by Kathy on March 14, 2013 · 5 comments
in Bereavement, Coping, Family, Friends, Grief, Healing, Journey, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Milestones, Molly, Pain, Reality, Relationships, Sadness, Sandy Hook
It’s been three months since 26 people, mostly children, were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14, 2012. As a bereaved mother I understand the significance these milestones, as we grieve the loss of our children and other loved ones. After our daughter Molly was born and died on April 17, 2008, […]
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by Kathy on March 12, 2013 · 9 comments
in Abby, Blog Hops, Faith, Family, Inspiration, Life, Loss, Luck, Molly, Odds, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Loss, Sean, Secondary Infertility, Time Warp Tuesdays, Writing
Let’s do the Time Warp again! Welcome to the twenty-ninth installment of my blog hop/writing exercise called Time Warp Tuesday! For those not familiar with Time Warp Tuesdays, which I host on the 2nd Tuesday of every month, here is the background of how and why I came up with the idea. If you are here […]
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by Kathy on March 6, 2013 · 21 comments
in Abby, Balance, Birthdays, Blessed, Bob, Coping, Family, Friends, Gratitude, Happiness, Life, Love, Marriage, Molly, Peace, Relationships, Sean, Song Lyrics
It’s a clever band name and the number of years I am celebrating on this earth today, my 38th birthday! “Special K” is also a nickname that an old friend gave me 20 years ago. In many ways I am exactly where I imagined and hoped I would be at this age and stage of […]
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I finally got around to skimming through the Oscars on my DVR tonight, since I pretty much slept through it on my couch last night (after an awesome and exhausting retreat weekend) and loved this quote by Ben Affleck at the end of his Best Picture (for Argo) acceptance speech: “You have to work harder […]
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by Kathy on February 12, 2013 · 5 comments
in Background, Blog Hops, Camp Echo, Coping, Exercise, Expectations, Family, Gratitude, Grief, Happiness, Journey, Life, Memories, Peace, Summer Camp, The Past, Time Warp Tuesdays, Vacations
Let’s do the Time Warp again! Welcome to the twenty-eighth installment of my blog hop/writing exercise called Time Warp Tuesday! For those not familiar with Time Warp Tuesdays, which I host on the 2nd Tuesday of every month, here is the background of how and why I came up with the idea. If you are here […]
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by Kathy on February 6, 2013 · 1 comment
in Background, Before I Blogged, Bereavement, Bob, Chicago, Coping, Decisions, Faith, Family, Healing, Hope, Journey, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Peace, Relationships, Sadness, Signs, Social Media, The Past, Time, Vacations
This Friday Bob and I will be attending the Media Preview Day at the 2013 Chicago Auto Show. Though I just found out today from my Chicagonista friend/Editor MJ Tam that, as a blogger, I could have applied for a media pass, we actually got our tickets through a Groupon deal. Our visit will be timely, as last […]
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