by Kathy on May 3, 2013 · 5 comments
in Communication, Coping, Faith, Family, Friends, Gatekeeping, Gratitude, Inspiration, Life, Loss, LTYM, Suicide Prevention
How are you feeling? What are your plans for tomorrow? Welcome to the tenth edition of my “Gatekeeping” blog series. I shared the back story of these simple and yet powerful questions in this post. It’s been seven months since we last did some Gatekeeping here, much too long for sure. I thought about it often, […]
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by Kathy on April 24, 2013 · 11 comments
in ALI Community, Coping, Decisions, Expectations, Family, Friends, Healing, Hope, ICSI, Infertility, Inspiration, IUI, IVF, Love, Memories, Odds, Parenting, Planning, RE, Relationships, Resolution, Secondary Infertility, Secondary Infertility Stories, Siblings, Sperm, TTC, Writing
For awhile I have thought it would be interesting and helpful, especially for those still in the trenches who want more children, to profile other families who have dealt with secondary infertility. Many of these people I got to know during our journey through secondary infertility (via community forums and/or blogs). Being able to share […]
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by Kathy on April 22, 2013 · 13 comments
in Coping, Family, Friends, Hope, Infertility, Journey, Loss, Miscarriage, NIAW, Odds, Parenting, Pregnancy Loss, Relationships, Secondary Infertility
“You are not a real mom until you have two kids.” Who says that? Especially to a person who is struggling to have another child! Sadly I know someone who did and they said it to me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It’s National Infertility Awareness Week (NIAW) and once again I am taking this opportunity to share about […]
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by Kathy on April 19, 2013 · 3 comments
in Abby, Accountability, Birthdays, Blog Hops, Bob, Change, Coping, Exercise, Faith, Family, Food, Friends, Gratitude, Grief, Healing, Inspiration, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Milestones, Molly, Our Home, Running, Sean, Siblings, Spring Shed, Writing
Welcome to the fifth check-in for the Spring Shed! It has been a surreal and bittersweet week for our country and my family personally. From the bombing at the Boston Marathon on Monday and accompanying manhunt over the past 24 hours to the fifth anniversary of the birth and death of our baby girl Molly, […]
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by Kathy on April 17, 2013 · 18 comments
in Abby, Birthdays, Bob, Coping, Faith, Family, Friends, Happiness, Healing, Hope, Inspiration, Journey, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Milestones, Molly, Our Home, Pain, Peace, Sean, Siblings, Signs, Time
Happy 5th Heavenly Birthday Molly Marie! How did we get here? How is it possible that five years have come and gone since you were born and died? Not a day goes by that I don’t still think about you and wonder how you are doing in Heaven. I have to believe there is a Heaven […]
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by Kathy on April 9, 2013 · 7 comments
in Blog Hops, Bob, Coping, Game Changers, Grief, Healing, Inspiration, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Milestones, Molly, Peace, Pregnancy, Sadness, Sean, The Past, Time Warp Tuesdays
Let’s do the Time Warp again! Welcome to the thirtieth 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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