Everyday Ordinary: (Mostly) True Confessions of Marriage, Shoe Shopping and How I Keep Losing the Mother of the Year Award

When life goes off script, the ordinary gets hilarious—and quietly holy.

Kat Groshong did not plan on an “ordinary” life. She imagined herself jet‑setting as a star journalist, not fishing toothbrushes out of the toilet and trying to remember whose turn it is to bring snacks for the Saturday night church crowd.

Instead, God handed her a long‑haired rock‑and‑roll pastor, two kids with more energy than sense, a house full of pets, and an endless loop of laundry, lost shoes, 7‑11 Slurpee runs, and late‑night pizza emergencies. Somewhere between the school pick‑up line and the blue‑slush explosion at the Slurpee machine, everything went off script—and got a lot more interesting.

In Everyday Ordinary, Kat shares (mostly) true confessions from the front lines of marriage and motherhood:

• The “you had to laugh or you’d cry” moments of life as a pastor’s wife

• Kids who are hilarious, exasperating, and completely, recognizably human

• Health scares, ministry mishaps, and Slurpee‑station disasters that somehow turn into stories you want to tell again and again

Told with the warmth of a best‑friend kitchen‑table chat, these stories will make you laugh out loud, wipe a few tears, and maybe see your own everyday life a little differently. Under the chaos and comedy, Kat quietly traces the faith that holds her family together and the God who keeps showing up in the most unglamorous places.

If you love honest, down‑to‑earth stories that read like Anne Lamott with a dash of Erma Bombeck—funny, faithful, and completely relatable—this book is for you.