I am compulsively independent. Think toddler demanding to do everything “all by myself” even when that thing requires at least two adults and a power tool. Compulsively independent. There are a million ways that motherhood has challenged me, but perhaps most challenging of all, has been the struggle to reconcile that compulsive independence with the…… Continue reading My Modern Village
Hello faithful readers! I am sorry for my absence, as I have been inconsistent in my writing for over a year now. This isn’t goodbye to According to Kateri, I plan to still come here and write when I have something to say, something for you to read and hear. But in the meantime, I have…… Continue reading Kateri in the Kitchen
I suppose I can really only speak for myself, but I am almost certain the following does not relate only to me. I am sure a few of you will read ahead and say confidently, “yes, that’s me too.” I talk, a lot. I say a lot of things, different things. It starts from the…… Continue reading Thank You
In the first year of my career as a Registered Nurse I continued my education, wrapping up my Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing, not yet a requirement to work as an RN, but a well worth it continuation of a degree to make you a more well-rounded, and to be honest, respected Nurse. One of the…… Continue reading Just a Nurse
I was in the middle of preparing a blog post as I heard news of the explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Death and Taxes was my title. The post was to expand on the common phrase that two things in life are constant, “Death and Taxes”. In honor of April 15th,…… Continue reading Death and Taxes
I miss Africa. Not so much the place necessarily; the garbage, the sweat, the bugs, the terrifying roads that take you anywhere. Maybe I don’t miss those things, but my heart misses Africa. I miss the way I felt there, I miss who I was there, and missing that has a way of creating a…… Continue reading Africa
