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Alecia Kennedy
Alecia Kennedy

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To All The Men I’ve Loved Before

Or at least dated — here’s some advice — Alright fellows, I’ve held my tongue long enough. Since my first kiss in seventh grade, I’ve been (mostly unsuccessfully) trying to figure out how to reconcile my attraction, desire, and outright lust for your gender with the way I’ve been treated, the nonsense I’ve put up with, and the relentless…

Relationships

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To All The Men I’ve Loved Before
To All The Men I’ve Loved Before
Relationships

5 min read


Feb 18

Dust in the Wind

A gentle reminder Last week, a colleague at work died. To put this in perspective, he was a 20-year-old intern, still in college with what I assumed was a bright future and long life ahead of him. In every interaction we had, he was enthusiastic, outgoing, smart and self-effacing. He…

Death

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Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind
Death

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Dec 23, 2022

What Doesn’t Kill Me

Makes me indestructible In the past few months I’ve noticed a profound change in myself. I feel as though somehow I’ve been transformed. I don’t remember ever feeling this powerful, independent, or emotionally strong. I feel as though all the so-called negative experiences of my life have somehow burned away…

Self

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What Doesn’t Kill Me
What Doesn’t Kill Me
Self

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Dec 18, 2022

I’m finished with 2022

Ready for a fresh new start I thought that 2020 was a year for the record books. My eighteen-year marriage fell apart. I moved into a new house and became a single mom. I started dating again for the first time in nearly twenty years. I worked my ass off…

Grief

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I’m finished with 2022
I’m finished with 2022
Grief

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Dec 6, 2022

If You’ve Done Me Wrong

Just assume I don’t want to hear from you again…ever I just had the worst Thanksgiving of my life. My dad, who was being treated for cancer but was doing pretty well, died suddenly the day after Thanksgiving. I had traveled with my kids, pets, and a pumpkin pie to…

Abuse

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If You’ve Done Me Wrong
If You’ve Done Me Wrong
Abuse

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Nov 24, 2022

When Your Dreams Come True

Do you start to get scared? We all know people who self-sabotage. They get so close to their goals or they actually reach some crazy milestone and “Boom”, on cue they completely destroy their career or blow up their marriage. Sometimes they can’t stop with one area of their life…

Self

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When Your Dreams Come True
When Your Dreams Come True
Self

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Nov 7, 2022

What Did I Come Here To Learn?

Maybe that’s the wrong question. What did I come here to teach? For several months, I’ve felt as if I am waiting for something that I haven’t been able to name. I’m not sure what it is, but I can feel that change is in the air and I’m ready…

Life

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What Did I Come Here To Learn?
What Did I Come Here To Learn?
Life

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Oct 25, 2022

Dating as a Single Parent

How do you navigate these treacherous waters? Two and a half years ago, at the very beginning of the pandemic, I moved out of my own house and left my marriage of 18 years. My daughters were seventeen and six at the time, and despite years of hanging on to…

Relationships

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Dating as a Single Parent
Dating as a Single Parent
Relationships

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Oct 15, 2022

The Simple Life

Embracing everyday joys make life worth living When I was a child I could lose myself for hours wandering around outdoors, catching butterflies, playing with sticks, taking in every bit of nature that I could. I loved reading in my room all afternoon. As a teenager, I discovered the joy…

Self

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The Simple Life
The Simple Life
Self

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Oct 8, 2022

Vacations Are Very Different as a Single Mom

In a good way I just returned from a weekend trip with my 8-year-old. She’s on fall break from school and asked a few weeks ago if we could go to Gatlinburg, TN like we did last year. I hesitated at first for a couple of reasons. Reason number 1…

Parenting

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Vacations Are Very Different as a Single Mom
Vacations Are Very Different as a Single Mom
Parenting

5 min read

Alecia Kennedy

Alecia Kennedy

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Trader·writer·photographer·truth-seeker·all around curious person. https://medium.com/breaking-all-the-rules snaphappyphotos.smugmug.com/

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