Baby Benson

8 Years

by Kathy on September 11, 2009 · 9 comments

in 9/11, Baby Benson, Bob, Holidays, Loss, Memories

It’s hard to believe that eight years have come and gone since 9-11-01. On Facebook today a number of my friends have posted status updates sharing their memories of their personal experiences from that day and asked others to share theirs. I thought for sure that I would have done so here on my blog […]

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B-I-N-G-O!

by Kathy on September 9, 2009 · 6 comments

in ALI Community, Awards, Baby Benson, Inspiration

Happy 9-9-09! I am honored to be the first “winner” of Mel’s latest invention, to help bring together our Adoption, Loss and Infertility (ALI) community to increase the support/comments we receive on our blogs and give to others on theirs, Blogger Bingo. I really like how Mel shared the links to, as well as the […]

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Thank you for your comments on my last post and for repeating my new mantra with me, “September 17 is going to be a happy day!” I have continued to try to focus on that statement and not worry too much about what could possibly go wrong between now and then (our new baby girl’s […]

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September 17th…

by Kathy on September 5, 2009 · 16 comments

in Baby Benson, Fear, Hope, Inspiration

… is going to be a happy day! 🙂 That is what our OB (who is scheduled to deliver our new baby girl) told us this morning at our routine 38 weeks prenatal appointment. I was crying when he said it, as I was expressing my fear that somehow things won’t go well and we […]

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Another week down and two to go… if our new baby girl doesn’t arrive early! 🙂 This journey continues to be such an awesome and strange mix of emotions as we prepare to meet our third child/second daughter. The closer we get to her scheduled birth (via c-section) on September 17, the more real this […]

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I have a thing for funerals/memorial services. Not that I ever want someone to die, especially loved ones, but I find them really moving. I appreciate hearing eulogies and knowing special stories and memories of how the deceased have touched others’ lives. I am inspired by their legacies and how their memories will live on […]

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