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Fertility and my Love-Hate Relationship with It

A little more than 16 years ago, I sat on the couch with my new baby in my arms and tears in my eyes. “Scott, I can’t have any more babies. It’s too hard.” Back in 2004, I was the mom of two and I had hit my wall. We had just started practicing a…

Charity. What Happened to That?

When I was a senior in high school, I walked in the door of my journalism class and met a teacher that changed my life. It was her first year teaching and my last year of high school. She’s the reason I write, take chances and share my heart with the world. Back in 1991,…

My Experience with Spiritual Direction

Just before I began my book tour, a dear friend of the family (who’s also a priest), pulled me aside one afternoon and said, “Kathryn, do you have a spiritual director?” He had looked at my travel schedule and while it was shaping up to be the time of my life, he also knew the…

Anybody Else on the Struggle Bus?

I’ve been struggling…for a while. No need to get specific with how many weeks, right? God bless my friends who are “thriving” in quarantine. I mean, I think we all have our moments of thriving. And we are absolutely having some. It’s what is keeping me afloat. A few days ago, after participating in a…

Living Your Best Quarantine Life…and how ridiculous that sounds

What are we on, day 70 billion of quarantine? It’s late, I’ve had a Shiner and it’s time for quarantine Kathryn to share a few thoughts. I think, by now, many of us have felt all the feelings: disbelief, exhaustion, frustration, some semblance of peace, disillusionment, joy, and everything in between. When all this first…