Inspiration

Today I am 37. It feels surreal for me to reflect on my journey to this age. I have been out of high school now for almost 19 years. This year I will have been married for 12 years and a mother for 9 years. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Since I turned 36 my life has had many […]

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What do limericks, inspiring families and “voices of the year” have in common? They are the themes of three different contests that I am participating in! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Though I don’t love asking you to vote for me/my blog in these contests, I very much appreciate when you do support me and my blog in this […]

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I not ashamed to admit that I nominated myself/my blog for the Circle of Moms Top 25 Moms with Inspiring Families – 2012 list. I do believe that my family is inspiring after all we have been through and what we try to do with our experience in effort to help others who are also on a […]

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Welcome to Bereaved and Blessed! If you are here for the first time you can read about me and my blog here. You can also check out the other tabs above the header (which I designed all by myself) to find out more about me, my new blog and other places I write. There are also pages […]

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How are you feeling? What are your plans for tomorrow? Welcome to the second edition of my new “Gatekeeping” blog series. I shared the back story of these simple and yet powerful questions in this post. In 2011 I lost two loved ones to suicide. I realize that there is likely nothing I could have […]

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Earlier this month I ordered this picture (framed and matted) for the office in our new home, which Bob recently repainted a very nice color that found out about here. I took the photo in August 2008 when Bob and I were in Lake Tahoe for the marriage of two of our friends, one of […]

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