by Katie LaBree | Feb 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
My husband is a romantic. Without going into too much detail, let’s just say, that he is known to go above and beyond. For instance, our engagement involved him secretly driving 300 miles to set up the engagement, only to turn around drive 300 miles home, and a...
by Katie LaBree | Dec 28, 2016 | Faith, Family
I’m always leery when I write about parenting. I am, by no means, an expert. My kids are 5 and almost 8. Although they seem to be doing well, we still have a long road to travel on this parenting journey, so I can hardly claim to know what I am doing. However,...
by Katie LaBree | Dec 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
The other night, my sweet baby girl laid in bed with eyes wide open. As she bounced the light from her pink flashlight from the wall to the ceiling and back again, I heard her whisper one, two, three. In her innocence, she was counting the days until Christmas. Her...
by Katie LaBree | Oct 8, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Rev and I recently celebrated 13 years of marriage. In true rural pastor fashion, we celebrated by getting the girl down the street to babysit, while we drove 25 miles for pizza an then went to Wal-Mart. Everyone knows, that real conversations don’t happen...
by Katie LaBree | Jun 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
“Always prioritize the substance of what you’re doing. Don’t get caught up in the status, the prestige games. They’re endlessly dazzling, and they’re always endlessly disappointing.” I came across this interview with Peter Thiel,...
by Katie LaBree | May 28, 2015 | Family, Uncategorized
Dear Public School Teachers Everywhere, It’s 4:33 pm and I am sitting down with a cup of coffee in hand, perusing my son’s end of the year papers. You see, tomorrow is the last day of kindergarten for my little guy. It may be a cliche, but it seems like...
by Katie LaBree | May 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
Dear Grads (and the rest of us), If Andrew Bosworth, an engineer for Facebook, can almost get fired, so can you. Kindness is a fruit of the spirit I am often missing. This article is a great reminder that what we do doesn’t matter if we don’t do it with...
by Katie LaBree | Nov 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
The Rev. and I recently celebrated our 11th anniversary with a trip to the McDonald’s drive through for lunch…in our pajamas…with two kids in tow. It was a glorious, wonderful, better-than-I-could imagine kind of day. No, I’m not being...
by Katie LaBree | May 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
Yes, we’ve moved. No, not again physically, but virtually. Check out our new site at www.prairieparsonage.com
by Katie LaBree | Apr 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
Dear AJ,You don’t know me and I don’t know you. In fact, before yesterday, I hadn’t even heard your name. Then I saw it. Your first moments of your first professional job. Not gonna lie, it was excruciating and hilarious to watch all at the same...
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