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Kacie
Jul 6, 20214 min read
Life in all forms
I’m sitting here in the dark watching a mouse run around and nibble the rice that fell from our dining room table at dinner. Mike was...
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Kacie
Jul 6, 20214 min read
Open doors
There she is, clutching her purse, dressed professionally and quickly walking towards my car. I’m leaving the hospital at the end of my...
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Kacie
Nov 14, 20209 min read
In it together
What I have found to be interesting, and significant here, is the interconnectedness of living in community. How so often, life comes...
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Kacie
Oct 18, 20209 min read
Crossing the River Nile
It’s early in the morning and we’re sitting in one of the most peaceful spots I’ve ever been. In a vacant restaurant (thanks COVID) on...
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Kacie
Sep 10, 202010 min read
It's complicated: on motherhood and needs
I’m on a trip right now to get some immigration issues sorted out. That sounds so boring, I know. Both my teammate and I were flagged in...
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Kacie
Aug 30, 20205 min read
Harriet's child
To the baby I just met. I didn’t know you were there. I am so sorry. I walked into the maternity ward and took a glance around at all the...
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Kacie
Aug 15, 202010 min read
A World Away
“Our entire family has been sick all week, dad. I don’t think you should come.” He stalled through his disappointment, with extended...
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Kacie
Aug 8, 20208 min read
Changing Focus
At work last week the charge nurse found me in the labor ward and asked me to come with her. She seemed excited that I was there, and as...
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Kacie
Jul 28, 20208 min read
A Hard Day
“This is where you see the gap in healthcare really widen,” Dr. Scott said, as we both stood in a quiet deserted operating room at...
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Kacie
May 26, 20207 min read
Seen
God put a fire in my belly to get to this place. Last month the fire was replaced with a pit. On the drive to the hospital, where I am to...
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Kacie
May 17, 20208 min read
A little pony
Last week a beloved family on our team moved back to America. Their 5-year term was complete, and a flight opened up for the first time...
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Kacie
Apr 25, 20209 min read
On getting through
The same mentality I used to get through my unmedicated 44-hour labor with Winnie, I find myself using now in the days of COVID. When I...
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Kacie
Apr 11, 20207 min read
Walking with Winnie
I grab her hand and whisper "let's go". She looks up at me with a sly little smile and shrugs her shoulders "where?". Her younger...
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Kacie
Apr 1, 20207 min read
Marriage Under the Rainbow
It hadn't been a particularly great day. From what seemed like it came out of nowhere, my husband was sharing how he felt parts of the...
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Kacie
Mar 10, 20209 min read
In 2 hours
I originally planned to write out my day today, just to capture what it's like a few weeks in to living here...plus Mike and I went on a...
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Kacie
Mar 8, 20203 min read
Chaos and presence
It's been difficult to sit down and write and capture what has been happening since leaving America and arriving in Uganda. Moving across...
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Kacie
Nov 15, 20193 min read
Scraps of insight
Each time I try to write specifically about what these past three weeks at cultural training in Colorado have been like, I find the...
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Kacie
Sep 2, 20196 min read
The middle ground
The census is low at work, which is nurse language for... we don't have many patients on our unit right now. And in our hospital, when...
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Kacie
Jul 15, 20196 min read
Tie-Dyed
Last year I discovered tie-dye. I'm pretty late to the game, and had no idea what I was missing. Its cathartic nature rivals gardening,...
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Mike
Jun 23, 20191 min read
Working Out Our Salvation
I was asked to preach this week on a super weird but hopefully profound passage in Philippians where the Apostle Paul says this: Work out...
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