Katherine Rose Woller is a bestselling memoirist and essayist based in Boulder, Colorado. She is the author of Calling It Off: Memoir of an Almost Bride, and her writing explores modern womanhood, motherhood, identity, and the cultural expectations that shape the choices women make. A mom to two little girls, Katherine is a regular contributor to FoodFamilyTravel.com, and her essays have appeared in Motherly. Her perspectives have also been featured in Parents, The Bump, Marie Claire UK, Forbes, and Yahoo! Travel. Outside of writing, Katherine loves good food, faraway places, daily movement, and the everyday adventures of raising two daughters in Colorado.
Can you love the life you have and still miss the versions of yourself you never became? Katherine Rose Woller explores that tension in this personal essay on motherhood and identity.
One mom reflects on the panic she felt after finding out she was having a daughter, the fear of repeating mother-daughter patterns, and how raising her little girl changed everything.
I nearly married the wrong man out of fear I’d never have children. But walking away didn’t end my dream of motherhood—it redefined it. What I gained is the legacy I now pass on to my daughter.