by Kathy on November 1, 2018 · 0 comments
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Sunday, 1-21-96 11:36 PM London 6:36 PM H.H.I. 5:36 PM E-Town Called Gramma Dee & Grampa Jack today to wish Grampa a “Happy 80th Birthday!” It was a very special conversation with both of them! They seemed very happy to hear from me & I was so happy to hear their voices and their upbeat […]
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by Kathy on October 28, 2018 · 0 comments
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Saturday, 1-20-96 3:34 PM London 9:34 AM Evanston ★ Dad’s 55th Birthday! ☺︎ Wow! It’s been 4 days since I wrote in here… Though it doesn’t seem that long. The past 5 nights, & much of my days, I spent hanging out w/ my Pembridge buddies Adam & Paul. They are great guys & becoming […]
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by Kathy on October 15, 2018 · 0 comments
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I came across this quote today from Laura Kelly Fanucci, a fellow bereaved mom, via a friend/dad who is grieving and remembering (after the recent death of his baby) on this, October 15th, National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. These words struck and ring true for me, almost 14 years since we experienced our first of […]
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by Kathy on September 17, 2018 · 0 comments
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Dear Abigail Grace, What to say to you… It’s September 17th again! Your 9th Birthday! How exciting is that?! You’ve been asking for days what time you could wake up this morning, since you wanted to get the celebration going as early as possible… In part because you wanted to be sure there would be […]
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by Kathy on September 10, 2018 · 0 comments
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How are you feeling? What are your plans for tomorrow? Welcome to the fourteenth edition of my “Gatekeeping” blog series. I shared the back story of these simple and yet powerful questions in this post. It’s been well over a year since we last did some Gatekeeping here. In recent years I’ve been surprised by how much […]
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by Kathy on August 30, 2018 · 0 comments
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I remember how he used to tease me for bringing my binder, with colored coded spreadsheets, to track our relatively routine pregnancy with Sean in 2003. And then he was the doctor on call during our scheduled induction, which ended up being an augmentation, when I went into natural labor earlier that day (10 days […]
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