I’m Katerina and I’m just a girl trying to live every day in her own Little Way. I started this blog for two main reasons. The first one is that living life as a Catholic with chronic illness is HARD. You are constantly questioning and asking things like, “why is this happening to me” and “how is this part of God’s plan?” There are days where I just sit and think about what good can come from this and it has led me on a long and tiring journey not only physically, but also both mentally and spiritually. The second reason is that for as long as I remember, I have always had a special place in my heart for St. Therese of Lisieux. The more and more I read about her, the more and more I relate to her and feel a connection with her. My devotion to her has only grown deeper and deeper over time, especially in my time of illness. I also have always loved her Little Way and it makes me strive to live my life in that same way. The Little Way has made something as big as holiness and God’s love seem so obtainable and easy for us to accept and to live out in our ordinary lives. It’s hard to live in confidence in God’s love with a chronic illness, but living each little day by the Little Way makes each day easier and easier.
I want this blog to be a place where you can not only see how other young Catholic women live the Little Way in their own lives, but also get that support if you’re a Catholic like me who’s not only on that journey to sainthood (that’s hard enough already), but with a chronic illness. I just want to show how I, and other women who are all on the same journey, live out their days by the Little Way.
These are my daily reflections on my life and on my devotion to St. Therese, and how she’s been helping me in my time of suffering over the past year. I want you to be able to know that you’re not alone in your pain, whether it’s physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual, and that there are others who are going through the same thing and will be there to pray for you. Here is how I try to find the blessings in my life and live Day by Day by the Little Way.
My Little Way 