<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Kathy Gallagher Writes]]></title><description><![CDATA[A blog about walking with Jesus, embracing life joyfully, and growing older with grit and grace.]]></description><link>https://www.kathygallagherwrites.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 09:19:26 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.kathygallagherwrites.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The backwards way of Jesus.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sometimes we just bug each other.  Sometimes we wound each other, either knowingly or obliviously.  And all those little wounds can slowly build a wedge between us.]]></description><link>https://www.kathygallagherwrites.com/post/the-backwards-way-of-jesus</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6980dc50396306036ecd5065</guid><category><![CDATA[Growing, OLD]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 19:01:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/277f0f_c441f44721b140a8a03213243e696710~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_711,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kathy Gallagher</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Digging for gold.]]></title><description><![CDATA[At a time when we’re tired of change, change turns out to be the actual agenda. ]]></description><link>https://www.kathygallagherwrites.com/post/digging-for-gold</link><guid isPermaLink="false">696d05e6482610fa289730c4</guid><category><![CDATA[Growing, OLD]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 00:06:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/277f0f_d605100bb1e04dc1a26daedc07687863~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kathy Gallagher</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Step 30: Break some barriers.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over the past sixteen months our work had shrunk to a small, familiar radius.  But now we were breaking out of the box.  It felt like we were kicking the ends out of a coffin.  It was thrilling, exhausting, joy-filled, and just a bit terrifying. ]]></description><link>https://www.kathygallagherwrites.com/post/step-30-break-some-barriers</link><guid isPermaLink="false">690bae27aa0a315edf6d6d99</guid><category><![CDATA[One step at a time]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 23:14:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/277f0f_77d9a419fdfa46c0bd301937ab276719~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_853,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kathy Gallagher</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Step 29: Broken hallelujahs.]]></title><description><![CDATA[We're not there yet.  May not ever be.  So on this anniversary of Jim re-crossing the threshold of the home he once built, we weep our hallelujahs. On May 23, 2024, my husband, Jim Gallagher, entered the E.R. he worked in for 15 years, this time as a patient.  Within days he was fighting for his life as an infection that began in his foot raged throughout his body, and on June 4th, his leg was amputated below the knee in order to save his life.  This is an ongoing log of our journey. A few...]]></description><link>https://www.kathygallagherwrites.com/post/step-29-broken-hallelujahs</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6884d8c124b9ed0d8c655ef6</guid><category><![CDATA[One step at a time]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2025 16:34:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/277f0f_744232117151491ea719b22b0511058f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_853,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kathy Gallagher</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Step 28: The pause in the middle.]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my current messy moment, I ask God for these two things:  Grace.  And peace.  Outward kindness.  And the inward settling of my spirit.]]></description><link>https://www.kathygallagherwrites.com/post/step-28-the-pause-in-the-middle</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67c500fe8133de5f9b63bc58</guid><category><![CDATA[One step at a time]]></category><category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category><category><![CDATA[Aging]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2025 03:05:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/277f0f_c91daa21135046cdb378fe1c12cc2a4d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_853,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kathy Gallagher</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Step 27: Cross some thresholds.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago Jim crossed a threshold.  This time I mean an honest-to-goodness, physical, front-door threshold.  It's kind of a big deal.]]></description><link>https://www.kathygallagherwrites.com/post/step-27-cross-some-thresholds</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67914686bc71efea4891e490</guid><category><![CDATA[One step at a time]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2025 18:08:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/277f0f_23d9e6e64ec14987867e2d981cdbbaa1~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_853,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kathy Gallagher</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[That Partridge in your Pear Tree]]></title><description><![CDATA[No one should spend Christmas Day alone in Weed eating potato chips.]]></description><link>https://www.kathygallagherwrites.com/post/that-partridge-in-your-pear-tree</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6765819bd361a658c70083db</guid><category><![CDATA[Whimsy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2024 16:13:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/277f0f_478ff4b45029492198c117a2bac7a360~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_853,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kathy Gallagher</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Five Things]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are seeing everything with new eyes this Christmas season, because everything IS new. And also because our eyes are, well, aging.]]></description><link>https://www.kathygallagherwrites.com/post/five-things</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6755b6e3da44b65da1013b07</guid><category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category><category><![CDATA[Whimsy]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2024 13:26:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/277f0f_73793336a7a740dfb358261f835f2e50~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_853,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kathy Gallagher</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Step 25 &#38; 26]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yesterday’s pain has built today’s muscle.  We’re getting our groove back. ]]></description><link>https://www.kathygallagherwrites.com/post/step-25-26</link><guid isPermaLink="false">674caaf8d536db5bba843201</guid><category><![CDATA[One step at a time]]></category><category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2024 17:34:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/277f0f_df59db3a517a42fea74b70f48d114bdf~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_853,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kathy Gallagher</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Step 24: Fill your deer tag.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I occasionally whisper prayers that God will grant my mobility-challenged, excellent marksman husband the chance to shoot a buck.]]></description><link>https://www.kathygallagherwrites.com/post/step-24-fill-your-deer-tag</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6729a3ae9bb21c3d1502514c</guid><category><![CDATA[One step at a time]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 05 Nov 2024 05:54:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/277f0f_0a0ce715a90748cdbba7c0fa79bd2186~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_853,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kathy Gallagher</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Step 22 &#38; 23: Bust some new moves.]]></title><description><![CDATA[If your name happens to be John, you really should take up fishing.]]></description><link>https://www.kathygallagherwrites.com/post/step-22-23-bust-some-new-moves</link><guid isPermaLink="false">671fdd3afdf7b96843d7fd35</guid><category><![CDATA[One step at a time]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2024 21:18:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/277f0f_85e9393db69d440ab35e8613089be4cf~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_853,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kathy Gallagher</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steps 13-21:  Micro-changes.]]></title><description><![CDATA[God is merciful and gracious.  He hears every prayer, even the grumpy ones.]]></description><link>https://www.kathygallagherwrites.com/post/steps-13-21-micro-changes</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67016d6dda6472905c9fb84c</guid><category><![CDATA[One step at a time]]></category><category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 05 Oct 2024 17:39:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/277f0f_2faa7a64d9ae4ca7830a7805814ecded~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_853,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kathy Gallagher</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Step 12: List your house!]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is beauty in the muddle of the middle, not just in crossing the finish line.]]></description><link>https://www.kathygallagherwrites.com/post/step-12-list-your-house</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66e206826483e74707024647</guid><category><![CDATA[One step at a time]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 22:04:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/277f0f_a52f64104bc24c3190920753ec679610~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_853,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kathy Gallagher</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's saving my life right now.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Life changes!  And we grow and change along with it. ]]></description><link>https://www.kathygallagherwrites.com/post/what-s-saving-my-life-right-now-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66dda5cbda4e0780ebe470eb</guid><category><![CDATA[Whimsy]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 08 Sep 2024 14:25:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/277f0f_9fb2024b1dcf4cf3834e674b7e67e3cd~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_851,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kathy Gallagher</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Step 11: Make room for grace.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Day after day the breakers of God’s relentless grace wash in, out, and over us, slowly changing the shape of our lives in the process.]]></description><link>https://www.kathygallagherwrites.com/post/step-11-receive-relentless-grace</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66cbe1460c19acd4cb5b1db5</guid><category><![CDATA[One step at a time]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2024 02:55:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/277f0f_98800c10c0ad4967874457b409f8cccf~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_853,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kathy Gallagher</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Step Ten: Choose the lemonade.]]></title><description><![CDATA[You can focus on the mosquitoes, or you can sip that lemonaid and listen to the birds. ]]></description><link>https://www.kathygallagherwrites.com/post/step-ten-choose-the-lemonaid</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66b3ada7bafbc555475204b5</guid><category><![CDATA[One step at a time]]></category><category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2024 17:49:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/277f0f_466e64a4d11d4c4e82c1e0cfe53be333~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_853,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kathy Gallagher</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Step Nine: Reinvent us.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tears--happy and sad and frustrated and grateful and fearful and repentant tears--flow regularly these days.]]></description><link>https://www.kathygallagherwrites.com/post/step-nine-reinvent-us</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66ad8b3f5d27fc83990a0044</guid><category><![CDATA[One step at a time]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 03 Aug 2024 18:15:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/277f0f_6aa377389b2643af913a5a1789bbca3b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_853,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kathy Gallagher</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Step Eight: Prepare for home.]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’s a new life for us both.  A treasure.  And also an obstacle course with no guide book. ]]></description><link>https://www.kathygallagherwrites.com/post/step-eight-prepare-for-home</link><guid isPermaLink="false">669d305c225b78d916fa56a7</guid><category><![CDATA[One step at a time]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jul 2024 16:36:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/277f0f_d6791742d9b54ae6ad76c05dae15ede1~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_853,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kathy Gallagher</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Step Seven: Pretend you're normal.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Touches of “normal” in an extremely abnormal life are both welcome and weird.  ]]></description><link>https://www.kathygallagherwrites.com/post/step-seven-pretend-you-re-normal</link><guid isPermaLink="false">668e79b345c55c4818cc6bfe</guid><category><![CDATA[One step at a time]]></category><category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2024 12:53:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/277f0f_c166088547a1423092e958db6d0d1b32~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_853,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kathy Gallagher</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Step Six: Face your giants.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Life—even life that flirts with scary stuff—is sweet and good when you have support around you.  ]]></description><link>https://www.kathygallagherwrites.com/post/step-six-face-your-giants</link><guid isPermaLink="false">668b3a9acef0cb03cac578c1</guid><category><![CDATA[One step at a time]]></category><category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2024 01:16:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/277f0f_607e69f1b68742f3b1537d680d0b2226~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_853,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kathy Gallagher</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>