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What’s Your Alibi?

by Kathy on June 11, 2015 · 1 comment

in Accountability, Anticipation, Background, Change, Communication, Coping, Courage, Decisions, Expectations, Faith, Family, Friends, Game Changers, Grief, Hope, Inspiration, Journey, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Milestones, Mistakes, Podcasts, Reality, Relationships, Sadness, Serial, Social Media, The Future, The Past, Time, Undisclosed, Waiting

Where were you on Wednesday, January 13, 1999? Seriously. Do you remember? Anything? I was in grad school at the University of Illinois in Urbana Champaign, getting my masters in Leisure Studies (for real, that is something one can major and get multiple degrees in). I am pretty sure I was back from winter break, […]

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NIAW: You Are Not Alone Dealing with Secondary Infertility

by Kathy on April 22, 2015 · 0 comments

in Communication, Coping, Family, Friends, Loss, NIAW, Secondary Infertility, Sensativity

As I sit and type this post, our 11-year-old son is doing one of his after school chores, unloading and loading the dishwasher, and our 5-year-old daughter is playing quietly in her room. Really? Seriously?! Yes. Is it always like this? Of course not. But I can honestly say I don’t take our children (both […]

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Remembering Molly (7 years) ~ Happy Birthday Baby Girl!

by Kathy on April 17, 2015 · 3 comments

in Abby, Bereavement, Birthdays, Blessed, Bob, Coping, Faith, Family, Gratitude, Grief, Healing, Inspiration, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Milestones, Molly, Neonatal Death, Parenting, Peace, Siblings, Signs, Time, Writing

Happy 7th Heavenly Birthday, Molly Marie! Seven years… That’s how long you’ve been gone. How long it’s been since you lived. Your sister Abby keeps your memory alive as much as anyone these days, which amazes me. She never knew you in this lifetime, but she seems fascinated by you. She imagines and wonders and questions. […]

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Today You Are 40

by Kathy on March 6, 2015 · 5 comments

in Birthdays, Change, Dreams, Faith, Family, Friends, Gratitude, Happiness, Hope, Journey, Life, Loss, Love, Milestones, Optimism, Reality, Time

You are a wife. You are a mom. You are a daughter. You are a sister. You are a friend. You are a woman of faith. You are a group fitness instructor. You are a health and fitness coach. You are a writer. You are a blogger. You are living the dream. In many ways […]

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Grace and Decisions

by Kathy on February 12, 2015 · 0 comments

in C-Section, Coping, Decisions, Family, Grace, Grey's Anatomy, Grief, Life, Loss, Love, Molly, Perinatal Hospice, Reality, Sensativity, TV Shows

We started watching Grey’s Anatomy not long after I came home from the hospital in April 2008. It was already four seasons in and somehow we’d never seen a single episode. My parents had a few of the seasons on DVD and we borrowed them. It was one of the first TV shows Bob and I ever […]

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Throwback Thursday: Molly Was Here

by Kathy on January 29, 2015 · 1 comment

in Bereavement, Coping, Healing, Loss, Love, Memories, Molly, Neonatal Death, Reality, Time, Triggers

I came across this while looking for my old passport this morning. I believe it was the only piece of mail our Molly-girl ever received. I remember how bittersweet it was at the time. Then a friend pointed out it is another reminder that Molly lived. She was here, if only for a short time.

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