Kim Griffith

Our second trip to the Kentucky Derby. But in all our planning, something was missing this time.

https://kjsy.substack.com/p/the-experience-i-thought-i-wanted

My first time at the Kentucky Derby, I knew I belonged. I didn't just have access. This year as I prepared I'm calling the shots. I decide where I'll sit, what I'll wear, every detail.

When you belong, you are not a guest. You claim what is yours.

https://kjsy.substack.com/p/access-isnt-belonging

We've all felt it. The conflict of love while holding onto our pain and anger. We know we should do one thing, but choose another. This is probably the most human, transparent, brutally honest story I've ever written.

https://kjsy.substack.com/p/the-answer-i-didnt-want-to-follow

The feeling of powerlessness is exhausting when you care as much as we do. You want to make things better, but your influence just doesn't seem to reach far enough. We feel small and inadequate. But that is all an illusion. Deborah, my angelic collective, answers the question of powerlessness in this week's Substack story.

https://kjsy.substack.com/p/when-it-feels-like-nothing-you-do

Earlier I told you about my colleague, Ana-Maria Janes, who literally buried the one thing standing between her and her dream. You can read her story this week on my Substack.

This is What Becoming Looks Like When a woman refuses to remain who she was...and gives truth to the form beyond the illusion.