WELCOME TO KIMSWARRIORS.
If you found this blog, thank you. Seriously.
My wife, Kim, died nine and a half years ago after suffering her second grand mal seizure. What she taught me about life during the years I knew her changed—and in many ways reshaped—the way I see the world. I hope some of what she taught me can do the same for some of you.
What you’re about to find here has taken me more than two years to imagine, build, rethink, tear apart, rebuild, and finally decide, Okay. Maybe it’s time to let somebody see this thing.
So welcome.
I want you to imagine something.
1. Picture a raging outdoor fire late at night beside a lake or a river.
2. There’s a full moon overhead.
3. The fire is crackling.
4. Someone is telling a story.
5. Someone else is laughing.
6. inevitably, the wind changes.
7. Smoke goes directly into your face.
8. So you move your chair.
9. Two minutes later, the wind changes again.Smoke.
10. You move the chair again. And suddenly, you're sitting across the fire from someone new. The conversation you were already having continues, but now there's a new person beside you. A new story. A new perspective. A new opportunity to explore almost anything with someone you might never have met otherwise.
That’s the campfire I have in mind.
Because some of the best conversations we ever have happen around fires like that.
You all I hope may already have a place where sometimes we ask for advice. Sometimes we just need somebody to listen. Sometimes we have something to celebrate. And sometimes we don't need anything at all except a few people who know us well enough to understand what we're trying to say before we've even finished saying it.
You know the kind of friendship I mean.
You can go two years without seeing somebody, sit down with them for twenty minutes, and somehow it feels like you were together yesterday.
THIS IS THE CONCEPT OF KIMSWARRIORS
A virtual campfire.
A place where people from anywhere in the world can sit down for a while and share the things that make us human. The wins.The losses. The questions. The mistakes. The humor. The experiences. The knowledge. The resources we discover along the way. And, perhaps most importantly, the support.
Because the world has given us an incredible ability to communicate with almost anyone, almost anywhere. And somehow, we have never felt more disconnected.
I THINK WE CAN DO BETTER
That is where the idea for Kim’s Warriors began. I want to create a place where you don't simply read somebody else's story and move on. I want this to be a place where your story matters, too. Where, if you're preparing for a trip, starting a business, changing careers, giving an important presentation, dealing with a difficult decision, celebrating a victory, or simply trying to figure out what the hell you're doing next, you can come here and find people who have been there.
And over time, technology-including AI-will help us do things that weren’t possible before-ONLY WITH YOUR INDIVIDUAL, EXPLICIT PERMISSION. AI can help us remember you. Real people will respond to members who have signed in, using relevant information and experiences they’ve agreed to share.
It could be someone in a tough financial spot who needs help setting up a GoFundMe, learning how to tell their story clearly, and hearing what other people have tried-mutual aid groups, local charities, community grants, or helpful budgeting resources. And just as importantly, it could be someone who needs something you already know-because the right connection, shared experience, or small bit of guidance can make a bigger difference than you might realize.
Where we remember a family member, or you, facing serious health issues. Where you can come back and we say, “Hey. How did that go? What can we do to help you find what you need-next?”
TECHNOLOGY ISN'T THE POINT. EVERYONE BEING SEEN IS
AGAIN TO BE CLEAR. AI will store that information, and real people-like trusted friends-will help make sure your chair stays warm. In the end, it will be people-not AI-who remember who you are: the ones who respond to you, cheer with you, laugh with you, and cry with you, sharing everything you’d experience together over a beer in that real, human moment.
I want the technology to help us remember that there is a person on the other side of the screen.
Someone with a story and a history that shaped them-real-life experiences, hard-earned lessons, and perspectives worth sharing. Someone who might know exactly what you’ve been trying to figure out, whether it’s a practical tip, a personal insight, or a “here’s what I wish I’d known” moment. Someone to laugh with on a rough day, and someone who simply needs a few more people in their corner to cheer them on.
It could be a business founder refining a startup idea, or an executive looking for better tools, fresh strategies, and free advice on resources-books, templates, communities, programs, or mentors-to help them exceed their goals. It could be someone experiencing homelessness who needs guidance on shelters, outreach services, job programs, and how to get back on their feet.
It could be someone returning from incarceration who’s trying to rebuild-finding housing, employment, support groups, and a second chance. It could be a high school or college student who needs help mapping out their future, building confidence, finding internships, scholarship leads, and meaningful contacts.
So yes, I want Kim’s Warriors to become a place where we can ask questions.
Because that's what people do when they care about each other. They remember.They check in.They laugh. They listen. They help. And sometimes they tell you that you're making a spectacularly bad decision. Hopefully with love. Probably with laughter.
That's the community I want to build. Not another website screaming for your attention. Not another place where you scroll past thousands of strangers saying things nobody remembers five minutes later. A place that feels a little more like pulling up a chair.
A place where you can laugh.Cry. Learn something. Teach something.Tell a story.Ask for help.Offer help. Celebrate a win.Talk about a loss. Or just sit by the fire for a while. I don't know exactly what Kim’s Warriors will become. And I'm okay with that.
I've spent more than two years preparing this. Now I want to see what happens when other people pull up their chairs.So wherever you are in the world, whatever your story is, and whatever brought you here—pull up a chair.
The fire is already going. And watch the smoke. Because I have a feeling the wind is about to change.