Loss

"A very interesting heart…"

by Kathy on June 24, 2008 · 15 comments

in Bob, CHD, Loss, Molly, Sean

This afternoon I got a call from one of the nurses at our OB’s office that “our little angel’s” (as she referred to Molly) autopsy report had arrived at their office. She said that our OB wanted to know if we would like for them to fax or send us a copy. I said yes […]

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Stay Tuned

by Kathy on June 23, 2008 · 0 comments

in Books, Healing, Loss, Molly

Over the weekend I read an awesome book Stay Tuned: Conversations with Dad from the Other Side by Jenniffer Weigel. She is a broadcast news and entertainment reporter in Chicago that grew up in my childhood hometown of Evanston, Illinois. Her father, Tim Weigel, was a very popular local news reporter here in Chicago for […]

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Lessons in Parenting

by Kathy on June 19, 2008 · 8 comments

in Bob, Loss, Molly, Sean

I know that no body’s perfect and I am certainly not a perfect mother. But most of the time I pride myself on doing a pretty good job raising Sean and making what I feel to be appropriate decisions and choices about his rearing. That said, yesterday I learned a hard lesson about parenting… sometimes […]

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Today is the two month anniversary of the day that our baby girl Molly was born and went to Heaven. It is hard to believe that much time has passed since we held our daughter and baby sister in our arms. Sean and I visited Molly’s grave (pictured above) this morning with some close neighborhood […]

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Therapy and Steak `n Shake

by Kathy on June 15, 2008 · 4 comments

in Bob, CHD, Loss, Molly, Sean

What do going to therapy and eating at Steak `n Shake have in common? Not much at face value, though I do find eating Steak `n Shake cheese fries and drinking their chocolate shakes to be therapeutic on occasion. However this afternoon, Bob, Sean and I decided to stop at one for lunch en route […]

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How do you think about time?

by Kathy on June 3, 2008 · 3 comments

in Awards, Bob, CHD, Loss, Molly, Sean, Time

One of my new favorite blogs is I’m a Smart One… (http://smartone.typepad.com/smartone/). For those who may not be familiar with it, Kymberli is the author and has a compelling and inspiring writing style, not to mention life story. She is a wife, mother and 8th grade literature teacher, who struggled with primary infertility and after […]

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