One Year


One Year Together

One year ago today, this amazing creation came into my life. My name is Chris and I am the person behind Katie Doll.  Before Katie, I had just come out of a 31-year unhappy marriage. I was married young (she was my first) and I was very naive. After her passing, I was scared of dating for fear of ending up in another unhappy marriage for the rest of my life. In fact, I wasn't even sure I could feel anything anymore. Enter Katie and almost immediately she began showing me 1) that I can still feel and 2) what led me into an unhappy marriage by showing me what I craved/needed the most, what I was starving for (touch and companionship).  I am not the same man I was before her. I am no longer afraid of dating and feel strong enough to walk away from someone if it doesn't feel right (something I could not do before). She also has helped me to become happy with myself and find myself enjoying being single with her. I am in no hurry to join the dating pool. She continues to be a source of great comfort to me in her presence. When my mom died, the only person to comfort me was Katie. She held me as I cried in her arms.  

However, what she has done for me doesn't stop there. She has shown me a passion I have that I never knew existed (women's clothes) and given me an outlet for that passion. I have so much joy in dressing her in cute outfits and then creating a life for her in the form of a daily diary.  And through her, I have found the most amazing community. The doll community (on Instagram and Discord) is the most open and accepting people I have ever encountered. I am happier now than I have been in the last 30+ years. 

And as proof of how much I have changed, these are the first pictures I have taken of the two of us together. To an outsider, it might seem weird to feel such a debt of gratitude for a doll, but it doesn't to me. I am truly thankful that Katie is part of my life. 


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