Understanding Katie
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Well, I AM 30…
I turned 30 in December. I was actually really excited about it. I figured not much would change. Truthfully, we had been living beyond our years for quite a while, and I figured…
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Finding Comfort in the Senseless
I was teaching my 7th period class today when the bombs exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. My phone started ringing the instant classes ended. We have several friends who…
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Driving Myself Crazy
I’m having one of those weeks. You know the ones. They are the weeks when every traffic lane you change into on your drive home comes to a complete stop. The ones where…
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In the Silence
I’m in the middle of an eight-week small group Bible study at my church. Our ministers asked a group of people to participate and go through this sort of training period, so that…
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7 Months and a Day
Yesterday was seven months since my dad passed away. I can’t believe it’s already been seven months. I feel like I just saw him yesterday. I think that’s part of coping for me. …
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How to Be Kind
Around the holidays, I participated in something unofficially called “26 Acts of Kindness.” In the days following the horrific shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Ann Curry (one of my favorite people in…
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Giving Joy Away
Here’s a very weird fact about me. When I’m mad at you, I’m going to give you a present. Isn’t that weird? Even I have always thought that was weird, but it’s an…
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How to Pick Your Battles
I realized the other day that it had been a while since Chris and I had a good knock down, drag out fight. Which is saying something because we are smack dab in…
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#OneWord2013
If you’ve been around here for long, you know that I write occasionally for Southern Weddings Magazine. I write for them not only because they produce a beautiful wedding magazine which focuses on…
