My name is Tatt. Tatt is actually short for Tatterouse, a nickname my younger sister gave me when we were kids. By the time we were teenagers, it had shortened to Tatters and now it’s just Tatt. I have been married for 27 years, and we have two sons ages 24 and 26. We live about 30 miles south of Seattle, WA.

I am an all-out Jesus freak and cannot sing His praises enough! Even after all that I have been through spending years as a homeless meth addict, finding recovery and rebuilding my family and my life, dedicating my life to recovery, living in the darkest denial about my food addiction, watching my younger sister spiral out of control on fentanyl and then overdose and die from it in 2024, to coming face to face with my own mortality in 2025 after being rushed to the hospital in a hypertensive emergency and being diagnosed with Stage C CHF at the age of 46. I still owe my entire existence to Jesus Christ and owe Him a debt I cannot repay. It is because of His mercy and grace that covers me that I am alive and well and healthy and no longer addicted to food!

After my diagnosis in 2025 I knew it was time to face the ungodly relationship I had maintained with food my entire life. Weighing in at 362lbs in April 2025 I cried so hard. How had I let it get so out of control? Denial, that's how. I didn't want to believe that I had a problem. I loved food so much it became my god. I lived for eating. It was my only source of joy and happiness. I loved waking up in the morning because I knew I had an entire day of eating ahead. Too bad it only made me more miserable with each and every bite. I wanted to change but I didn't know how. I had already tried every diet under the sun, twice, but never got very far. It wasn't until I fully and completely surrendered my life to Christ that I was delivered, healed, and set free from the chains of food addiction forever.

That day back in 2025 when I cried out to God to rescue me, I told him I was serious this time, more serious than I had ever been before. In a desperate attempt to convince God just how serious I was this time, I started telling him I loved Him more than my family, more than my home, more than my car, my than my income, and without thinking the words came out: "I love you more than food." In that instance I heard the words, "Show me." Just like that. I told God I loved Him more than I loved food and He said show me. I sat there almost in disbelief at how clearly I heard the words "show me." Ok God, I will show you I love you more than I love food. I prayed and sobbed and begged Him to heal my addiction and set me free once and for all. Spoiler alert...He did. I am down over 100 pounds and counting! All glory goes to God.

In the fall of 2025, I felt an immense pull to write everything out and publish it so that others can find hope, freedom, deliverance, and healing from the chains of food addiction, gluttony, and comfort eating. I believe God has called me into ministry focusing on recovery from addictions. Just like that, Tatt Ministries was born. I am humbled and honored and excited for what God is doing and what He is going to do and I pray that you too, will join me on this journey!!