Understanding Katie
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A Look Back, A Step Ahead
Today is New Year’s Day. It would have been my parents 33rd wedding anniversary. This holiday season brought so many firsts to my family without my dad. I turned 30 without him (which…
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Fa La La La… Nope.
I am a Christmas junkie. I love it all. I love the holy season where we celebrate Christ’s birth. I love the silly Christmas movies. (FRA-GI-LE…) I love the music. I love the…
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Just Wait and See…
Once upon a time, there lived a boy and a girl who loved each other at a very young age. They loved each other so much that the boy asked the girl to…
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The Grief Deadline
I’ve been doing pretty good dealing with my grief after losing my dad. I think about him all the time, but it doesn’t make me cry nearly as much anymore. I can think…
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Sitting in My Boat
I’ve been hesitant to blog about real things this week for a couple reasons. Mostly, it’s because my mom and sister read my blog and I don’t want to write anything that upsets…
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I.m an Aunt!
Last Thursday night, Chris and I left after work and drove to Atlanta to be there for the birth of my first nephew. We left our own kids in the very capable hands…
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A New Normal
Before I begin this post, I wanted to take a minute to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for your comments, emails, texts, thoughts, and prayers. My family has been…
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Body Image
It has been a jarring day, to say the least. I am spent. And my body image has been battered down to my sixth grade self. Several things happened today which led to…
