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Don’t Fool Yourself into Believing You’ll Always Have Tomorrow

June 16, 2018 Kim Harms Home
Kim Harms photo

The night before my bilateral mastectomy, I received this email from my great-uncle Marlowe. Hildy has been feeling punk the last few days and went to bed early tonight. I was washing dishes when she

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Long Hair and Answered Prayer

April 21, 2018 Kim Harms Home
photo by kim harms

I was eight months pregnant with my first child when we met on a hot July day. Sitting beside Marti at a company outing, my beach ball belly eliminating all chances of finding a comfortable

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Empty Swingsets: Grieving Life’s Inevitable Changes

March 17, 2018 Kim Harms Home
Photo by Kim Harms

The swings were empty, and I was close to tears.  A wooden playset was about to make me cry. It was ridiculous really. We only lived in the house for six months. (It was an

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How a Bunch of Teenage Boys Unexpectedly Cured My Heartache

January 20, 2018 Kim Harms Home
Photo by Kim Harms

(I need to preface this with a short note. Today, January 20, is the 2nd anniversary of my breast cancer diagnosis. Hard anniversaries bring heartache. And today I will remember the phone call that left

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When You Give of Yourself and God Gives Back

December 16, 2017 Kim Harms Home, Inspiration
Artwork by Kim Harms

“He lives right over there. Do you want me to go get him?” My heart leapt to my throat as I thought, “Really Lord? Is this for real?” As I watched the Mission to Haiti

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I Am Not Enough, But I’m Thankful for the One Who Is

November 18, 2017 Kim Harms Home
Artwork by Kim Harms

I am not enough To undo my mistakes, to answer my own prayers To make myself compassionate when I simply don’t care. To give joyfully each time to love those I don’t like, To succeed

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When Cancer Pushed Me Out of the Boat and Into the Water

September 16, 2017 Kim Harms Home
Photo By Kim Harms

When you pass through the waters I will be with you. Isaiah 43:2 The image of water was a big deal to me during my cancer year. The power. The tranquility. The danger. The beauty.

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10 Things I Hope for My Boys as They Enter High School

August 19, 2017 Kim Harms Home
Photo courtesy of Rachel Vespestad

Every time I drive past the high school building looming by the cornfields on the outskirts of town, my palms start sweating. Maybe because my high school friends scarred me for life by making me watch Children of

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The Vietnam War Gave My Brother His Name

July 15, 2017 Kim Harms Home

Keith. That’s the name of my dad’s best boyhood friend. It’s also my brother’s name. My brother carries Keith’s name because Keith Kahlstorf was only allowed to carry it for a short time. The Vietnam

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6 Things Every Dad Should Know About His Daughter

June 17, 2017 Kim Harms Home

Dear Dads, I don’t have a daughter, but I am one. And this list of 6 Things Every Dad Should Know About His Daughter is inspired by my experience. 1. She is paying close attention to

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