I'll share a little secret
She knew that others looked up to her, how they admired her never giving up attitude and her courage to take stuff on .. they told her this many times and it was recently evidenced in how the professors would work with her after she missed classes at the end of...
I'll share a little secret
She knew that others looked up to her, how they admired her never giving up attitude and her courage to take stuff on .. they told her this many times and it was recently evidenced in how the professors would work with her after she missed classes at the end of...
Sadly, she did not live to see her dream of graduation from CSUSM
(but she will be getting her diploma)
Kimber may be gone now, but she will never be far from our hearts
"Think Pink" :heart:
"Pink , it's the new Black" :kimber:
I miss you my pink winged angel
From Kimber's professors and students at the Faculty Mentor graduation ceremony.
We also received a lot of hand written notes, cards of fellow CSUSM students sharing what she meant to them.
Most thankful for the care we were shown by everyone, but especially professor Dan Berry (Kimber got...
Thank you
A little bit about her from here in the Kimber Watch forum here on ScubaBoard ... Two Years Ago Today An Amazing Woman Triumphed Over Death - Kimber aka TekDiveGirl
One of her professors is working towards Kimber graduating with her Bachelor's Degree in Psychology next month on the 17th
He said that Kimber has already earned her Degree and that ... " the Dean has told me that we are getting a care team together to talk with students and faculty."
And the...
July 3rd 2006 ... her accident was on this trip, they were diving the Hogan before going to the destroyer Yukon to leave a memorial plaque for her friend Steve Donatan
this is video of Kimber before it happened (she's in pink .. you know ... "Pink, it's the new black" :wink:
She knew she was an inspiration to others, there were so many that said that to her , but she wasn't convinced of it making her special ... her thoughts on such comments about admiring her struggles and will to succeed was "what else could I do?"
Imagine waking up fighting, every single day, all day long, and do it for 13 years
.. only a superwoman would be capable of such a feat
I thought she was invincible :'(
Your supporting a non diving thread and by making a non diving related forum area , is what allowed Kimber and I to meet and for her to become my Sweetie :jump:
The picture above of her in rehab and the story next to it are here
from my visits with Kimber while she was in rehab at Scripps ...
June 18 2006
A remarkable woman ..
I visited Kimber today.
A friend that had spend the night with Kimber, so she wouldn't be alone, was on her way out when...
Kimber getting fitted for her 5/17/19 graduation from Cal State San Marcos with a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology
"Dream It Do It 2019" Kimbers graduation ring she ordered
:heart:
I love telling this story about how we met.
I had known her only online from the MOF thread on ScubaBoard and only seen her in person a couple of times when she invited me with her friends to meet at a local eatery (planning on a dive get together for the MOF and I had discussed doing a dive to...
My Dear Sweetie, Kimber Hawkins Thurman / TekDiveGirl
who I met here on ScubaBoard in the MOF/NMOF thread some 13 years ago passed away suddenly. 9/28/1970 - 4/2/2019
This would have been her on 4/17/19 graduating from Cal State San Marcos with a Bachelor's Degree in psychology.
from her...
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