Thank you all for sending your love and positive thoughts to Kaci, her family, and me. Today she is lying in her new “recliner bed,” resting pain free, listening to India Meditation. She is taking this time to focus on herself and our two brave daughters. Riley has been reading to her mom, relaxing by her side and keeping her up to date on the life of a 12-year-old. Cassidy brings home beautiful pieces of art to decorate her mom’s room and has even created a music video of herself singing “I can see clearly now.” Mama G and Papa K are still in Bend helping hold down the homestead. Their unconditional love for each other and their daughter is inspirational.
Last month Kaci decided to forgo chemotherapy treatments. Hospice nurses have been visiting her daily, helping manage her pain. Her wish is to remain at home, pain-free with her family. She has entered a phase of life that is simple. She no longer answers the phone, texts, checks social media or even thinks about what pants to put on in the morning. When she craves food she asks for cheeseburgers and peanut butter smoothies.
Even though her diseases have taken away physical attributes we are so accustomed to, your friend and loved one Kaci still deeply realizes that the present moment is all you ever have.
Pura Vida
“without worries” we reach “pure life”
Life is beautiful even when we struggle 
Thank you for the update. Blessings and the purity of living in the moment for the entire Keffer clan. Much love to all of you.
We love you Michael, Cassidy, Riley and of course, Kaci. We’re keeping your close in our hearts. Love, the Chapells
Michael
Please know that your family is in our thoughts and prayers every day. Kaci is one of the bravest people I have ever met.
Sending love and warm hugs to all
Darragh and Bill
Thank you for sharing all the love, grace and beauty of your family. You are in our hearts every day.
You are all in my thoughts daily. Each time I drive by your old homestead at Mud Bay it’s a gentle nudge for me to send love to Kaci, and of course, to all of you. I see Kaci in the mountains and waters of this beautiful land, free and flowing. Love, love, love to everyone.
Thank you for keeping us with Kaci in this post. We love you all! ❤️️🍀
Thank you for keeping us all in the loop. Much love to the entire brave, strong, amazing Keffer Ahmuty clan. We are sending warm, sunshine love to you all.
Love,
The Culbeck Clan
Much love to you all, we think about you so often, and miss you. Your entire family made our time in Bend welcoming and full of love, laughter, and adventure. We frequently reminisce and wish we still there. Eternal thanks. Your family is one of a kind, the best kind. Sending you peace and love during this phase of life.
Maggie and Adam
Kaci- I send you a giant embrace, to you and your whole family. Love you dear friend.
Bonnie
What a strong, beautiful, and inspirational wife you have. Her daughters have the best role model to live life to the fullest and love with all your heart. Much love to all of you.
We send love and positivity from sunny Charlottesville. Holding space for you all.
With huge, comforting hugs,
❤Aimee and Mike ❤
May God bless you and all your family with His unconditional love and peace that passes all understanding.🙏❤
Sending love peace to you & your family~ kaci you are such a ray a beautiful light~♡ in my thoughts & prayers! Hugs & love
Sans souci a pura vida indeed. Holding you all in our hearts and wishing you love, peace, and light. Love, the Ordonez-Granger family
Sending love and peace. The strength of your family has been such an inspiration. Warm hugs, Gina and Dan.
Thinking of you daily. Love and hugs, Holly
Sending love to all of you and thinking of you daily.
Her grace is staggering. Blessings and love to this beautiful family.
Thanks for the update Michael.
We think about your family every day.
Please give Kaci a hug from us.
Xoxoxo
Huegels
Kaci certainly has inspired generations of women to recognize and enjoy the beauty of life and has shown us with grace and humility what is truly important. So much love and peace to you all.
Our thoughts and love and energy are being sent your way Michael and Kaci – savor the time you all have together and please give Kaci a hug from us – Michelle and Curtis
All of our love to your beautiful family.
All our love to you all. And thank you for letting us know . And for the whole family’s example of what it means to love each other .
Dearest Kaci and all of your family…I am so full of love and respect for you and your journey. You are my example and inspiration for the future. Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us. It means so much to me. So much love to you.
sending you warmth and love, Linda
You and your family are constantly in our thoughts and prayers
Tony and Ed
Thank you for the update Micheal. I think of Kaci and your family often. Hugs to all of you. Anna J
Thank you, Michael, for this update. I worked with Kaci at the Grainery in Laramie. I fondly remember that time with her; her joy, her sillines, her laughter. I met her family on a couple of occassions and I know that her family is special–driven by lots of love. It’s a beautiful thing.
I am deeply sadden that Kaci is going through this; that her family is going through this. I know that this is a very difficult time for all of you and I keep you all in my prayers daily. From your words, Michael, I can see that you are a wonderful husband and dad. I hope the energy of all the love being sent to you from so many is some comfort for you and the girls. Sending more love and prayers, Laurie.
Thanks for the update!! We think of the Ahmuty clan often and send our love and prayers! The power of presence is all around us! Thank you for the reminder. ❤️Love- Leaders
grateful for this message from the Kaci clan know that the love you share is far reaching and deeper beyond words, time and universes
Sending love and hugs to hold you all, as you hold each other in these moments and shared memories (…the wedding march around the parade grounds!). XOXO J&P
Thank you for the update. I think of you all daily. Sending so much love. We are holding you from afar. All our love, Molly and Joe Coveno
All our prayers and thoughts are with your family.
Michael thanks for the beautiful update. Our hearts are with you, Kaci and the girls.
Renewable grace in abundance, just for having, holding and sharing among you. Adrian
Thinking of you from India, hearing prayers for you in the chants from the shores of the Ganga to the Gompas In the Himalayan hills sending peace and compassion
So much love ❤️ she is amazing & there is nobody like her!!!! Praying for Kaci and her dear family . 🙏🏻🌹💕
Kaci is magic. She is light, color and movement. I think of Kaci all the time. Yesterday I bought several branches of flowering cherry in bud; this morning I was greeted by amazing blossoms and fragrance, it reminded me of Kaci, always bringing beauty and love into our lives. God bless you and your family. Nancy W
Our molehills seem so trivial next to the mountain Kaci has had to climb. I see her standing on the peak, having lived and loved more fully than most human beings can dream of. She is and will continue to be an inspiration to me. Hugs to all of you from all of us, Christy, Bob, Chevy and Marty
Thank you Michael, for sharing your family with us. It is an honor to work with you………..your whole family has a way of just knowing what is important and living from the heart……You are all inspirational and role models. And Kaci lives on forever, as spirits do, in our minds and hearts…..A sus ordenes……. (anything I can do, I am here for you).
A beautiful radiant light has left the earth and we were blessed to have her for awhile.
God Bless you during this difficult time all as you adjust to the loss of her physical presence. .not seeing her smile, hearing her voice, or feeling her touch.
I will remember her joy, adventurous spirit, and smile forever.
Carol, Julie’s mom.