by Kathy on August 31, 2020 · 0 comments
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I don’t have to tell you how insane 2020 has been and that the hits seem to keep on coming. We are all doing our best to cope with the pandemic and everything else in ways that work for us. Some people, like me, tend to be fairly open about what we are going through, […]
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by Kathy on June 24, 2020 · 1 comment
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We’re over 3 months in to navigating life in the time of this global pandemic… Over the weekend I found myself asking, “Now what?” This week my family and I recommitted to making the best of our situation/this unique (to say the least) summer. It isn’t going to be easy, as a friend reminded me […]
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by Kathy on April 17, 2020 · 1 comment
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Happy 12th Heavenly Birthday, Molly Marie! Oh, how things can change in 12 years, not to mention 12 months… This picture certainly represents that — combining a symbol of the difficult, uncertain, and heartbreaking reality our nation and world are living through (a roll of toilet paper), with an imprint of a symbol that is […]
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by Kathy on February 29, 2020 · 1 comment
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Today is my twelfth Leap Day! On my eleventh, I shared this post, which was adapted from an earlier version that I wrote for The3Six5 writing project,on February 29, 2012 (my tenth Leap Day). I am including parts of those two posts again today, as they are fun to revisit. It’s fascinating to reflect on […]
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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 […]
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by Kathy on September 17, 2019 · 0 comments
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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 […]
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