About Katherine & Jay

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A moving read that is both lively storytelling and a provocative call to a different way of seeing the world and ourselves in it, SUFFER STRONG draws on the Wolfs’ experience and spirituality to offer hope as inspirational as it is practical. Jay and Katherine alternate chapters, both writing in the first person on specific and wide-ranging topics from loss to beauty, healing to commitment. Philosophical, warm, and pragmatic, Jay candidly explores his life as a husband, caregiver, father, and partner. Wise, vulnerable, and often laugh-out-loud funny, Katherine invites readers into her recovery, frustrations, dreams, and victories. Both authors attempt to reframe life not just for themselves, but for everyone as a never-ending exercise in redefining hope, expectations, and callings.

SUFFER STRONG is the follow- up to Katherine and Jay’s excellent first book, “Hope Heals,” which details the 26 year old, new mom’s extraordinary survival after a near-fatal stroke, as well as her inspiring recovery and even flourishing within the profound disabilities that remain, including giving birth to a miracle baby, John.

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About Hope Heals

Katherine and Jay Wolf’s story is one of love, survival, and hope. After meeting in college, the 22-year-old couple married and moved to Los Angeles where Jay was pursuing a law degree and Katherine began modeling. Six months after their son James was born in 2007, at the age of 26, Katherine suffered a massive and catastrophic brain stem stroke that nearly ended her life.

Against all the odds, she survived and Katherine’s life was saved but forever changed, as was their marriage. Seven years after the stroke, the couple welcomed their second miracle son, John into their lives.

Katherine is a charismatic and dynamic force that brings humor and joy to all she meets. As speakers, authors and founders of the non-profit ministry, Hope Heals, Katherine and Jay share the gift of God’s grace that sustained their marriage and family, inspiring others to find the hope of Jesus and the healing and restoration that only God can bring. The family resides in Atlanta, Georgia.