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Karie Fugett
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Published in Human Parts

·May 21, 2020

Love and War

I owe my new life to my Marine husband’s hideous death — Cleve’s prosthetic leg stood in the corner of my living room, its plastic foot still wearing his khaki Converse shoe. It was the third anniversary of his death, and I stared at the socket that once held his nub, remembering its shape. After the amputation, it was rounded, a pink…

Memorial Day

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I Owe My New Life to My Marine Husband’s Death
I Owe My New Life to My Marine Husband’s Death
Memorial Day

12 min read


Published in The Startup

·May 26, 2019

The U.S. Army Asked Its Twitter Followers How Serving Has Impacted Them

Thousands responded and it is gut-wrenching — On Thursday, only days before Memorial Day, the U.S. Army posted a video to their Twitter of a young soldier, Pfc. Nathan Spencer. …

Military

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The U.S. Army Asked Its Twitter Followers How Serving Has Impacted Them
The U.S. Army Asked Its Twitter Followers How Serving Has Impacted Them
Military

5 min read


Published in Human Parts

·May 12, 2019

I Don’t Want to Hate the Only Body I’ll Ever Have

At 33, I’m finally learning to shed a lifetime of shame — In my small Alabama high school, before I’d ever considered the calories I put into my body, a boy told me I needed to eat more cornbread to get some meat on my bones. He told me I had a flat ass, then said, “But at least you got DSL.”…

Women

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I Don’t Want to Hate the Only Body I’ll Ever Have
I Don’t Want to Hate the Only Body I’ll Ever Have
Women

7 min read


Published in Human Parts

·Apr 7, 2019

I Watched My Husband Die and Come to Life in a Single Day

A war hero’s battle with opioid addiction — It had become normal to watch Cleve nod off. He was usually in the middle of doing something: smoking a cigarette, eating, assembling a model airplane. When he awoke, his body would quake back to life. His eyes would snap open and scan the room, pupils the size of moons…

Addiction

15 min read

I Watched My Husband Die and Come to Life in a Single Day
I Watched My Husband Die and Come to Life in a Single Day
Addiction

15 min read


Published in Human Parts

·Feb 5, 2019

Surviving As a Woman in a Place Built for Men

My winter at Camp Lejeune — Jacksonville was a man’s world, the whole damn place a bachelor pad. The main road leading to Camp Lejeune wasn’t much more than asphalt and spindly pines. The rest was car lots, strip clubs, and tattoo parlors, chain restaurants, and a sad excuse for a mall. Young men with matching…

War

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Surviving As a Woman in a Place Built for Men
Surviving As a Woman in a Place Built for Men
War

12 min read


Published in The Startup

·Jan 23, 2019

Need A Miracle

I was at a stoplight when I noticed the one-armed man. His nose and cheekbones were prominent — sharp; the fleshiness of his cheeks had dried and creased. They were shadowed and dusted with whiskers. His prominent nose reminded me of Cleve’s; the bridge carefully arched, the tip rounded. The…

Creative Non Fiction

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Need A Miracle
Need A Miracle
Creative Non Fiction

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Published in Human Parts

·Jan 20, 2019

How the Iraq War Changed My Life Forever

Love, resilience, and my husband’s war wounds — The first time I saw an amputee was in April 2006 at Bethesda Naval Hospital. I was 20 years old. The man was attractive, in his late teens to early twenties, with overgrown brown hair, the beginnings of a beard, and both legs missing just above the knees. …

Life

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How the Iraq War Changed My Life Forever
How the Iraq War Changed My Life Forever
Life

19 min read


Published in Human Parts

·Jan 13, 2019

All My Friends Are Pregnant, and All I Feel Is Fear

I’m not sure what’s scarier: losing touch with my friends when they become parents, or becoming one myself — One of my closest friends told me she was pregnant the other night over taco salads. I imagined us a year from then, sitting in her living room; Her, sitting across from me in her pajamas — her son latched to her breast — resenting me a little for being…

Motherhood

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All My Friends Are Pregnant, and All I Feel Is Fear
All My Friends Are Pregnant, and All I Feel Is Fear
Motherhood

7 min read


Published in The Startup

·Dec 18, 2018

War Hero

On April 20, 2010 at 9:56 p.m., the day my husband’s body was found, an explosion occurred on the Deep Water Horizon oil rig off the coast of Louisiana, killing eleven crew members and injuring seventeen more. A well cracked, spilling oil into the Gulf of Mexico for eighty-seven days…

Addiction

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War Hero
War Hero
Addiction

3 min read

Karie Fugett

Karie Fugett

748 Followers

I’m human, just like you. Author of ALIVE DAY (Dial Press, 2023). More about me @ https://kariefugett.wordpress.com/

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