by Kathy on February 22, 2019 · 4 comments
in Anxiety, Bereavement, Coping, Courage, Family, Forgiveness, Friends, Grace, Grief, Healing, Hope, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Pain, Peace, Quotes, Reality, Relationships, Sadness, Social Media, Suicide Prevention
Repeat after me, “It’s not my fault.” But, I get it. When someone we care about dies by suicide, it’s natural to wonder. Every time I’ve lost a loved one to suicide, including this week, I find myself going there. What if I’d called or texted them that day (or closer to when it happened) […]
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by Kathy on February 19, 2019 · 0 comments
in Background, Bereavement, Communication, Coping, Exercise, Family, Friends, Gatekeeping, Grace, Gratitude, Grief, Hope, Inspiration, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Mental Health, Music, Peace, Reality, Relationships, Sadness, Social Media, Song Lyrics, Suicide Prevention, Theater, Time, Triggers
How are you feeling? What are your plans for tomorrow? Welcome to the fifteenth edition of my “Gatekeeping” blog series. I shared the back story of these simple and yet powerful questions in this post. It’s been about 5 months since we last did some Gatekeeping here. Yesterday I learned that an old/hometown friend lost her battle […]
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by Kathy on December 20, 2018 · 0 comments
in Anticipation, Anxiety, breast care, Coping, Cysts, Hope, Odds, Optimism, Quotes, Time, Ultrasounds
That is my biggest takeaway from the diagnostic ultrasound of my right breast this morning. The form they gave me at the end had a boxed checked by the words “high probability of being benign.” Other options/boxes they didn’t check include: normal, benign appearing (not malignant), short term follow up is recommended, findings that may […]
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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 November 18, 2018 · 0 comments
in Books, Communication, Courage, Diversions, Dreams, Faith, Friends, Happiness, Hope, London Semester Journals, Memories, Relationships, TV Shows, Writing
Wednesday, 1-31-96 11:08 PM London 5:08 PM E-Town Well, after almost a month here in London, I feel pretty nearly where I belong… I was gonna say “pretty nearly perfectly happy,” to quote Anne of Green Gables… but what is perfect?! Well, I went to the Canoe Polo trials & decided not to try out […]
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by Kathy on November 6, 2018 · 0 comments
in Before I Blogged, Bob, Communication, Coping, Faith, Family, Friends, Hope, Life, London Semester Journals, Love, Memories, Movies, Optimism, Reality, Relationships, School, Siblings, The Past, Time, Writing
Wednesday, 1-24-96 12:02 AM London 6:02 PM E-Town & Chambana (1-23-96) Well, it was a rainy day in London & after a long night of insomnia… I ended up sleeping until about 10 AM & then going to Bloomsbury early for a swim at ULU! It was very refreshing — 36 laps! Class — British […]
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