Recently I had another one of those “a-ha moments.” I was reflecting on what, if any, good has come from our journey through secondary infertility and loss. I have shared here in the past that I believe that our first pregnancy loss (the early miscarriage that we experienced in December 2004) brought me to realize […]
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11 is my lucky number! I love on November 11th at 11:11 and 11 seconds to make “the ultimate wish.” I try to make use of both of my chances (AM & PM) to do so every year. I believe my older sister Meg taught me to make wishes at 11:11 along with many other […]
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Photo Credit: Michael Brosilow Last week Bob and I got to see another wonderful play at the Steppenwolf Theater here in Chicago. Our last visit there was to see a memorable piece called Sex with Strangers which I wrote about here. That play dealt with the power of words (both in print and on the Internet), as well as […]
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I scheduled this blog entry to post today around the time that I will give my witness on the women’s retreat (see my post from yesterday) that I am helping to facilitate at our church this weekend. My witness is about “Discipleship,” what it means to me and my faith journey. I ask that if you read […]
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By the time you read this the women’s retreat that I helped to plan over the past six months and am facilitating this weekend will be underway. The retreat is called Christ Renews His Parish and is often abbreviated/referred to as “CRHP.” When we moved to this neighborhood 8 1/2 years ago many of our older neighbors and friends that […]
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Two of my friends recently started a blog. It is different than the ones that I typically read and follow, as they are not writing about parenting, infertility or loss. But being that I care about them and this new venture in their lives, I want to support them. It is also really cool to […]
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