About Amy
Amy Kite is an author, poet, freelance writer, tutor and mom of three. After receiving her Masters in Journalism from The Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, she worked as the Managing Editor of a travel magazine. Her job took her around the world, and all throughout her journeys, she wrote poetry, journaled and had numerous magazine articles published. Amy stopped working full-time to raise children, but she never stopped writing. She currently writes poetry, lyrics, blogs, short stories and children’s books... Read More
Recent Blog Posts
Five Minutes of Non-Doing
“A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live.” — Bertrand Russell My friend Sue always has perfect-looking nails. When we have dinner plans, I sometimes have to sit on my chipped nail-polished hands to avoid her […]
I Wanted to Name My Dog Biggie Smalls
What else would you call a six-pound Chihuahua Min Pin? Payton finally can wear something that represents her figurative size. The pink Notorious B.I.G. t-shirt is fitting for this six-pound Chihuahua Miniature Pinscher mix who snuck her way into the heart of this big dog lover. Now, when I say I’m a “big” dog […]
A Town Shattered Yet Strengthened
After Highland Park’s Fourth of July Mass Shooting Today I walked through downtown Highland Park, Illinois with my sister Ellen. We had gone there to buy bracelets that were made to support the Highland Park Community Foundation. We wanted to do something, anything, to help this community after last week’s tragic mass shooting during the […]
5 Great Books for Coping with Grief
Check out my list on Sheperd, where I was asked to compile a list of my favorite books about grieving the loss of a pet. The five books that I chose were great sources of comfort for me when I experienced loss both as a child and as an adult. Similarly, I hope that my […]
Dating During a Pandemic
Originally written by Amy Lee Kite for Divorced Girl Smiling If you’re a writer or a reader, then you likely know of Gabriel Garcia Márquez’ masterpiece: Love in the Time of Cholera. When that book was published in the mid 80s, I was in my early teens, full of vulnerability and openness. I knew […]
Good Bye, Gus
