by Kathy on February 24, 2012 · 2 comments
in Bereavement, Birthdays, Blessed, Coping, Dance, Family, Gatekeeping, Happiness, Healing, Inspiration, Loss, Suicide Prevention
How are you feeling? What are your plans for tomorrow? Welcome to the second edition of my new “Gatekeeping” blog series. 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 […]
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by Kathy on February 22, 2012 · 8 comments
in Bereavement, Blessed, Bob, Change, Coping, Decisions, Family, Friends, Infertility, Inspiration, Journey, Loss, Love, Milestones, Molly, Our Home, Peace, The Future, Transitions, Uncategorized, Writing
Earlier this month I ordered this picture (framed and matted) for the office in our new home, which Bob recently repainted a very nice color that found out about here. I took the photo in August 2008 when Bob and I were in Lake Tahoe for the marriage of two of our friends, one of […]
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by Kathy on February 21, 2012 · 6 comments
in Abby, Background, Blog Hops, Bob, Faith, Family, Friends, Infertility, Inspiration, IVF, Loss, Memories, Molly, Peace, Quotes, Sean, The Future, Time Warp Tuesdays, Writing
Let’s do the Time Warp again! Welcome to the sixteenth 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 currently host on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month here is the background of how and why I […]
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It was a beautiful and sunny day here in Chicago and if it weren’t for my fighting a bad cold, I likely would not have spent most of it resting on the couch in front of our TV. I had intended to record Whitney Houston’s funeral service on DVR, but ended up watching about half of the […]
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by Kathy on February 16, 2012 · 5 comments
in Books, Change, Family, Friends, Infertility, Inspiration, Limericks, Loss, Poetry, Writing
Top of the mornin’ to ya! It’s that time of year when we drink Shamrock Shakes, eat Irish Soda Bread and write rhymes for Lori’s Limerick Chick Contest! I was honored to be the 2011 LimChick Winner last year with my entry about our Stirrup Queen Mel’s book Life from Scratch. Many thanks to all who voted for […]
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by Kathy on February 7, 2012 · 8 comments
in 9/11, Blog Hops, Happiness, Healing, Infertility, Inspiration, Life, Loss, Pain, Quotes, Relationships, Time Warp Tuesdays, Writing
Let’s do the Time Warp again! Welcome to the fifteenth 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 with the […]
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