by Kathy on October 2, 2018 · 0 comments
in Birthdays, Change, Chicago, Courage, Decisions, Disappointment, Dreams, Faith, Family, Friends, Grace, Happiness, Hope, Life, Love, Memories, Milestones, School, Sean, Siblings, Song Lyrics, Theater, Time, Transitions, TV Shows, Vacations
You’re fifteen for a moment, caught in between ten and twenty… You probably don’t know this song reference, but we’ll remedy that today. 15. Years. Old. Say what? When did that happen?! I remember this toddler, who loved all things trains, said “Choo-Choo!” often, and would drop everything when he heard the sound of “ding-dings” going down, […]
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by Kathy on September 29, 2018 · 4 comments
in Anxiety, Background, Before I Blogged, Bob, Communication, Coping, Courage, Expectations, Family, Frustration, Healing, Hope, Life, Listening, Love, Marriage, Memories, Pain, Relationships, Sadness, Sensativity, The Past, Time, Triggers
I was angry, really angry. And sad. It had been a long and exhausting day. As a WAHM/SAHM, I was able to watch much of the coverage on TV, and thus had been engrossed with what was happening all day. It was triggering for me, as it was for so many women. Me too. I’d […]
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by Kathy on September 21, 2018 · 0 comments
in Background, Before I Blogged, Coping, Family, Friends, Inspiration, Journey, Life, London Semester Journals, Memories, The Past, Writing
Sunday, 1-7-96 12:16 AM Broughton/Chester, Wales 6:16 PM E-Town (1-6-96) I am a bit homesick right now. Mostly because I am tired… I also have been drinking & the two don’t mix well. Dad would be glad to know I didn’t drink too much, knowing I wasn’t in the mood or up to it tonight. […]
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by Kathy on September 17, 2018 · 0 comments
in Abby, Beauty, Birthdays, Blessed, Bob, Courage, Faith, Family, Friends, Gratitude, Happiness, Life, Love, Memories, Milestones, Sean, Siblings, TV Shows, Writing
Dear Abigail Grace, What to say to you… It’s September 17th again! Your 9th Birthday! How exciting is that?! You’ve been asking for days what time you could wake up this morning, since you wanted to get the celebration going as early as possible… In part because you wanted to be sure there would be […]
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by Kathy on August 1, 2018 · 0 comments
in Bereavement, Communication, Coping, Decisions, Dreams, Family, Friends, Grief, Healing, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Reality, Relationships, Sadness, Social Media, The Past, Time
“Elephants never forget…” That’s what his dad said, after giving me a cute stuffed animal elephant (not the one pictured here), that he and his wife/my old friend’s mom found for me while boot (a.k.a. garage/rummage) sale shopping the previous weekend. I’d told them when we first met about how I’d been collecting elephants, mostly […]
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by Kathy on June 5, 2018 · 1 comment
in Bereavement, Books, Change, Communication, Coping, Decisions, Diversions, Family, Grief, Life, Loss, Love, Marriage, Neonatal Death, Relationships, Reviews, Writing
My friend recommended this book, Little Disasters by Randall Klein, and I knew she wouldn’t steer me wrong. I listened via Audible and was captivated by the way the story was told, jumping back and forth between different time periods, slowly revealing how these two couples’ relationships became intertwined. I appreciate how the author allowed us to […]
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