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Step 29: Broken hallelujahs.
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...
Kathy Gallagher
Jul 276 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 212 min read
Step 27: Cross some thresholds.
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.
Kathy Gallagher
Jan 238 min read
That Partridge in your Pear Tree
No one should spend Christmas Day alone in Weed eating potato chips.
Kathy Gallagher
Dec 20, 20245 min read
Five Things
We are seeing everything with new eyes this Christmas season, because everything IS new. And also because our eyes are, well, aging.
Kathy Gallagher
Dec 9, 20244 min read
Step 25 & 26
Yesterday’s pain has built today’s muscle. We’re getting our groove back.
Kathy Gallagher
Dec 2, 20246 min read
Step 24: Fill your deer tag.
I occasionally whisper prayers that God will grant my mobility-challenged, excellent marksman husband the chance to shoot a buck.
Kathy Gallagher
Nov 4, 20247 min read
Steps 13-21: Micro-changes.
God is merciful and gracious. He hears every prayer, even the grumpy ones.
Kathy Gallagher
Oct 5, 20249 min read
Step 12: List your house!
There is beauty in the muddle of the middle, not just in crossing the finish line.
Kathy Gallagher
Sep 11, 20245 min read
Step 11: Make room for grace.
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.
Kathy Gallagher
Aug 25, 20248 min read
Step Ten: Choose the lemonade.
You can focus on the mosquitoes, or you can sip that lemonaid and listen to the birds.
Kathy Gallagher
Aug 7, 20244 min read
Step Nine: Reinvent us.
Tears--happy and sad and frustrated and grateful and fearful and repentant tears--flow regularly these days.
Kathy Gallagher
Aug 3, 20247 min read
Step Eight: Prepare for home.
It’s a new life for us both. A treasure. And also an obstacle course with no guide book.
Kathy Gallagher
Jul 21, 20246 min read
Step Seven: Pretend you're normal.
Touches of “normal” in an extremely abnormal life are both welcome and weird.
Kathy Gallagher
Jul 10, 20243 min read
Step Six: Face your giants.
Life—even life that flirts with scary stuff—is sweet and good when you have support around you.
Kathy Gallagher
Jul 7, 20245 min read
Step Five: Add some wheels.
It’s an honored, front-row seat, but a powerless one. I drive nothing, react to everything.
Kathy Gallagher
Jun 27, 20244 min read
Step Four: Hard and holy work.
God defines what is true and good and beautiful. We acknowledge our helpless state. And then we hand him the scalpel.
Kathy Gallagher
Jun 20, 20245 min read
Step Three: Endure.
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...
Kathy Gallagher
Jun 16, 20244 min read
Step Two: Have a birthday.
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...
Kathy Gallagher
Jun 12, 20242 min read
One step at a time.
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...
Kathy Gallagher
Jun 9, 20243 min read
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