KATIE M. KELLEY (formerly Katie M. Blackburn) is a mother of eight in a beautiful blended family, a writer, teacher, and learner. She is a contributing writer to the Coffee + Crumbs blog as well as one of the podcast's co-host. She is also the author Gluing the Cracks and Best Baseball Game Her writing has appeared in Risen Motherhood, The Gospel Coalition, Well Watered Women, ERLC, MomCo, Motherly, Journeywomen and more.

KATIE BLACKBURN is a writer, teacher, and a lifelong learner, but her most cherished role is being a single mom to her six incredible kids. Her favorite thing to do is tell people about the ways God has held her through circumstances that seemed impossible. When she's not taking care of kids or telling stories, you can probably find her riding her bike, pretending she's in the Tour de France. Life feels a lot like climbing a series of mountains sometimes, and Katie enjoys living metaphors.