by Kathy on October 2, 2019 · 0 comments
in Anticipation, Balance, Bereavement, Birthdays, Blessed, Change, Communication, Coping, Courage, Decisions, Family, Friends, Gratitude, Grief, Happiness, Life, Loss, Love, Luck, Memories, Milestones, Molly, Music, Pain, Parenting, Priorities, Reality, Relationships, Sadness, School, Sean, Siblings, Theater, Time, Travel, Vacations
I intended to start this with a line from a song that I love, called Jack & Diane by John Cougar Mellencamp. It’s about holding on to “16 as long as you can, (because) changes come around real soon (that) make us women and men.” I was going to write about how magical this time […]
by Kathy on September 17, 2019 · 0 comments
in Abby, Anticipation, Birthdays, Bob, Books, Communication, Courage, Dance, Decisions, Dreams, Family, Gratitude, Grief, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Milestones, Molly, Priorities, Relationships, Running, School, Sean, Sensativity, Theater, Time, Travel
You are here, at the start of a moment… Double Digits! A decade in this world and with our family. You reminded us last night that you wouldn’t technically turn 10 until 7:55 a.m. this morning and joked you were going to shout out, “I’m 10!” when the time came at school. You are very […]
by Kathy on August 14, 2019 · 0 comments
in Anticipation, Anxiety, breast care, Cancer, Coping, Courage, Cysts, Expectations, Healing, Hope, Life, Memories, Odds, Optimism, Pain, Planning, Time, Vacations
I came across this edited version of a page from a children’s story yesterday (via Parenting Works). I love the idea that we can allow ourselves to feel more than one emotion at the same time. It’s okay to cry. We can feel sad and brave. Those two emotions (as well as any others) are […]
by Kathy on July 30, 2019 · 0 comments
in Anxiety, Background, Bereavement, Blessed, Bob, Camp Algonquin, Cancer, Change, Communication, Coping, Courage, Decisions, Disappointment, Dreams, Family, Friends, Grace, Gratitude, Grief, Healing, Hope, Journey, Life, London Semester Journals, Loss, Love, Marriage, Memories, Molly, Pain, Parenting, Reality, Relationships, Sadness, Secondary Infertility, Social Media, The Future, The Past, Therapy, Time, Titanic, Travel, Writing
I wrote and shared another version of this post one year ago today. At some point since then, I found my notes from a session with an old therapist (who moved out of state a few years ago). I discovered that processing “missed potential,” and not “missed opportunity,” were the actual words she used to […]
by Kathy on February 27, 2019 · 0 comments
in Anticipation, Beauty, Communication, Courage, Diversions, Exercise, Expectations, Friends, Game Changers, Gratitude, Happiness, Inspiration, London Semester Journals, Memories, Movies, Relationships, The Past, Travel
Sunday, 3-3-96 5:00 PM Somewhere in the UK 11:00 AM E-Town I walked through a waterfall today! Very cool! ☺︎ I was “Gorge Walking” for my last activity on our ISA/Butler Adventure Weekend in Wales… What an awesome experience! We had to gear up in wet suits, coats, pants, boots, life jackets, & helmets — […]
by Kathy on February 22, 2019 · 4 comments
in Anxiety, Bereavement, Coping, Courage, Family, Forgiveness, Friends, Grace, Grief, Healing, Hope, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Pain, Peace, Quotes, Reality, Relationships, Sadness, Social Media, Suicide Prevention
Repeat after me, “It’s not my fault.” But, I get it. When someone we care about dies by suicide, it’s natural to wonder. Every time I’ve lost a loved one to suicide, including this week, I find myself going there. What if I’d called or texted them that day (or closer to when it happened) […]
