Bratt Pack & Friends
What a Year 2023 Was for Me!
Can you all feel my wave of exhaustion from where you are? 2023 kicked my butt in regard to my writing career. I set a goal to write and publish 8 books in the Hart’s Ridge series and I did it! I won’t say there wasn’t desperation, long hours, and gnashing of teeth involved,…
Read MoreTime and Tiana Kay
Nine years gone.. in the blink of an eye. It’s not her birthday. I’m just melancholy because the baby pic came up in my FB memories and I can’t believe how fast my granddaughter is growing up. On the other hand, I’m starting to see the woman she will become. She’s a very serious…
Read MoreWhat In the World?
I’ll admit that until one of 2023’s natural disasters affected me personally with my daughter and her losing everything in the Maui fires, I didn’t pay close enough attention to what was happening everywhere around the world in such a short time. It feels like it’s just boom, boom, boom. One disaster after another.…
Read MoreMy Maui Girl and the Maui Fires
It’s surreal what has happened in the last few days on Maui and our family is reeling but so thankful that by pure coincidence or Grace of God, our daughter was here with us in Georgia visiting when the fires broke out on the island. Their home and vehicles were decimated, and they do not…
Read MoreDo you get my news?
Are you signed up to Kay’s News to regularly hit your inbox? I hope you are! Comment below if you are and tell me what you like to hear about most from me! Don’t forget that Hazel Bea has her own article in it, too. Plus other goings ons around here with the Pack: …
Read MoreWhatever Will Be, Will Be
Approximately three years ago, my Ben and I moved into our dream house. Working with awesome builders who became very good friends, every tiny piece of the home was designed to our wants and needs. We went with the modern farmhouse design. Gray floors, white shiplap. Black leathered countertops on one side and gray/white marbled…
Read MoreYou Are Not Your Body
I was trying to clean out my inbox a bit and came across an email I wrote in 2008 that I thought many of you might relate to. Back then I was seeing a renowned rheumatologist who was trying to teach me a better way to deal with my pain. One of the things I…
Read MoreA Thanksgiving Gift for You!
Hello all, Many years ago I was blessed enough to have the opportunity to go live in China and work in an orphanage with children who changed my life. One of those children inspired a short novella, called The Bridge, because he was abandoned at a historical bridge in town. Little Fei Fei is blind,…
Read MoreSpreading Kindness Without Big Commitments
Spreading Kindness Without Big Commitments When I lived in China, I felt like I was doing big things to make the world a better place. Sure, not as big as some but with every surgery we were able to fund, every child switched over as adoptable, and each item we offered to make their lives…
Read MoreHappy New Year!
The Bratt Pack and I wish you a very happy new year! We have some great things to look forward to in 2022, including a wedding, then a visit from my youngest daughter who lives in Maui. Who would’ve ever thought that when she went there four years ago for a job, that she’d…
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