It’s Thursday, which means my latest (and last) post is up over at The Today Voice. I appreciate your support and feedback about my posts and am especially grateful to those who have taken time to comment on my posts over there and share your thoughts on the weekly prompts over the past year. It ‘s hard […]
I sent this Letter to the Editor of the New York Times today, after a loved one brought the Op/Ed “My Abortion, at 23 Weeks” by Judy Nicastro to my attention. TO THE EDITOR: Re “My Abortion, at 23 Weeks” (op/ed, June 21): Judy Nicastro makes a compelling and heartfelt case for why her husband and […]
by Kathy on May 23, 2013 · 7 comments
in Anticipation, Anxiety, Coping, Diversions, Expectations, Faith, Family, Friends, Gratitude, Injections, MRI, Relaxation
I have been trying to write this post for a few days now, but it has just been one of those weeks… I happy to report that survived my MRI on Monday! Not that there was much doubt that I would, but as with so many things in life, the anticipation turned out to be worse […]
As I have shared here over the past few months, mostly through my Winter and Spring Shed Series, I have dealt with some challenging physical problems. From weekly pelvic floor physical therapy (PT) sessions to try to address painful muscle spasms in my urethra and vagina (which I used to think were chronic urinary tract infections) to […]
by Kathy on May 16, 2013 · 3 comments
in Caring Connection, Coping, Family, Friends, Healing, Inspiration, Loss, Molly, Running, Team Caring Connection
The shirts are here! I picked up over 100 of them yesterday afternoon from Mt. Greenwood Embroidery, where they were screen printed, and love how they turned out! I am so grateful to Mt. Greenwood Embroidery and Running Excels for helping us to create our Team Caring Connection t-shirts and running shirts! The four shirts pictured above are […]
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, […]