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KacieMay 16, 20235 min readFrom Breath to LifeI pull up in my van and see my son running out the front door to greet me. But he knows not to hug me. I’m still in my scrubs. “Hi mama,”...
KacieMay 14, 202311 min readWitnessing Mike was waiting for me in the kitchen. I was in our bedroom smelling my sports bras trying to decide which was the cleanest. It was our...
KacieMay 14, 20237 min readSaturday morning market miraclesGoing to the Saturday market is equally fun as it is depleting. It’s the one day a week that vendors come in from all over. They take...
KacieMay 14, 20239 min readIn the windA sliver of light pierces through a small opening in the curtain. The first sign of morning. Miraculously, my three children are still...
KacieJul 28, 202212 min readSaying GoodbyeThe nurse looks young. Blonde-hair pulled up high in a ponytail. A blue mask covers half her face. But her eyebrows read concern. “What...
KacieJul 22, 20225 min readPeriod talk in unlikely placesI was in a Nordstrom dressing room the first time I realized that there was more to a vagina than I had previously known. Was I five...