Chances are someone you know, who already has a child, wants to have more children and the process isn’t going as they hoped or planned that it would. Whether they are over 35 and have tried for more than six months, they are under 35 and have tried for more than a year or they are […]
by Kathy on April 24, 2014 · 10 comments
in Background, Beauty, Bereavement, Birthdays, Blessed, Coping, Family, Friends, Game Changers, Healing, Hope, Loss, Love, Memories, Molly
This is the only picture that exists of our family on the day Molly was born and died. I have had mixed feelings about it for years. It means so much to me to have a photo of the four of us together. I love the expression on Sean’s face and how sweetly Bob is holding […]
by Kathy on April 17, 2014 · 11 comments
in Abby, Birthdays, Bob, Coping, Faith, Family, Friends, Happiness, Healing, Hope, Inspiration, Journey, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Milestones, Molly, Peace, Sean, Siblings, Time
Happy 6th Heavenly Birthday, Molly Marie! Another year has come and gone since we last celebrated your life and honored your memory. Another year has passed that we didn’t get to have you here with us, in our home and through our travels, though we believe you are always with us in spirit. Six years. Kindergarten. […]
by Kathy on April 12, 2014 · 11 comments
in Accountability, Background, Bereavement, Birthdays, Change, Coping, Decisions, Family, Loss, Memories, Molly, Planning
For the past six years, on Molly’s Heavenly Birthday in April and at our perinatal bereavement support group’s Walk to Remember in October, our family has participated in beautiful and therapeutic balloon releases in honor and memory of Molly, Babies Benson and other babies who left this world too soon. In the early years all I knew […]
We are a team of bereaved parents, grandparents, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins and other loved ones running/walking for hope and remembering our babies who left this world too soon through miscarriage, pregnancy loss, stillbirth and infant death. Many of us are members (current and past) of Advocate Christ Medical Center’s Perinatal Bereavement Support Group called […]
by Kathy on March 18, 2014 · 4 comments
in Blessed, Books, Coping, Faith, Game Changers, Healing, Hope, Life, Love, Peace, Quotes, Relationships, The Bible
It’s the third week of Lent and for the third time, this Lenten season, a small group of women from our parish gathered to share our faith and discuss the Gospel reading we will hear at church on Sunday. We have met every Tuesday evening at our home, around our dining room table. Over 20 other […]