While You Wait: Overcoming Emotional and Financial Challenges of Loving Someone Behind Bars, chronicles her journey as a prison wife. She knows firsthand the struggles family members endure during the journey of waiting for a loved one to be set free. In her book, Stacie discusses how she was subjected to the embarrassment of body searches, metal detectors, and rude security guards. She speaks candidly about racking up high phone bills, the closing of her business and the shame of filing bankruptcy, all while fully supporting the man she chose to love and marry; an inmate in the local prison system.