Grief

I am trying to finish up my Time Warp Tuesday post about “peace,” but can’t stop thinking about and praying for Ray. As I shared via social media earlier today, my friend Amanda (who I got to know through participating in a MOPS group over the past four years) and her family got “the call” that […]

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Welcome to the fifth check-in for the Spring Shed! It has been a surreal and bittersweet week for our country and my family personally. From the bombing at the Boston Marathon on Monday and accompanying manhunt over the past 24 hours to the fifth anniversary of the birth and death of our baby girl Molly, […]

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Five-Year Olds

by Kathy on April 9, 2013 · 4 comments

in Abby, Birthdays, Grief, Loss, Love, Milestones, Molly, Siblings

Tonight after Abby’s dance class (for three-year olds) I heard one of her classmate’s care givers tell some other people that her classmate’s older sister (who was there) just celebrated her fifth birthday yesterday and what a big girl she is now. It was so bittersweet for me to think about Abby’s older sister Molly […]

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Let’s do the Time Warp again! Welcome to the thirtieth 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 […]

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It’s the last Monday of the month which means its time to share our Perfect Moments from March with Lori from Lavender Luz. I look forward to participating in this blog hop/writing exercise hosted by my friend, and soon to be published author, every month. I have said this before here and I will say it again, I know life […]

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It’s been three months since 26 people, mostly children, were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14, 2012. As a bereaved mother I understand the significance these milestones, as we grieve the loss of our children and other loved ones. After our daughter Molly was born and died on April 17, 2008, […]

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