I spent the next day tearing apart the book and having a true fucking awakening. I was amazed that women's bodies could do all of this incredible shit, I was in awe of my own body for the process of menstruation and the ability to grow and birth a human. I sat naked on my back porch and poured water all over myself in a primal moment of pure ecstasy at simply being a woman.

Personal Ramblings, Writing Group January '16, Exiting the Rat Race, Women's HealthKatie DiBenedettoJanuary 22, 2016women's health

Tell Me About a Time You Were Uprooted

Now I was in a strangers house, googling divorce, making an appointment for an abortion, trying to find a place to live, and figuring out how long the money I had was going to last me (I had quit my job in prep to move to D.C.)

Personal Ramblings, Writing Group January '16Katie DiBenedettoJanuary 21, 2016abortion, relationships