As I have shared here over the past few months, mostly through my Winter and Spring Shed Series, I have dealt with some challenging physical problems. From weekly pelvic floor physical therapy (PT) sessions to try to address painful muscle spasms in my urethra and vagina (which I used to think were chronic urinary tract infections) to […]
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by Kathy on May 9, 2013 · 15 comments
in Adoption, ALI Community, Background, Blog Hops, Book Tours, Books, Communication, Decisions, Expectations, Family, Inspiration, Journey, Loss, Love, Parenting, Planning, Relationships, Sensativity
Greetings and welcome to this stop on the The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption Book Tour! This is my fifth time participating in a book tour. My previous experiences were with Eat, Pray, Love, Life from Scratch, A Gift of Time and The Sound of Hope. For those of you not familiar with book tours, they are essentially online book clubs. […]
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by Kathy on March 26, 2013 · 31 comments
in Background, Change, Decisions, Faith, Family, Friends, Game Changers, Infertility, Life, Love, Marriage, Reality, Relationships
I have wanted to write about this here for a while and this week, being so pivotal in the United States Supreme Court, seemed to be the right time for me to do so. I haven’t always believed in marriage equality and I am the first to admit that. The idea made me uncomfortable, especially […]
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by Kathy on February 12, 2013 · 5 comments
in Background, Blog Hops, Camp Echo, Coping, Exercise, Expectations, Family, Gratitude, Grief, Happiness, Journey, Life, Memories, Peace, Summer Camp, The Past, Time Warp Tuesdays, Vacations
Let’s do the Time Warp again! Welcome to the twenty-eighth installment of my blog hop/writing exercise called Time Warp Tuesday! For those not familiar with Time Warp Tuesdays, which I host on the 2nd Tuesday of every month, here is the background of how and why I came up with the idea. If you are here […]
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by Kathy on February 9, 2013 · 6 comments
in Anxiety, Background, BlogHer, Chicago, Communication, Family, Friends, Gratitude, Hope, Journey, LTYM, Molly, Theater, Waiting, Writing
It’s the eve of my Listen to Your Mother (LTYM) Chicago audition. I feel excited and nervous. I imagine that I am not the only one in the Chicago area feeling this way tonight, as I know there are a lot of us preparing to put our words, our hearts and our souls out there for […]
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by Kathy on February 6, 2013 · 1 comment
in Background, Before I Blogged, Bereavement, Bob, Chicago, Coping, Decisions, Faith, Family, Healing, Hope, Journey, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Peace, Relationships, Sadness, Signs, Social Media, The Past, Time, Vacations
This Friday Bob and I will be attending the Media Preview Day at the 2013 Chicago Auto Show. Though I just found out today from my Chicagonista friend/Editor MJ Tam that, as a blogger, I could have applied for a media pass, we actually got our tickets through a Groupon deal. Our visit will be timely, as last […]
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