About Kari

Hi, I’m Kari. (It rhymes with sorry not hairy.) 🙂

Thank you for stopping by.

A little bit about me: I’m wifey of 21 years to a pastor Jeff who broke my heart and has faithfully put up with me for a long time.  In 2007, when I was terribly depressed, he bought www.karipatterson.com for $13 and told me to write everyday. Here we are.

I’m homeschooling Mama to two bigs and two littles. A dozen years ago God started lovingly dismantling our lives and we started doing weird stuff like selling our house and giving our money away. In 2006 we bought an Ark with a fun roster of others, and we now live along the lovely Molalla river where we moved in order to care for my parents, who have now recently graduated to Glory. I’m sister to many women at Renew Church and writer for Simple Homeschool.

I write books (snag one here!) and speak at women’s events throughout the year. If you have a retreat or other event and need a speaker, let me know! I’d love to pray about joining you.

Thank you so much for stopping by.