Congresswoman Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly’s ABC News Special Interview with Diane Sawyer aired on Monday night. I haven’t seen the whole thing, but have caught clips of their moving interchange about Gabby’s “journey towards recovery” in various headline news stories. As so often is the case with national news stories, such as this […]
She comes to me at night, when I should be sleeping.She inspires me to write and I can’t hold back.The words flow and I feel like I am on fire. Sometimes I really feel like someone or something is using me as a vehicle to communicate. When this happens I feel compelled to go with […]
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 […]
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 […]
by Kathy on November 9, 2011 · 6 comments
in Bereavement, Bob, Change, Family, Fear, Grief, Inspiration, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, NaBloPoMo, Pain, Quotes, Steppenwolf, Suicide Prevention, The Future, Theater, Writing
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 […]
by Kathy on November 6, 2011 · 4 comments
in Background, Change, CRHP, Faith, Inspiration, Love, NaBloPoMo, Quotes, Song Lyrics, Time
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 […]