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The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption

by Kathy on May 9, 2013 · 15 comments

in Adoption, ALI Community, Background, Blog Hops, Book Tours, Books, Communication, Decisions, Expectations, Family, Inspiration, Journey, Loss, Love, Parenting, Planning, Relationships, Sensativity

Greetings and welcome to this stop on the The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption Book Tour! This is my fifth time participating in a book tour. My previous experiences were with Eat, Pray, Love, Life from Scratch, A Gift of Time and The Sound of Hope. For those of you not familiar with book tours, they are essentially online book clubs. […]

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Gatekeeping (10th Edition)

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, […]

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Spring Shed: Week Seven

by Kathy on May 3, 2013 · 5 comments

in Abby, Accountability, Blog Hops, Bob, Exercise, Faith, Family, Food, Friends, Life, Marriage, Molly, Organization, Our Home, Relationships, Running, Sean, Spring Shed, Transitions, Writing

Welcome to the seventh check-in for the Spring Shed! Here is the back story about this support group/blog hop for those trying to be accountable for the positive changes we are making in our lives in 2013. After ten weeks of doing the Winter Shed, we moved on to this Spring Shed. Whether you are trying to shed […]

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Spring Shed: Week Six

by Kathy on April 26, 2013 · 5 comments

in Abby, Accountability, Blog Hops, Bob, Exercise, Faith, Family, Food, Friends, Infertility, Life, Molly, Our Home, Parenting, Running, Sean, Secondary Infertility, Spring Shed, Writing

Welcome to the sixth check-in for the Spring Shed! Here is the back story about this support group/blog hop for those trying to be accountable for the positive changes we are making in our lives in 2013. After ten weeks of doing the Winter Shed, we moved on to this Spring Shed. Whether you are trying to shed […]

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Thursday’s Voice: April

by Kathy on April 25, 2013 · 0 comments

in Family, Friends, Inspiration, Life, The Today Voice, Writing

It’s Thursday, which means my latest 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. If you are not familiar with The Today Voice […]

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Secondary Infertility Stories: Just One More…

by Kathy on April 24, 2013 · 11 comments

in ALI Community, Coping, Decisions, Expectations, Family, Friends, Healing, Hope, ICSI, Infertility, Inspiration, IUI, IVF, Love, Memories, Odds, Parenting, Planning, RE, Relationships, Resolution, Secondary Infertility, Secondary Infertility Stories, Siblings, Sperm, TTC, Writing

For awhile I have thought it would be interesting and helpful, especially for those still in the trenches who want more children, to profile other families who have dealt with secondary infertility. Many of these people I got to know during our journey through secondary infertility (via community forums and/or blogs). Being able to share […]

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