by Kathy on August 22, 2013 · 2 comments
in Anxiety, Bob, Embryo Transfer (ET), Family, Food, Hope, Infertility, IVF, IVF #2 (second try), Memories, Molly, Secondary Infertility, TTC
This morning I was at the grocery store picking up a few things we needed. While there I noticed they had beautiful, fresh-cut gladiolus flowers for sale. Gladiolus flowers are among my favorites, especially since the summer of 1997, when I lived in a small town in Illinois called Momence, where I served as Recreation Director. […]
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by Kathy on April 24, 2013 · 11 comments
in ALI Community, Coping, Decisions, Expectations, Family, Friends, Healing, Hope, ICSI, Infertility, Inspiration, IUI, IVF, Love, Memories, Odds, Parenting, Planning, RE, Relationships, Resolution, Secondary Infertility, Secondary Infertility Stories, Siblings, Sperm, TTC, Writing
For awhile I have thought it would be interesting and helpful, especially for those still in the trenches who want more children, to profile other families who have dealt with secondary infertility. Many of these people I got to know during our journey through secondary infertility (via community forums and/or blogs). Being able to share […]
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It’s Day 5 of National Infertility Awareness Week (NIAW). It took me awhile to figure out how I wanted to “fill in the blank” in effort to support and participate in Resolve’s NIAW Bloggers Unite Challenge. The theme this year, as you may already know, is: “Don’t ignore…” Though I appreciate the intention behind this theme, I wasn’t […]
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by Kathy on March 26, 2012 · 6 comments
in Abby, Background, Bob, Conferences, Dance, Ectopic, Exercise, Expectations, Forgiveness, Happiness, Infertility, Inspiration, Loss, Miscarriage, Molly, Perfect Moments, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Loss, Quotes, TTC, Uncategorized
It’s the fourth Monday of the month which means its time to share our Perfect Moments from March with Lori from Write Mind Open Heart. This is my first Perfect Moment Monday here at my new blog Bereaved and Blessed and I am getting this one in just under the wire! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This weekend I was a […]
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by Kathy on February 29, 2012 · 47 comments
in Abby, Background, Bereavement, Birthdays, Blessed, Bob, Books, Coping, Dreams, Ectopic, Exercise, Faith, Family, FET, Happiness, Healing, Infertility, Inspiration, IUI, IVF, Journey, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Milestones, Miscarriage, Molly, Odds, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Loss, Sean, Transitions, TTC, Writing
Welcome to Bereaved and Blessed! If you are here for the first time you can read about me and my blog here. You can also check out the other tabs above the header (which I designed all by myself) to find out more about me, my new blog and other places I write. There are also pages […]
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by Kathy on June 5, 2007 · 2 comments
in Faith, Family, Friends, Hope, Injections, IVF, IVF #2 (converted to IUI#1), Journey, Pregnancy, Repronex, Sadness, Secondary Infertility, Song Lyrics, TTC
“If you don’t expect too much from me, you might not be let down.” That’s a quote from a song by the Gin Blossoms that I have always taken to heart. The song is called “Hey Jealousy” and the title of, and that line from, it have been on my mind today. One of the […]
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