by Stacey Herrera | Apr 18, 2025 | Sage + Grace
Last night, I watched an ice cube melt. It clinked against the glass—defined, bulbous, square, with firm edges. Then slowly softening. Dissolving and disappearing into what it had always been. That’s how I see spirit. It takes form. Becomes a body. Tree. River....
by Stacey Herrera | Mar 28, 2025 | Sage + Grace
It’s April 2014. I’m staring at my face in the bathroom mirror, watching my left eye swell shut. The shingles virus had taken up residence in my optic nerve. The timing felt cruel. Just four months earlier, I had declared that June 1st would be my last day at my...
by Stacey Herrera | Mar 14, 2025 | Sage + Grace
There’s a particular kind of ache in standing in the doorway between two rooms. You’re neither here nor there. The ground beneath you feels unsteady, like it might give way if you stay too long. When it comes to relationships, this in-between place is its own kind of...
by Stacey Herrera | Feb 28, 2025 | Sage + Grace
Twenty years ago, I watched a friend rewrite the history of her relationship. We were tucked in a cozy corner, at Paco’s Tacos. With each dip of her chip, her former boyfriend morphed —from the man she once called “The one” to someone who “Wasn’t sh*t.” I nodded...
by Stacey Herrera | Feb 14, 2025 | Sage + Grace
The orgasms were amazing —literally, the best sex I’d ever had. But the emotional depth left something to be desired. To be clear, this wasn’t a fleeting affair. We were lovers for nearly two decades, tangled up in one another for most of my adult life. He...
by Stacey Herrera | Jan 31, 2025 | Sage + Grace
Sometimes, I desire what hurts. The things that make no sense, that friends warn me against, things I know I should steer clear of. But desire has never cared about shoulds and shouldn’ts. It simply wants what it wants. Desire ignores social norms and cultural...
