Ep. - 1451 - SATURDAY SERIES: KELLI O’KEEFE SPEARS
Reality Life with Kate Casey
Kate Casey
4.4 • 7K Ratings
🗓️ 8 November 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Kate first met Kelli O’Keefe Spears on the tennis court before either had children, and their kids were born just a month apart. Kelli was Kate’s first friend to pursue surrogacy.
In this episode, Kelli shares her journey through multiple miscarriages, the emotional challenges that led her to surrogacy, and how she found her incredible surrogate. She also offers thoughtful advice for families considering the same path and reflects on the lessons she learned along the way.
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| 0:00.0 | The amazing Kate Casey. |
| 0:04.2 | Welcome back for another episode of Reality Life with KKC and welcome back for this Saturday series episode. |
| 0:10.5 | I first met Kelly O'Keefe Spears on the tennis court, and this was long before either of us had children. |
| 0:17.2 | We play every week. We talk about everything from our forehands to our families, our hopes, |
| 0:22.1 | and obviously what we had hoped the future might hold. One day during one of those post-match |
| 0:27.2 | conversations, she shared with me a secret. She was going to have a baby through a surrogate. |
| 0:32.8 | She was the first friend I'd ever known to go that route. From that moment, I had the privilege of watching |
| 0:38.5 | her entire journey, every step, every challenge, and every moment of hope. And it wasn't lost |
| 0:44.4 | on me how long she fought to make her dream of becoming a mother come true. But to really understand |
| 0:50.1 | Kelly, you have to know where she comes from. Her mother, Mary, graduated from Seattle University, |
| 0:56.4 | where she was crowned Homecoming Queen her senior year. She earned her degree in nursing and began her |
| 1:01.9 | first job traveling on trains between Chicago and Seattle as a nurse. She first met Kelly's dad, |
| 1:08.1 | Timothy, while at Seattle University. But their romance didn't truly begin until she cared for him as his nurse while he recovered from a broken ankle. |
| 1:17.8 | As Tim told me, she was the most popular girl of the university. |
| 1:21.5 | Everyone knew her and all the boys wanted to date her. |
| 1:25.2 | After college, he left for Germany to serve as a first lieutenant in the U.S. |
| 1:29.2 | Army. Now, by the way, while he was stationed there, he was assigned to drive VIPs to and from |
| 1:34.0 | base, and on one occasion, his passenger was none other than Elvis Presley. Well, during one of his |
| 1:40.9 | trips home, he sends Mary a telegram asking her to meet him in Chicago |
| 1:45.3 | along one of her train routes. He waited hours at the station, thinking she might never arrive. |
| 1:52.9 | And just as he was about to give up, he heard his name being paged. It was Mary. |
| 1:58.3 | That reunion was magic, and soon after they decided to marry, and they were wed in |
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