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Digging for gold.
At a time when we’re tired of change, change turns out to be the actual agenda.
Kathy Gallagher
7 days ago6 min read
Step 30: Break some barriers.
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.
Kathy Gallagher
Nov 7, 20259 min read
Step 28: The pause in the middle.
In my current messy moment, I ask God for these two things: Grace. And peace. Outward kindness. And the inward settling of my spirit.
Kathy Gallagher
Mar 2, 202512 min read
Easter has its lows and highs.
If like me you’re feeling all-too-human, you’ll understand the inner wrestling between the broken and the divine, the lows and highs of...
Kathy Gallagher
Mar 31, 20244 min read
Starting over.
What if loss and endings are the only way to find a new beginning? “The road rolls on like a welcome mat….” A confident, nasally voice...
Kathy Gallagher
Apr 25, 20214 min read
Plot twist.
Woven through the brokenness and unexpected nature of each personal struggle in 2020, I still see, every time, the grace threads, God’s...
Kathy Gallagher
Dec 31, 20204 min read
My Dad, my giant.
Once you were gone, I could see your whole life in one frame, and who you are came so clearly into focus. I hate to tell you, Daddy, but...
Kathy Gallagher
Dec 22, 20202 min read
Grief and wonder.
A week ago Jim and Molly were hunting with Gramps in Wyoming. This morning my father-in-law, George Gallagher, moved his residence to...
Kathy Gallagher
Sep 28, 20206 min read
Be kind to your Covid self.
Ten tiny steps for creeping out of Covid malaise. July 30th felt a bit like February 2nd, only this time I was the groundhog coming out...
Kathy Gallagher
Aug 1, 20205 min read
Three hours of summer.
“How odd?” I ask, grabbing a pencil to jot notes. I’m a little worried about my own memory. “Well, he’s wearing Depends on his feet.” I...
Kathy Gallagher
Jun 30, 202013 min read
One fine day.
I’m not sure if this post is about wildflowers or about my dad. But somewhere in this weird, wonderful day, my heart began to dance. I...
Kathy Gallagher
Apr 22, 20203 min read
Slip, bang!
We are learning to cry easily, blow noses loudly, to lean on past memories and new realities, to sing hymns often, and count blessings...
Kathy Gallagher
Jan 29, 20202 min read
Sixty.
When shock and reality collide. I have turned Sixty! “Turned.” Makes one think of milk that has gone past its expiration date and soured....
Kathy Gallagher
May 10, 20192 min read
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