November 2011

Lulls and Funks

by Kathy on November 18, 2011 · 5 comments

in Inspiration, NaBloPoMo, Writing

It is Day 18 of  NaBloPoMo and I have hit some kind of lull or funk. Its not that I don’t have enough ideas for what to write about here, its that I am just not *feeling it.* I have a list of topics that I am looking forward to exploring, but today I do not […]

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The Letter of the Day is "L"

by Kathy on November 17, 2011 · 5 comments

in Abby, Memories, NaBloPoMo

Lately Abby has gotten very verbal and, for two year-old, she speaks very well. However, she struggles to pronounce her “Ls” just right. When she uses the letter “L” in a word, if often comes out sounding more like an “LY” sound. So when our little girl says words like: “umbrella” the color “blue” or […]

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Congresswoman Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly’s ABC News Special Interview with Diane Sawyer aired on Monday night. I haven’t seen the whole thing, but have caught clips of their moving interchange about Gabby’s “journey towards recovery” in various headline news stories. As so often is the case with national news stories, such as this […]

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Let’s do the Time Warp again! Welcome to the eighth installment of my blog hop/writing exercise called Time Warp Tuesday here on Four of a Kind! Today is also the fifteenth day of NaBloPoMo, so if you found your way here from the Blogroll (I’m #313 on the list of 2,216) or the open thread, a warm welcome to […]

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Sibling Snippets: Short & Sweet

by Kathy on November 14, 2011 · 4 comments

in Abby, Faith, Love, NaBloPoMo, Sean, Siblings

One Sunday morning, not long ago, soon after we sat down in a pew at church, Abby turned to her big brother and said enthusiastically in her sweet little voice, “Hi Sean!”  Sean replied to his little sister, in his own heartfelt way, “that never gets old.”

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My Muse

by Kathy on November 13, 2011 · 2 comments

in Inspiration, NaBloPoMo, Writing

She comes to me at night, when I should be sleeping.She inspires me to write and I can’t hold back.The words flow and I feel like I am on fire. Sometimes I really feel like someone or something is using me as a vehicle to communicate. When this happens I feel compelled to go with […]

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