Journey

Usually my family and I, or at least I, attend Good Friday evening mass during Holy Week. However, we decided to go to The Stations of the Cross at our church this afternoon instead. Though I have vague recollections of participating in the Stations a few times throughout my life, it has not been something I have done […]

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This afternoon I was catching up on another episode of Awake (the fourth episode in the series). In this story line Detective Michael Britten interacts in both of his realities with a woman named Kate who babysat years ago for his now teenage son Rex (who is alive in one reality and dead in the other). […]

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Last week my friend and Exhale Magazine Editor Kristin Binder, from Once a Mother, sent a message to the Exhale Staff. She asked if any of us were willing and able to create a button to promote Exhale and encourage others to get more involved with our literary magazine as readers and especially contributing writers. […]

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Last week I didn’t know what that meant. Today I do, along with many others in our Beverly neighborhood who are honoring the life and memory of Marine Corporal Conner Lowry. Semper Fi, short for Semper Fidelis, is latin for Always Faithful. The Marine Corps uses it as their motto and their inspiration as they serve and […]

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Prone to…

by Kathy on March 8, 2012 · 11 comments

in Coping, Infertility, Journey, Life, Loss, Miscarriage, Pain

For the second time in two weeks I will likely be diagnosed with a urinary tract infection (UTI) later this morning at my primary care physician’s office. I am prone to them. I take cranberry pills every day (because I don’t care for cranberry juice), try to avoid the things that tend to cause them […]

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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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