by Kathy on March 6, 2013 · 21 comments
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It’s a clever band name and the number of years I am celebrating on this earth today, my 38th birthday! “Special K” is also a nickname that an old friend gave me 20 years ago. In many ways I am exactly where I imagined and hoped I would be at this age and stage of […]
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by Kathy on December 11, 2012 · 7 comments
in Abby, Background, Birthdays, Blog Hops, Bob, Change, Coping, Family, Gratitude, Grief, Happiness, Healing, Holidays, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Molly, Sean, Siblings, Then and Now, Time Warp Tuesdays, Writing
Let’s do the Time Warp again! Welcome to the twenty-sixth 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 […]
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by Kathy on October 3, 2012 · 4 comments
in Abby, Bereavement, Birthdays, Blessed, Bob, Coping, Decisions, Frustration, Gatekeeping, Gratitude, Healing, Inspiration, Life, Loss, Molly, MOPS, Our Home, Peace, Pregnancy Loss, Quotes, Running, Suicide Prevention
How are you feeling? What are your plans for tomorrow? Welcome to the ninth edition of my “Gatekeeping” blog series. I shared the back story of these simple and yet powerful questions in this post. September was a whirlwind for me and my family — from the Chicago Teachers Union Strike to planning and pulling […]
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by Kathy on September 24, 2012 · 18 comments
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It’s the last Monday of the month which means its time to share our Perfect Moments from September with Lori from Write Mind Open Heart. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Regular readers of my blog may have noticed in recent weeks that things have been rather quiet around here. I haven’t been posting, reading or commenting as much as I […]
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by Kathy on April 23, 2012 · 9 comments
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It’s the fourth Monday of the month which means its time to share our Perfect Moments from April with Lori from Write Mind Open Heart. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Last week was the fourth anniversary of our daughter Molly’s birth and death. We celebrated with our family on Saturday, April 14th by going to the cemetery where she is buried to […]
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by Kathy on April 17, 2012 · 13 comments
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Happy 4th Heavenly Birthday Molly Marie! Has it really been four years since I last held you in my arms? It’s hard for me to believe that much time has passed since you were born and took your last breath. It is both painful and healing for me to write you this letter every year. It […]
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