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Rugby gives me life again . Rugby is my

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sport to finally be Stephanie again

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because you know , I'm always staff

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sergeant liselle or mom . I never

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really get to be Stephanie often . So

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when I'm on the field , getting able to

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be Stephanie , you know , number seven

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brings me back to me .

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Yeah , I'm staff sergeant , definitely .

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Uh and I'm an aerospace medical

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technician at David Grant Medical

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Center . I'm also a wing on the U . S .

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Air Force Rugby team and I'm also a

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mother of two wonderful and amazing

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little boys as a medical technician .

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We do pre and post op care for patients

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who are getting ready to have a

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procedure or just finished their

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procedure . If you care about people

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and care about your patients , it's a

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very rewarding job knowing that you're

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helping people at their most vulnerable

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moments . Kayden is five

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and it was four

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raising the boys alone definitely has

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its challenging days . But you know , I

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was really blessed with two amazing

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kids who moms their favorite person .

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So they always want to do something to

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help and be there . I got really lucky

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being best friends for a really tight

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unit

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this past june the Armed services

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sports hosted in armed forces

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tournament . Uh the women's team went

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out and got to compete against all the

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other branches airports ended up taking

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second uh just be out there again after

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a year and a half long drought of not

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being able to play rugby due to Covid

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was amazing . So when we're not at the

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tournament were all back at our own

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individual basis , we have a workout

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plan that our coach provides for us to

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follow just to stay in shape and

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maintain that athleticism while we're

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gone . Um for me , it consists of like

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a lot of ladder drills , sprint drills ,

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agility training and weight lifting ,

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uh well

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leading up to the game , I'm always

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usually extremely nervous . You see my

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leg tapping , you see me trying to get

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in the zone anxieties there , but once

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they blow that whistle , it's just

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something comes over your body and it

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just completely changes and your

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mindset changes and you're just ready

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to go in for the kill . Uh I'm

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beyond blessed to be a mother and I'm

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even more blessed to be a mother that's

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able to still play rugby and my boys

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are able to watch me play all of my

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boys more than anything in this world .

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Like , I don't even think there's a

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word to describe the amount of blood by

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half of those kids . One thing you look

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forward to is having opportunity to

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show that just because your mother or a

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father that doesn't mean your life gets

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put on hold . You still get to live out

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your dreams and do the things that make

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you happy . I can still be Stephanie

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and be a good mom . Mhm