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Stacey Spiehler

Stacey Spiehler

Beginnings?

I haven’t been here in a while. Many things have called for my words, but shutting up and listening has been a pretty big theme for me…

Jan 30, 2018

Jan 30, 2018

Stacey Spiehler

Dichotomy of preteen conversation

Should I ever make the slightest reactionary noise in front of my 10-year-old son, which I am prone to do as a highly dramatic woman, he…

Feb 8, 2017

Feb 8, 2017

Stacey Spiehler

Necessary growth: BORING

Long before I was the spiritually put-together woman I am now (stop laughing), I was angry. And anger is funny.

Feb 1, 2017

Feb 1, 2017

Stacey Spiehler

Like most, I love a bargain.

I am wildly uninterested in this. Dirt Cheap was like a neighborhood yard sale, but less sanitary. I got a duvet from the Hilton there once…

Jan 16, 2017

Like most, I love a bargain.

Jan 16, 2017

Stacey Spiehler

I see that Ohio has passed a heartbeat ban — a measure which will ban abortion after a heartbeat is…

I would never attack you for your views. I know they come from a good place — I held those views strongly for a very long time. I’m not…

Dec 8, 2016

Dec 8, 2016

Stacey Spiehler

In the very back of the top shelf of my closet is a standard-issue red journal containing a few…

I don’t remember writing a single one of them. Each one lists what cocktail I took with increasing dosage and/or volume of alcohol and…

Nov 23, 2016

In the very back of the top shelf of my closet is a standard-issue red journal containing a few…

Nov 23, 2016

Stacey Spiehler

My 10-year-old son, Ace, is, well, HUGE.

Of course I remember, well, rocking him to sleep. Singing Skynyrd’s “Simple Man” and “You Are My Sunshine” until the very brink of…

Nov 14, 2016

My 10-year-old son, Ace, is, well, HUGE.

Nov 14, 2016

Stacey Spiehler

“I’m just grateful to be grateful. And with that I’ll pass.”

When I was in the transitional phase of rehab, I lived in a stunning old house in downtown Jackson with anywhere between three and eleven…

Oct 5, 2016

“I’m just grateful to be grateful. And with that I’ll pass.”

Oct 5, 2016

Stacey Spiehler

My 10-year-old son walked in the door yesterday, reluctantly, and I knew the news was bad.

My eyes filled with tears. All I can do is love him. I’ve tried everything else. Love is all I have.

Sep 28, 2016

My 10-year-old son walked in the door yesterday, reluctantly, and I knew the news was bad.

Sep 28, 2016

Stacey Spiehler

Have you heard of this “Bloody Mary” dare teen girls issue to each other during sleepovers?

I did a little research and found that there is indeed a phenomenon of self-hypnosis that occurs upon performing this ritual. It can cause…

Sep 22, 2016

Have you heard of this “Bloody Mary” dare teen girls issue to each other during sleepovers?

Sep 22, 2016

Stacey Spiehler

Stacey Spiehler

Stacey can write brilliantly on any subject, which means she waits tables to support herself. She and her son live in Jackson, Mississippi.

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