Hi, friends! My name is Katie. I’m a writer, teacher, a life-long learner and a single mama to my six loves: Harper Kristin, Cannon Lee, Jordi Daniel, Ava Honor—who came to us through the foster care system in October 2018—Beckett Alexander and Braylen Kai.

In October of 2016, Cannon was diagnosed with autism, and it messed me up enough to get real clear with Jesus about what something so 'wrong' could mean about a God who always does right.  But like He always does, Jesus showed up in my shakiest places and steadied my footing for the journey He has asked us to walk. I won't tell you it is easy, but I will tell you that for the first time in my life I am truly learning what grace for grace (John 1:16) really means. And then in 2023, my marriage ended. I write a lot about that over on Substack, and would love for you to join me over there if you can!

I write because the most sense I can make of the world comes through two things: knowing Jesus and putting words on paper.  So that's what I do here: I wrote about my faith, my family, my community, and figuring out how to live into a life that is all for God's glory. 

And because one can tell a lot about a person by a good list of favorites, mine include: my navy blue sherpa throw blanket, the Peloton, Lululemon yoga pants, an overstocked bookshelf, late nights and hard questions, sharpie pens, my journal Bible, college football Saturdays, and anything that starts with the words salted caramel.

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I am also a contributor at Coffee + Crumbs, a collaborative blog all about motherhood: the good, the hard, the funny, and everything in between. Our first book, The Magic of Motherhood, came out in April of 2017, and we hope it continues to be an encouragement to moms everywhere for a long time.

My friend, Kristin, came over this morning, and we had plans to load the babies in strollers and go for a walk for a long overdue catch up. As she came into the house, I apologized one or two or five times for the 6 — SIX! — loads of unfo
Cannon’s therapists gave him an art wall. An entire wall. A place for him to show off one of the ways he makes the world beautiful. Disability is challenging. It’s some of the hardest work I’ve ever done and certainly, for Cannon,
All we know about motherhood — the joy, the exhaustion, the laughter, the weariness, the blessings, the unanswered longings, the gratitude, the fear, the celebrations and the tears — I know in my own life what it took, the real things I&r
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but Beckett is sound asleep in this picture and we had lunchables for dinner tonight 🤘🏼
“He has risen, just as he said!” Matthew 28:6 And there, in seven words, lies all our hope ⭐️ // Celebrating this most miraculous of days crying grateful tears over Harper’s decisions to follow Jesus, as her pastor @revroadhouse
Grace will be there: Redux In late 2020 — thirty weeks pregnant with our very unplanned sixth child, nine months into a global pandemic that brought complex, virtual, canceled, anxious circumstances we all shared — I wrote a few words ab
My girl @kristatgilbert shared the most beautiful picture the other day. She told us when an elephant gives birth, the rest of the gals in the herd huddle around her, facing outward, signaling to any predators thinking they might take advantage of th
“Wrap your head around the possibility that you can continue to be yourself through this, Katie.” - my counselor, and more powerful than I can even say 🤍

I'm so glad you're here.
Soli Deo Gloria.