by Kathy on October 18, 2018 · 1 comment
in Anxiety, Background, Before I Blogged, Coping, Expectations, Friends, Hope, Life, London Semester Journals, Memories, Reality, Relationships, The Past, Time, Writing
Sunday, 1-14-96 12:53 AM London 6:53 PM E-Town/Chambana (1-13-96) 2 Weeks! I have been here for that long… or short… Okay, I had a bit too much (Merlot) red wine just now… I thought it would help me wind down before bed… Mission accomplished, maybe even a bit more than I had in mind! Today […]
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by Kathy on October 16, 2018 · 0 comments
in Communication, Courage, Family, Grace, Grey's Anatomy, Hope, Inspiration, Life, Love, Marriage, Parenting, Planning, Relationships, Sean, TV Shows
Yeah, I still watch Grey’s Anatomy. I caught up on last Thursday’s episode this morning, watching via an app on my phone, while getting things done around the house. Side note: How futuristic would that sound to teenage me, who made mixtapes to listen to on my boom box and Walkman?! Once again, the writers […]
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by Kathy on October 2, 2018 · 0 comments
in Birthdays, Change, Chicago, Courage, Decisions, Disappointment, Dreams, Faith, Family, Friends, Grace, Happiness, Hope, Life, Love, Memories, Milestones, School, Sean, Siblings, Song Lyrics, Theater, Time, Transitions, TV Shows, Vacations
You’re fifteen for a moment, caught in between ten and twenty… You probably don’t know this song reference, but we’ll remedy that today. 15. Years. Old. Say what? When did that happen?! I remember this toddler, who loved all things trains, said “Choo-Choo!” often, and would drop everything when he heard the sound of “ding-dings” going down, […]
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by Kathy on September 29, 2018 · 4 comments
in Anxiety, Background, Before I Blogged, Bob, Communication, Coping, Courage, Expectations, Family, Frustration, Healing, Hope, Life, Listening, Love, Marriage, Memories, Pain, Relationships, Sadness, Sensativity, The Past, Time, Triggers
I was angry, really angry. And sad. It had been a long and exhausting day. As a WAHM/SAHM, I was able to watch much of the coverage on TV, and thus had been engrossed with what was happening all day. It was triggering for me, as it was for so many women. Me too. I’d […]
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by Kathy on September 10, 2018 · 0 comments
in Bereavement, Blessed, Blogging, Communication, Coping, Gatekeeping, Gratitude, Grief, Hope, Journey, Life, Loss, Love, Mental Health, Pain, Reality, Relationships, Sadness, Sensativity, Suicide Prevention, Writing
How are you feeling? What are your plans for tomorrow? Welcome to the fourteenth edition of my “Gatekeeping” blog series. I shared the back story of these simple and yet powerful questions in this post. It’s been well over a year since we last did some Gatekeeping here. In recent years I’ve been surprised by how much […]
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by Kathy on August 23, 2018 · 0 comments
in Anticipation, Background, Balance, Bereavement, Coping, Faith, Friends, Grace, Grief, Hope, Life, Listening, Loss, Love, Memories, Music, Odds, Relationships, Signs
For the longest time I didn’t understand what people meant, when they said that God would speak to them. I thought they literally heard a voice saying what direction to take in life, when they were struggling with an important decision or situation. In the spring of 1996 (my junior year of college), while traveling […]
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