From my earliest childhood memories, I always knew the month of June as “the fun month with rainbows.” Each year brought eager anticipation as I looked forward to attending the Seattle Pride parade with my moms. I loved the vibrant colors, lively music, and getting to wear a rainbow-colored tutu. It felt like a big, […]

Close your eyes and envision this with me.  You’re getting ready for your day… it’s a typical morning; skincare routine, makeup and hair done, and then you pick out your outfit. It all looks good in your head, you feel good. When you look in the mirror to see it all put together you see […]

When I was a kid, one of my best friends and I’s favorite activities was to get on her desktop computer and watch music videos on YouTube. (My parents didn’t like pop music so I would wait to go to her house to listen to the newest songs). At the age of 8, with the […]

“We believe in the redeeming power of Christ, but we believe as Pastors that you are not healedenough to work in this ministry.” This was the opening statement of the letter that an ExecutivePastor read to me as I was getting fired from my ministerial position. When I received Jesus asmy Lord and Savior in […]

I didn’t hide all of myself, only the parts I didn’t like. In elementary, Limited Too and Old Navy were the brands on trend. Fourth grade Katie was ecstatic entering fitting rooms, but after endless children’s clothing not fitting, she realized something was wrong. Why weren’t children’s clothing fitting her, a child? That’s when it […]

Something you may not know about me is I serve as the Director of the Women and Children’s Shelter for the Union Gospel Mission in Pasco, Washington. In July of 2022, my husband, my parents, and myself made the 3-day trip from Fort Worth, Texas to move to our permanent address of Tricities, Washington. My […]

I was dumped a year ago today. I was left feeling gut-wrenched, blindsided, betrayed and heartbroken. That feeling of dread in your stomach, not being able to eat, having no tears left to cry – girls I get it, because I was there. It truly felt like rock bottom. Some of you might be reading […]

You are ungrateful. You are stupid. You are ignorant. You are a b*tch. You are a sl*t. You are greedy. You are unloved. You are alone. You are selfish. You are fat. You are disgusting. You are a pig. You are worthless. And yet, you are not.  Words engraved in my mind for as long […]

On Sunday, March 19th of 2023, I had the opportunity to share my story of addiction with sexual sin to over 90 girls at a Christian college in the PNW. I have shared my story in various places with ranging age groups; yet, this setting was my favorite. I knew I was talking to a […]

If I could describe my first semester of college in one verse, it would be ‭‭Psalm ‭34‬:‭4 “I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.”  We’ve probably all been told at least once or twice by either our parents, relatives, or friends that college is the time in […]