Katie Gutierrez

Gutierrez is the author of the novel More Than You'll Ever Know

Recent Articles

Raising Kids in America Means Living in Fear That They'll Be Shot

How can this keep happening? How can we keep letting it?

By Katie Gutierrez

A Back-to-School Ritual Offers Me Comfort

Sending my daughter to school is terrifying, but the simple act of taking her shopping for new clothes gives me a sense of normalcy.

By Katie Gutierrez

Why I Stay in Texas, Even Though It’s Breaking My Heart

My home office in San Antonio is honeyed with summer light. Outside, a fledgling roadrunner races through the hot dirt and buffelgrass of the empty lot next door. The sun is already high, another scorcher,...

By Katie Gutierrez

How I Lost Myself to Motherhood

It’s impossible to gauge the depth of a hole you’re in until you begin to climb out. I’ve felt this way in the most challenging times of my life, usually when suffering loss: death, divorce....

By Katie Gutierrez

The Quiet Ache of Children's Pandemic Birthdays

I first wrote to my children before they were born: my daughter, at 36 weeks gestation, and my son, the night before his birth. Time was a doorknob turning in the darkness, a pulse of...

By Katie Gutierrez

My Kids Can't Get Vaccinated Yet, and I'm Barely Keeping It Together

In the hospital parking lot, I pulled a stiff painter’s mask over my nose and mouth. I took a selfie on Snapchat, sent it to my brother and sister. My brother responded: “Whoa. That’s apocalyptic.”This...

By Katie Gutierrez

There Is No Way I Could Have Gone to an Office 4 Weeks After Having a Baby

I was 13 weeks pregnant with my first child when I first felt the sharp, tearing pain in my groin. I didn’t know it then, but my pubic symphysis—the tiny joint holding together the bones...

By Katie Gutierrez
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