Where Do I Start?

Hi, I'm Katie, welcome to my first blog entry!

I was an almost success story until the day I found out I was "with child." Since then, I have become a single parent to an amazing and beautiful daughter- so this is my life, 2.0.

I don't know if I should give you my life story now, otherwise, the mystery will be gone and you might not want to read about me anymore :)


But in the interest of some basic disclosure, here are some "fun" facts so that you will know what's going on, thus far in "2.0, Katie's Life!" Okay, that was my first lie to you, Internet, they really aren't fun.

• I went to, and graduated from, The College of William and Mary
• I am PROUD PROUD PROUD mommy
• I am Sister in Kappa Kappa Gamma; So happy that I am a....
  
• My family is VERY Baptist. I was very Baptist as well, but for the past couple of years I've been having some crises of faith. I'm hoping to resolve this and find my way back again.
  
• I was in Law School when I got pregnant with my Baby
• I didn't get pregnant on purpose.
• I had dated Baby Daddy for years but it was not an ideal situation.
  
• I'm no longer in law school- the two just weren't compatible
• I don't know if I'm going to go back to LS, I feel like I've changed a lot since I've become a mother, and I'm not sure being a lawyer is what will make me happy, professionally speaking.
• I'm a single parent, no husband, or boyfriend. My parents, while initially despondent over "the end of my life," really have been such a tremendous help, and I couldn't have made this far without them.
• Baby's other grandparents are also very involved in her life as well as her Parental Great-Grandparents. (PGGP's)
• I still have great plans for my life; I don't think it's over because I chose to have a baby.
• I chose to have my Baby, but had it not been for the hiccups I might have done the other thing.
  
• No one wanted me to have her and I thought about maybe not having her, but at my doctor's appointment the tech told me the baby was having hiccups and they'd have to wait for them to stop to get an accurate reading. I get the hiccups all time, a few times a week, and it was in that moment that I knew she was mine. I burst into tears and got up and left.
  
• That was the day my life changed, February 13, 2007; I was at peace with my decision, I was resolved.
  
• And thank the Heavenly Father I had that resolve, because I needed it. It was NOT pretty when I told Baby Daddy I was keeping her.
• I broke my parents' hearts when I told them about the baby. But in that moment, the only thing that I could think was "I am a MOTHER," my job is to protect this little peanut who is making me puke every 10 minutes. Me, Katie, a mommy.
• I used to be a Republican, a hardcore Republican. But, I think that's changing.
• I worry a lot about failure now that I've let so many people down. I used to be the Golden Child, the Child of Promise, and I hate how people look at me now; like I've wasted my life, like I'm never going to amount to anything anymore. It keeps me trying from trying anything new- I don't think I could handle my parents being ashamed of me again.
  
• Despite the fact that Baby Daddy and I will never be a couple again, I really like, and get along well with his whole family, which is something that I feel is super important for Baby.
  
  

I think that's enough to get the ball rolling on my story. I'm just a single mother trying to be enough for my daughter.