PROTECT JACKSON
As the process for adoption of Jackson started, Katie did her very best to protect Jackson’s privacy. She became extra careful with her social media postings and avoided sharing too much information. Her move to keep Jackson off social media as well as his adoption details was very much supported or may have even been advised by her lawyer to avoid putting Jackson’s case in jeopardy in the courts. And Katie was determined to make sure that everything would go as smoothly and as planned. As her previous case did receive media attention following the discovery that Grayson and Hannah were biological siblings. Since then, Katie learned to be discreet and avoided the effects of media attention on the private life she was trying to build with her family.
FAMILY LIFE
As Katie waited for reports and updates on the adoption number 3, life at home was as normal as it should be. Hannah has grown to become a young girl who loves dolls, shoes, and beautiful clothes. Grayson, on the other hand, was about to turn three years old and will soon start preschool. He seemed to have grown to become a friendly little boy and one who loves social interactions. Looking at Katie’s children and their story shows how unconditional love works, credits to Katie for producing such well-natured and well-mannered children.
KATIE’S MYSTERY MAN
As Katie posted on her Instagram, she shared something about a mystery man who recently also joined their family. She shared how she couldn’t post a photo of him as she has vowed not to; however, she could share how she was grateful for him and his support. Katie hasn’t only been busy raising kids, but she has also been building a relationship with this mystery man whom she met through her pastor back when she fostered children. Having a man who loves and supports Katie isn’t just an excellent addition to her family and home but quite a catch of stability and protection for her family. A fatherly figure at home provides security to the family way better than any home security system can and, well, helps a lot with some of the manly jobs needed to be done. Way to go, Katie!
NEVER ENDING RESPONSIBILITIES
With Katie raising her three children alone, she has received so much help and support from her loved ones as well. Her mother, her sister, and her mystery man have all been Katie’s stable support system as well as her three children. With them by her side, it made all her responsibilities bearable and comfortable at the same time. Being a full-time mother with a full-time job, and while still in the phase of renovating her home, she needs all the help she can get. Also, Katie recently accepted a new set of responsibilities of starting her very own small business. She, now, runs the website woodandgrace.net while also working as an independent consultant for a skincare company, Rodan and Fields. With all of Katie’s responsibilities, a trip to her Financial Advisor can do her good and help her be more future-ready.
EARNING THE EXTRA BUCK
Rodan and Fields is a company that sells makeup and skincare products. Also, as a company, they provide for their independent consultants’ flexibility in doing their jobs a notable company value and practice that allows Katie to work remotely and in her own time. This engagement enables Katie to earn extra income to meet their family’s needs without sacrificing time with her children. Since Katie’s current career path doesn’t allow her to make her dreams possible, she’s hoping that her opportunity with this company would give her a chance to have the freedom to spend more time with her family. For Katie, time with her children is the most important investment that she knows will yield the best interest in the future.
SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE
Katie has been very active in sharing her incredible story on different social media platforms. With her current business, she also uses this medium to promote her business and works as well. In her blogs, you’ll see some of her designs and can tell her degree of expertise in renovation and interior designs.
ADOPTION HAS CHANGED HER LIFE
Of all the investments Katie made in her life, adoption has been the one that is most rewarding and has changed Katie’s life for the good. It has altered her direction in ways that may seem really crazy and almost unreal. She never thought something as good as it is could happen to her. Looking back, her journey of adoption has helped her more than it helped her children. Her life now is so far from being perfect or easy. And while others would say, her life could have been more comfortable if not perfect without her children, but Katie wouldn’t trade the abundance of love and joy she gets from them. She explains in her blog, “The last 35 years has been far from easy or the ‘perfect’ life, but it has been mine and has always been driven by my ‘CRAZY’ dreams if people only knew how my children had changed mine far more than I could ever have imagined.”
BUSINESS PAYING OFF
Thankfully, some of Katie’s business decisions have taken off and yielded a good return. It has helped a lot in providing Katie the extra income she needs to raise her three children well. She’s currently hoping to hire a stay-in Nanny to help her take good care of her children. As the business has been doing well, it would also be good for her children to benefit from the extra attention. Also, it would be helpful for Katie to have some investment money for other passive income to help.
DETERMINED
Katie’s story and business are not the only ones she promotes in social media. It seems that she gets her hands full as well in advocating foster care. She would post her story and encourage people to take the leap that would change their lives and also for the lives of the children in need. In her interview with Good Morning America, she explained, “It takes patience beyond what I feel I sometimes have. It makes me and those who support me angry some days. But encounters/relationships with the children make it worth the hard times. It is my greatest adventure, and I can’t imagine my life without this experience,” Surely, Katie credits the sense of fulfillment, love, and joy she has now to that decision of fostering and adoption she made not so long ago.