Life

7 years ago today we experienced our first miscarriage. 7 years ago today we lost our pregnancy innocence. 7 years ago today our first dream of having another child close in age to our son died. 7 years ago today we tried to understand why. 7 years ago today we tried to accept what had […]

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*PLEASE READ THE UPDATE AT THE END* This morning I woke up and had one of those moments where I felt like I had forgotten to study for a big exam back in my school days. I was thinking about my day and what was hoping to accomplish when it occurred to me that I […]

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This weekend we have started putting up Christmas decorations in our new home. It is starting to feel more like wintertime. Usually while preparing our home for the holidays we play Christmas songs to help us get into the spirit of the season. This year it has been especially nice that our son Sean has […]

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My Happy Place

by Kathy on November 19, 2011 · 2 comments

in Coping, Happiness, Life, NaBloPoMo

Today I had one of those days, the kind where you don’t know whether to laugh or cry at times and to be honest I did some of both. When this happens there are a variety of ways that I use to process my experience and to cope. As evidence here on my blog, one […]

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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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Heather & Tina

by Kathy on November 4, 2011 · 3 comments

in Decisions, Friends, Inspiration, Life, NaBloPoMo, Writing

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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