A little while ago I watched my favorite TV show (Parenthood) with my valentine (Bob). One of the last scenes in tonight’s episode featured a montage set to a beautiful song called The Shape of Us by Ian Britt. I had never heard it before, but was instantly moved. The lyrics are simple and yet […]
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by Kathy on January 14, 2012 · 17 comments
in Bereavement, Coping, Family, Gatekeeping, Grief, Hope, Life, Loss, Love, Pain, Peace, Suicide Prevention, The Future
How are you feeling? What are your plans for tomorrow? I shared the back story of these simple and yet powerful questions in this post. In 2011 I lost two loved ones to suicide. I realize that there is likely nothing I could have done to change the outcome of their lives, but it is […]
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I have read a lot of commentary about what happened last week when Fox News contributor Alan Colmes attacked Republican Party primary Presidential candidate Rick Santorum and his wife Karen for the “crazy” way they dealt with the death of their son soon after his birth in 1996. Political views and party affiliations aside, I believe what Mr. […]
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by Kathy on December 20, 2011 · 7 comments
in Abby, Blog Hops, Bob, Coping, Faith, Family, Friends, Grief, Healing, Holidays, Hope, Inspiration, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Molly, Our Home, Sean, Time Warp Tuesdays
*Please read the update about the next topic/scheduling for our next Time Warp Tuesday towards the end of this post. Thank you!* Let’s do the Time Warp again! Welcome to the twelfth installment of my blog hop/writing exercise called Time Warp Tuesday here on Four of a Kind! For those not familiar with Time Warp Tuesdays, here is the […]
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by Kathy on December 11, 2011 · 5 comments
in Bereavement, Coping, Faith, Family, Friends, Grief, Healing, Hope, Inspiration, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Molly, Song Lyrics
Earlier tonight I participated in a Candle Lighting sponsored by our local South Suburban Chapter of The Compassionate Friends. As many of you know, it is part of a much larger Worldwide Candle Lighting that takes place every year on the second Sunday in December at 7:00 p.m. around the globe. Though every year since […]
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by Kathy on December 6, 2011 · 5 comments
in Blog Hops, Coping, Decisions, Family, Fear, Infertility, Loss, NaBloPoMo, Time Warp Tuesdays, Writing
Let’s do the Time Warp again! Welcome to the tenth installment of my blog hop/writing exercise called Time Warp Tuesday here on Four of a Kind! As you may know, if you read my post last Tuesday, usually I like to kick off Time Warp just after midnight on Tuesday mornings, but last week I somehow managed […]
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