Katie Barry

Katie is passionate about encouraging moms in their walk with Jesus. Her goal is to create a community where moms find support, connections, and grow in their faith. Katie is the wife of a pastor in Minnesota. She is the mom of four children ranging from preschool to upper elementary school. She enjoys being outside with her children, meeting up with other families, and creating photo books of her family.
Have you ever felt broken? It might be a sudden and significant loss that turns your world upside down. It might be more of a continual stress that eventually leaves you broken. I think back to when my son broke his wrist and we had to figure out how to handle the break.

First, we had to recognize the brokenness. If you have an injury that suddenly swells and leaves you unable to walk or raise your arm you know you have a serious injury and need to seek help. If you lose someone you care about suddenly, you feel an instant, gut wrenching pain. But, if you have ever had a stress fracture this occurs as a part of the body is
Spring flowers blooming is one of the most welcome sights after a long winter! There are so many phrases that we hear about blooming. “Late bloomer” was one from years ago if a child took a little more time to learn how to walk, talk, or read. Today you may be more likely to see a post on social media of two plants talking back and forth. Usually one looks forlorn about the other blooming first or differently and the first one replies by saying something like, “We’re different plants, Silly.” Another popular mantra you might have heard is, “Bloom where you're planted.” But what does it mean to bloom?

In our world one could argue that to bloom would