by Kathy on August 12, 2012 · 14 comments
in ALI Community, Anxiety, BlogHer, Conferences, Expectations, Family, Food, Friends, Happiness, Infertility, Journey, Life, Loss, Molly, Relationships, Writing
This is the first of four posts in which I will give day by day detailed accounts about my first experience at a BlogHer annual conference as both an attendee and a speaker. I hope these blog entries will give those who have not been to BlogHer before an inside look at what it is […]
One week from tomorrow I will be leaving on a jet plane for my first BlogHer annual conference in NYC. I am excited and nervous being a “newbie.” I am trying to go into this experience with an open mind and few expectations. There have been a slew of great posts written recently (and in the past) […]
You’ve probably heard about this speech somewhere lately. It was on my radar, but I hadn’t taken the time to try to find and read it. Thankfully today it found its way to me through an old friend who shared a link to it on Facebook, which showed up in my news feed. It was just […]
by Kathy on May 21, 2012 · 4 comments
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How are you feeling? What are your plans for tomorrow? Welcome to the fifth edition of my “Gatekeeping” blog series. I shared the back story of these simple and yet powerful questions in this post. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Last week I received an email from a reader letting me know how much my Gatekeepers post has meant to […]
by Kathy on April 20, 2012 · 7 comments
in Abby, Bereavement, Blessed, Bob, Coping, Decisions, Exhale Magazine, Expectations, Faith, Family, Friends, Gatekeeping, Gratitude, Grief, Loss, Love, Milestones, Molly, Planning, Relationships, Sadness, Sean, Suicide Prevention
How are you feeling? What are your plans for tomorrow? Welcome to the fourth edition of my “Gatekeeping” blog series. I shared the back story of these simple and yet powerful questions in this post. I have been in a funk for much of this week and realized today that rather than trying to continue […]
by Kathy on April 10, 2012 · 11 comments
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Let’s do the Time Warp again! Welcome to the eighteenth 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 here to […]