Becoming Kimberly - ebook

Becoming Kimberly is an autobiographical memoir.  The book describes Kimberly's life living in rural southern Georgia as a man, and her deep rooted desire to be a woman. At the age of 5, Kimberly or Kim, as she was called by her parents, always felt different.  Her body did not work as she thought it should. Varioius incidents over the years growing up prevented her from living as a woman.  After surviving high school, and some college, Kimberly married and fathered three children.  Raising the boys as a single  parent for several years kept Kimberly fully occupied for a time.  Kim married the love of her life in 1991 and remained with Vikki unil her death from breast cancer in 2016.  Six weeks after Vikki's death, Kimberly started hormone therapy.  Seven weeks after begining hormones, Kimberly came out of the closet and began living as a woman. This book takes you through the many lessons Kimberly had to learn to live as fully as she could and enjoy her life. Breast implant surgery was performed in March of 2017, and It appeared to be the last thing Kimberly would do for her transition as Gender Reassignment surgery was not funded by the insurance companies and was financially out of reach.