I am going to admit something deeply embarrassing I have only admitted to my husband.  I have watched hours of The Bachelor.  Now, depending who you are, you might be thinking, “Good grief, Katie. Are you kidding me?” Or you may be thinking, “So . . . what’s the big deal,” and I’m going to… Read More If You Don’t Want Brokenness, Why Are You Watching “The Bachelor?”

Dear Girl who is too scared to write, You may be glowing with confidence, or you may be openly shy, but regardless, I know what you fear. You fear when you put your thoughts and words to paper, hoping to encourage, hoping to bless, Fellow women, will shake their heads at your pride, your insolence, your… Read More An Open Letter To The Girl Who Is Too Scared To Write

Sometimes we get caught up in the rubble of life. Business, statistics, facts, budgets, to-do lists, charts, metrics, calendars . . . At least, I do. Even I–idealist, dreamer, and  hopeless romantic–sometimes I forget to see the poetry in these lives we live. I see hard lines, and black and white, but forget there’s soft… Read More Remember the Romance of Life

There will always be someone who will see the problems. There will always be someone who will tell you “you’ll fail.” There will always be someone who will make it their goal to drag you down with them to a life of mediocrity, and defeat, and hopelessness.  That’s all fine and good . . .… Read More The Quickest Way To Change Your Life

The year 2015 shall forever go down in history as one of the grandest and most stretching years of my life. I’m not going to say all I’ve learned, because some of it is embarrassing, some of it is irrelevant, and some of you don’t have time to read through “The 3 Billion Life-Lessons Katie Learned… Read More 15 Things I’ve Learned in 2015