Hi. My name is Kim and I am a two-spirit lesbian. For those that don't know what that means, I am a woman, but I have a masculine spirit as well. I indetify as a lot of things, but mostly, I am just me. I simply live my life as who I am, dress as I am comfortable and love who I am meant to love. *smile*

I was born in 1960 in a little bitty town in Texas. I was raised in West Texas and had been living in the same town for the last 9 years before my move to North Carolina. I am totally "out" as a lesbian to my family and the public at large and have been for many years. I have two sons, ages 26 and 25, who are the joys of my life. My youngest is a policeman in the Air Force and works with a bomb dog. My oldest just graduated Law School and is married to my wonderful daughter-in-law, who is currently working on her Masters Degree. I was married twice when I was younger, but I basically raised my sons on my own, with a little help from my daddy.

My interests and hobbies are numerous and I never seem to have enough time for them. *laugh* I enjoy photography and reading, mostly mysteries (like those by Patricia Cornwell) and fantasy fiction (like those by J.R.R. Tolken and Stephen Donaldson). My musical interests are quite ecclectic and lay anywhere between Willie Nelson and Enya. I like to be outdoors and own enough camping and fishing equipment to open my own sporting goods store. I spend a fair amount of time on my computer playing a MUD (Multi-User Domain) game. I am also working on putting together a book for my family on our paternal geneaology. My home reflects my love of plants. Lisa definitely does not share my enthusiasm for leafy green things and turns over all responsibility for the houseplants to me.

Love is a strange and wonderful thing. I have had my share of relationships in life, most of which ended badly. By the time I met Lisa in February of 2001, I had pretty much resigned myself to the fact that I was going to grow old alone. I was tired of dating women who couldn't accept me for who I was and I finally decided that I wasn't going to "settle" anymore. When Lisa answered my ad on PlanetOut, I was enraptured immediately because of the things she said in her letter to me and what I read in her ad after receiving the letter. My first experience with meeting someone through those ads didn't go well (let's just say the girl was more in need of a therapist than a lover), but there was something in what Lisa had to say that made me think she just might be the one for me so I took a chance. It sometimes seems as though Lisa and I have been in a relationship forever. We are so comfortable with each other, we don't fight and carry on (well, everyone has their tiffs, but nothing serious) and we are totally in sync with one another.

Ok, that's basically all there is to know about me. I am just a happy, easygoing person who got lucky and found the love of my life.