by Kathy on April 6, 2012 · 3 comments
in Background, Bereavement, Blessed, Faith, Family, Forgiveness, Grief, Healing, Holidays, Hope, Inspiration, Journey, Life, Loss, Love, Pain, Peace, Relationships, Song Lyrics, Time
Usually my family and I, or at least I, attend Good Friday evening mass during Holy Week. However, we decided to go to The Stations of the Cross at our church this afternoon instead. Though I have vague recollections of participating in the Stations a few times throughout my life, it has not been something I have done […]
by Kathy on April 2, 2012 · 4 comments
in Background, Coping, Dreams, Faith, Family, Friends, Grief, Healing, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Peace, Relationships, Sadness, Song Lyrics, Time
One year ago today, on Saturday, April 2, 2011, an old and dear friend of mine died. Two days later, on Monday, I got “the call” from my friend’s aunt with the news. Those are the calls you never, ever, want to receive. Listening to the person on the other end of the line is beyond […]
by Kathy on March 29, 2012 · 2 comments
in Abby, ALI Community, Background, Coping, Exhale Magazine, Family, Infertility, Inspiration, Journey, Life, Loss, Memories, Pregnancy Loss, Yoga
Last week my friend and Exhale Magazine Editor Kristin Binder, from Once a Mother, sent a message to the Exhale Staff. She asked if any of us were willing and able to create a button to promote Exhale and encourage others to get more involved with our literary magazine as readers and especially contributing writers. […]
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 […]
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 […]
by Kathy on February 21, 2012 · 6 comments
in Abby, Background, Blog Hops, Bob, Faith, Family, Friends, Infertility, Inspiration, IVF, Loss, Memories, Molly, Peace, Quotes, Sean, The Future, Time Warp Tuesdays, Writing
Let’s do the Time Warp again! Welcome to the sixteenth installment of my blog hop/writing exercise called Time Warp Tuesday here on Four of a Kind! For those not familiar with Time Warp Tuesdays, which I currently host on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month here is the background of how and why I […]