The Beginning
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Read Part 1 Original Story Archive
Life has its ups and downs. This is the archive that started it all.
The original long-form story posts are preserved as a readable archive, with Mayci's broader journey now framed across the new About and book pages.
Story Parts 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
A chapter-by-chapter path through survival, loss, motherhood, love, and purpose.
Domestic Abuse
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Read Part 2Freedom
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Read Part 3How I Met Your Father
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Read Part 4The Heart Wants What It Wants
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Read Part 5There Is Someone Else
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Read Part 6One Hundred Percent Pregnant
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Read Part 7Telling My Parents
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Read Part 8The Pregnancy Heartbreak
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Read Part 9One Text and a Shattered Heart
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Read Part 10The Funeral and My Last Goodbye
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Read Part 11The Beginning of Depression
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Read Part 12Paradise Could Not Cure It
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Read Part 13Becoming a Mother
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Read Part 14A New Chapter
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Read Part 15Dating Again
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Read Part 16Meeting Jacob
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Read Part 17Building Trust
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Read Part 18Family Life
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Read Part 19Marriage
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Read Part 20IVF
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Read Part 21Healing
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Read Part 22Motherhood
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Read Part 23Purpose
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Read Part 24Business
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Read Part 25Media
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Read Part 26What Comes Next
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Read Part 27