From Silence to Sacramental Moments
St. Croix River Press
September, 2026
Autobiography\
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About the Book
Spanning
sixty years, Kay Anderson shares her story of a childhood framed by the
stifling silence of family dysfunction and alcoholism to her nursing career,
grief in faith matters, and eventual sacramental missionary work in Haiti.
Born in the 1960s to dairy farmers, Kay learned of hard work and the cycle of life and death. As a storied high school basketball player, she discovered where talent and ambition could take her. As a nursing professional, Kay chose the most difficult and heart-wrenching aspects of medical care. As the spouse of a cancer survivor, she prayed for miracles. With a keen desire to embrace grief and loss at its core, these stories from home, hospitals, and mission trips to Haiti come alive across the pages.
Kay's desire to "be" amid silence and in every Sacramental Moment led her to found a justice-based nonprofit, where even today, Haitian medical staff manage their own health clinics in rural mountain villages.
From Silence to Sacramental Moments will show every reader what a life of commitment to family and home, career, and faith can overcome and "be."
Born in the 1960s to dairy farmers, Kay learned of hard work and the cycle of life and death. As a storied high school basketball player, she discovered where talent and ambition could take her. As a nursing professional, Kay chose the most difficult and heart-wrenching aspects of medical care. As the spouse of a cancer survivor, she prayed for miracles. With a keen desire to embrace grief and loss at its core, these stories from home, hospitals, and mission trips to Haiti come alive across the pages.
Kay's desire to "be" amid silence and in every Sacramental Moment led her to found a justice-based nonprofit, where even today, Haitian medical staff manage their own health clinics in rural mountain villages.
From Silence to Sacramental Moments will show every reader what a life of commitment to family and home, career, and faith can overcome and "be."
My Review:
Beautiful story of a life of sacrifice and service. Laying claim to her true self, author Kay Anderson shows readers how resiliency and a life of giving gives back. From her difficult childhood as "afterthought" kids in a huge farming family with an unfortunate dysfunction, to choosing nursing school despite less than stellar grades, to working with the youngest and most frail medical patients, to filling a need in a third-world country, Kay is a stellar role model. For readers who love stories of true-life nursing with some salt in their faith.