission for 5 years, so I wrote a post on that instead of anything related to loving the earth. I’ve wanted to write about this for awhile, though, and I’m finally getting around to…
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Continue reading →: Mission Homecoming: 5 Years
April 22, 2014 – that was the day my parents walked into the Peachwood chapel before the start of the last transfer meeting I’d sit through. As soon as I saw them walking through the doors, I ran to them, threw my arms around my mom, and started sobbing. Those…
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Continue reading →: “I’ll Be what You want Me to Be”
I’m going to take a brief pause from my typical Wordy Wednesday posts to talk about a special anniversary that happened exactly six years ago: The day I entered the MTC.
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Continue reading →: “Be Still, My Soul”
It really pains me to say that, right now, my biggest trial is church. Church is supposed to be a refuge from the storm. When I was teaching down in Mexico, church was my saving grace. For three hours out of the week I forgot about my inadequacies, stresses, and…
Hey there! My name is Kim. I was diagnosed with bipolar I disorder in 2020, though my entire life I’ve struggled with depression. Getting my diagnosis was a huge relief. At the same time, though, I felt a bit lost. There were so many things I needed to adjust to as I learned more about how my bipolar disorder affected me, but I felt like I couldn’t find the help I needed. I decided to turn Kim on a Limb into a space where I could talk openly about my bipolar and also share the resources that have made my life easier.
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