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Kelsey Breseman

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The Memoirist

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Kelsey Breseman

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3d ago

What Gets You Through

Late pregnancy and athletic identity in the London heat waves

What Gets You Through

In

The Memoirist

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Kelsey Breseman

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Jun 19

Surviving the Joy

The struggle to stay human in at-home motherhood

Pencil sketch of a woman on a couch with a toddler climbing on her head and shoulders

Kelsey Breseman

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May 24

To Love a Child

Matrescence and my daily undoing

A line drawing of three people in a bed: A man and woman reach to hold each other’s arms while a small child rests horizontally between their faces, holding them apart

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Age of Empathy

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Kelsey Breseman

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May 17

My Son Has Given Me a Name

A child discovers communication

A two-toned drawing of a toddler reaching for the handle of a door, beyond which there is golden light.

Kelsey Breseman

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Apr 24

What They Should Tell You: Reprise

Health in pregnancy through the lens of a second-time mother

The author, pregnant, standing on a mountaintop

In

Age of Empathy

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Kelsey Breseman

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Apr 6

Feeding the Baby: A Weaning Story

From first solids to the end of milk

A sketch of a very toothy baby approaching a nipple, hand pinching flesh

In

Zenite

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Kelsey Breseman

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Feb 16

A Better First Trimester

Pregnancy while parenting a one-year-old

An exhausted woman with the start of a pregnancy belly lies on the floor reaching for a mixing bowl while a very happy toddler plays with crackers around her

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A-Culturated

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Kelsey Breseman

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Jan 23

Leaving the Village

What it took to rebuild community after moving overseas with a baby

A sketch of a couple with a pram looking back and waving at some people while their forward motion carries them off a cliff

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Human Parts

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Kelsey Breseman

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Oct 29, 2025

Crawling Towards Autonomy

A mother and baby learn to move—and to separate

A cartoon drawing of a baby on a blanket on grass, crawling away. The color scheme is subdued, slate-blue, and the baby is a bright spot.

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Human Parts

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Kelsey Breseman

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Oct 6, 2025

The Work of Killing

A visceral heritage of eating animals

A graphic of a woman standing on a beach in front of mountains, holding up a halibut in one hand and a squirrel in the other

Kelsey Breseman

Kelsey Breseman

An adventurer, engineer, indigenous Alaskan writing the nitty gritty. See my recent posts for free on Substack: https://ifoundtheme.substack.com/

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