Godparents

Happy 4th Heavenly Birthday Molly Marie! Has it really been four years since I last held you in my arms? It’s hard for me to believe that much time has passed since you were born and took your last breath. It is both painful and healing for me to write you this letter every year. It […]

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*I’ve added an update at the end of this post.* This week I have gotten a taste of what it feels like to be on “the other side.” The other side being a place where loved ones wait for news and do their best to show their love and support for those they care deeply […]

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Another Three of a Kind

by Kathy on August 5, 2011 · 2 comments

in Adoption, Family, Godparents, Hope

Here is the recent photo I promised you, at the end this post, of my sister Meg, brother-in-law Bill and their daughter Cora at the racetrack last Sunday! Aren’t they an adorable family?! As many of you may recall from my sharing about my sister and brother-in-law over the years here (with their permission and blessing), they began building […]

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Homecoming

by Kathy on May 20, 2011 · 7 comments

in Adoption, Family, Godparents, ICLW, Milestones

Cora Joy crawling around on Easter last month. A special welcome to those here for the first time and those returning for International Comment Leaving Week (ICLW), which officially begins tomorrow (Saturday, May 21)! I wrote this post during ICLW in February and it is a good place to start if you are not familiar with me or my […]

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I started writing this post sometime last Fall and then, as it often does, time got away from me. I decided to come back and finish it this week when I realized that our house has been on the market now for over 5 months. These recent months have been a roller coaster ride getting […]

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The Circle of Life

by Kathy on September 9, 2010 · 5 comments

in Abby, Adoption, Bob, Family, Godparents, Loss, Molly, Sean

I can’t believe that it is been four months since I last posted anything here. It is certainly the longest I have gone since I began blogging in April 2007 and it took me well over a month to compose this one. My absence has not been for lack of news, thoughts or emotions to […]

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