http://kvogl.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Kate V. en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:13:01 GMT 2009-12-28T23:13:01Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977657322 I swore I’d never let any birthmother into my life, but then Mom died of ovarian cancer and my birthmother Val found me through my mom's obituary. Hard to argue with fate.  Harder still to let . . . Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:37:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977657322 Kate V. 2009-04-16T02:37:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977096089 Confession: one of the lines I wrote for Courage for a Child is not factually accurate. I thought that may be the case when I wrote it, but I had left it in anyway. After I submitted the article, I contacted . . . Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:36:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977096089 Kate V. 2007-08-24T18:36:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977091949 For the girls who were shuttered away: so that you may know you were not alone. For the children who they gave up for adoption: so you can understand what they went through. A generation ago, women who . . . Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:21:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977091949 Kate V. 2007-08-20T21:21:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977091250 My birthmother Val found me through my mother’s obituary. She’d had the patience to wait thirty years to find me, until her other children were old enough to find out, old enough to understand. . . . Mon, 20 Aug 2007 03:11:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977091250 Kate V. 2007-08-20T03:11:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977090512             My birthmother Val found me through my mother’s obituary. She’d had the patience to wait thirty years to find me, until her other children . . . Sun, 19 Aug 2007 06:32:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977090512 Kate V. 2007-08-19T06:32:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976939476 If you must write because it's who you are, this book is for you. It's memoir, it's inspiration, it's who we are, and as you read it you think to yourself, yes, she's nailed it, that's . . . Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:01:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976939476 Kate V. 2007-03-23T13:01:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976937727 The author wanted to call the book What Granite Islands instead, but  was getting pushback from her publisher. "Too literary," they told her. Frustrated, she vented while having a pint at . . . Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:07:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976937727 Kate V. 2007-03-21T15:07:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976935118 I loved this book. A story about the strength of human spirit, about friendships and love that lasts through the years. It's a quiet story, but the kind of quiet that brings you peace and know that . . . Sun, 18 Mar 2007 19:34:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976935118 Kate V. 2007-03-18T19:34:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976934327 So you've read the first chapter of Days of May  at http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976933506 and you want to know more? First of all, thanks for taking the time to read, . . . Sat, 17 Mar 2007 16:24:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976934327 Kate V. 2007-03-17T16:24:05Z