D is For...

I am an heiress of generational trauma. I am a descendant of dis-ease.  I come from a line of survivors and warriors, who crossed war zones and oceans. This is my bloodline, which ebbs and flows through my veins, sparks the electrical impulses through my neuro psyche.  My ancestors afforded me a life of the freedom of choice and expression here in the United States. They gifted me with an inherita...

I am a victim of childhood trauma. I am a survivor. I start at this childhood place and space, even though this journey I’m about to recount is from a recent timeframe in my middle adulthood. Why? Because my kidney failure wasn’t an occurrence unto its own nor solely physical. 

Official launch of "D is for..." series by Isul Kim. Rolling release in 2026. I open with these words on January 24, 2026: “I am forty-five years old. I am six months old. These are simultaneous truths.” You see, I was gifted a new life on July 24, 2025, the date of my life-saving kidney transplant.  And now my newly anointed kidney rebirthday. My infinite, eternal gratitude goes out to...