by Kathy on January 30, 2012 · 17 comments
in Abby, Background, Bob, Decisions, Family, Happiness, Infertility, Life, Loss, Molly, Sean, The Future
I wrote this post a few months ago, but wasn’t ready to share it until now. I think this partly because when I wrote it I believed what I was saying whole-heartedly. And then a little while later I didn’t. Re-reading this periodically became a gage for me to see where I stood on the […]
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by Kathy on January 14, 2012 · 17 comments
in Bereavement, Coping, Family, Gatekeeping, Grief, Hope, Life, Loss, Love, Pain, Peace, Suicide Prevention, The Future
How are you feeling? What are your plans for tomorrow? 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 done to change the outcome of their lives, but it is […]
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Happy New Year! Let’s do the Time Warp again! Welcome to the thirteenth installment of my blog hop/writing exercise called Time Warp Tuesday here on Four of a Kind! For those not familiar with Time Warp Tuesdays, which I host on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month, here is the background of how and why I came up […]
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by Kathy on December 30, 2011 · 5 comments
in Balance, Blog Hops, Bob, Family, Friends, Happiness, Hope, Inspiration, Life, Love, Memories, Resolutions, The Future, Time
Recently I came across and joined a group on Facebook called the Greater Chicagoland Blogger Meetup. Though I haven’t gotten to know many of the members yet, I appreciate the opportunity to connect with other local Chicago area bloggers. One of the women in the group posted a link this week to a meme on her blog with […]
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by Kathy on December 20, 2011 · 7 comments
in Abby, Blog Hops, Bob, Coping, Faith, Family, Friends, Grief, Healing, Holidays, Hope, Inspiration, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Molly, Our Home, Sean, Time Warp Tuesdays
*Please read the update about the next topic/scheduling for our next Time Warp Tuesday towards the end of this post. Thank you!* Let’s do the Time Warp again! Welcome to the twelfth installment of my blog hop/writing exercise called Time Warp Tuesday here on Four of a Kind! For those not familiar with Time Warp Tuesdays, here is the […]
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by Kathy on December 11, 2011 · 5 comments
in Bereavement, Coping, Faith, Family, Friends, Grief, Healing, Hope, Inspiration, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Molly, Song Lyrics
Earlier tonight I participated in a Candle Lighting sponsored by our local South Suburban Chapter of The Compassionate Friends. As many of you know, it is part of a much larger Worldwide Candle Lighting that takes place every year on the second Sunday in December at 7:00 p.m. around the globe. Though every year since […]
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