by Kathy on June 3, 2022 · 2 comments
in Anticipation, Anxiety, Bereavement, Coping, Family, Fear, Grief, Loss, Love, Memories, Pain, Reality, Sadness, The Past, Time
One year ago today began the last four weeks of my father’s life, though we didn’t know that at the time. It began with a phone call from my mom at 8:41 a.m. on Thursday, June 3rd. I was outside enjoying a beautiful morning and taking pictures of some flowers, that were blooming in our […]
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by Kathy on December 31, 2020 · 1 comment
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9 years ago I participated in a year-end blog meme for the first time called Rewind 2011, with fun and interesting questions designed to get writers and readers to reflect on our lives in 2011. I did so again the following year, with my Rewind 2012. Ever since I did this writing exercise those two […]
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by Kathy on December 15, 2018 · 0 comments
in Anticipation, Anxiety, Background, breast care, Cancer, Coping, Cysts, Fear, Hope, Odds, Optimism, Ultrasounds, Waiting, Writing
I keep having to look at the exact wording, as I couldn’t remember for the life of me, over the past few days. The phrase was part of a letter that was emailed to me with results, after I spoke with a woman who does scheduling for the breast care center I went to, for […]
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by Kathy on December 9, 2018 · 0 comments
in Communication, Coping, Diversions, Exercise, Faith, Family, Fear, Friends, London Semester Journals, Memories, Relationships, School, Writing
Monday, 2-19-9612:41 PM London6:41 AM E-Town Another bomb was just reported to have gone off in central London, by the Strand, near Covent Garden. This is the 2nd bomb in the past 9 days… The 1st being the IRA bomb at Docklands last Friday night. But, there has been no claims, as of yet, for […]
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by Kathy on December 4, 2018 · 0 comments
in Anticipation, Background, Before I Blogged, Communication, Diversions, Exercise, Faith, Fear, Food, Friends, Happiness, Holidays, Inspiration, Journey, Life, London Semester Journals, Marriage, Memories, Movies, Music, Relationships, School, The Past, Writing
Saturday, 2-17-96 9:20 AM London 3:20 AM E-Town Well, as often recently, it has been a few days since I have written in here… So backtracking… Tues. afternoon I had British Society class. Nothing too exciting, Matthew Broderick babbled on as usual & at one pt., mid-lecture, busted out with “Life is not a bowl […]
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by Kathy on October 17, 2018 · 0 comments
in Bereavement, Cancer, Coping, Courage, Fear, Game Changers, Grief, Healing, Inspiration, Journey, Life, Loss, Love, Mental Health, Pain, Podcasts, Relationships, Therapy, Writing
“Creation for me is the antidote to despair.” ~ Elizabeth Gilbert I follow Elizabeth “Liz” Gilbert on Instagram and saw her post this morning about a new podcast, The Ted Interview, for which she was the first guest. Though I haven’t seen a ton of Ted Talks, I get so much out of them when I take the […]
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