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16 Years in 16 Words

by Kathy on April 10, 2023 · 2 comments

in Background, Blogging, Blogoversary, Coping, Journey, Memories, Milestones, Time, Writing

16 years ago today, on April 10, 2007, I began blogging. Though I don’t post as often or consistently as I have in the past, I am still grateful to have this space to share and process life. On past blogoversaries I have shared things that I have learned from blogging and 11 years ago, since my blogoversary fell on the […]

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Today You Are Thirteen

by Kathy on September 17, 2022 · 0 comments

in Background, Bereavement, Birthdays, Camp Echo, Change, Chicago, Coping, Dad, Dance, Decisions, Disappointment, Diversions, Expectations, Family, Friends, Gail, Gratitude, Grief, Happiness, Hope, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Molly, Movies, Music, Our Home, Parenting, Peace, Planning, Quotes, Relationships, Sadness, School, Sean, Siblings, Song Lyrics, Summer Camp, The Future, The Past, Theater, Time, Transitions, Travel, Writing

Can you believe it? YOU ARE A TEENAGER! Also, you have teal hair and we live in Evanston now! In many ways you’ve been acting like a teenager for awhile and your age is finally catching up to your maturity level (most of the time), not to mention your vibe (which I think is awesome). […]

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One Year Later: What’d I Miss?

by Kathy on June 29, 2022 · 0 comments

in Anticipation, Background, Bereavement, Change, Communication, Coping, Dad, Dreams, Expectations, Family, Healing, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Milestones, Pain, Reality, Relationships, Sadness, Signs, Social Media, The Past, Time, Triggers

Sean started singing that song from Hamilton the musical when I told them about a dream I had earlier this week. I woke up to go to the bathroom in the early morning (about 3:00 a.m.) on Monday, as I often do, and immediately remembered that my dad, who seemed to be alive and well, […]

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Putting it Together

by Kathy on June 17, 2022 · 0 comments

in Art, Awards, Background, Bereavement, Change, Coping, Dad, Expectations, Family, Grief, Healing, Hope, Inspiration, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Music, Our Home, Parenting, Reality, Song Lyrics, The Past, Theater, Time, Writing

“Bit by bit, putting it together…” ~ Stephen Sondheim On this day last year, June 17th, two weeks before my dad died, I spent about six hours at my parents’ new assisted living apartment putting together two matching cabinets. A few weeks before, they had downsized from a two bedroom independent living apartment, in which […]

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15 Years in 15 Words

by Kathy on April 10, 2022 · 0 comments

in Background, Blogging, Blogoversary, Coping, Journey, Memories, Milestones, Time, Writing

15 years ago today, on April 10, 2007, I began blogging. Holy cow! That feels like a big milestone. On past blogoversaries I have shared things that I have learned from blogging and ten years ago, since my blogoversary fell on the second Tuesday of April, I chose “Blogoversaries” to be the Time Warp topic for that month. Nine Years ago, I […]

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Nine Months is No Joke

by Kathy on April 1, 2022 · 1 comment

in Background, Bereavement, Change, Comic Relief, Coping, Diversions, Family, Grief, Happiness, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Milestones, Pain, Reality, Relationships, Sadness, The Past, Time

Today was our day. At least, it was our day since I was in high school, in the early 1990’s. It began with you waking me up early on an April 1st, that happened to fall on a weekday, when we were hosting my youth group for a Lenten Breakfast/Bible Study/Faith Sharing at our home, […]

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