by Kathy on August 12, 2014 · 8 comments
in Balance, Bereavement, Coping, Grief, Healing, Hope, Life, Loss, Love, Mental Health, Pain, Peace, Sadness, Suicide Prevention
The older I get, the more people I care about who die, the more the balance seems to be shifting from most of my heart and mind being in this world to more of it being in the afterlife. My loved ones and I have experienced a lot of loss this summer. I get that […]
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by Kathy on June 23, 2014 · 11 comments
in Background, Bereavement, Blessed, Coping, Faith, Friends, Gratitude, Grief, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Mental Health, Pain, Parenting, Peace, Reality, Relationships, Sadness, Siblings, Suicide Prevention, Writing
I took this picture, at sunrise on Hilton Head Island, the morning after she died, before I knew she died. ~~~~~~~~~~ I woke up this morning groggy and immediately remembered the voicemail we received upon returning home from our wonderful vacation last night. It was from an old and dear friend’s best friend and I […]
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by Kathy on June 10, 2014 · 3 comments
in Anticipation, Background, Change, Family, Happiness, Healing, Love, Memories, Peace, Siblings, The Future, The Past, Vacations
Those three letters make my heart leap and bring a smile to my face. I went there for the first time in 1979. My maternal grandparents retired, decided to move there, and stayed until my grandpa’s death in 1998. Hilton Head Island, South Carolina It’s calling me home… This time next week I will be […]
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by Kathy on May 13, 2014 · 22 comments
in Accountability, Addiction, Anxiety, Background, Balance, Change, Communication, Coping, Courage, Decisions, Exercise, Family, Friends, Game Changers, Healing, Hope, Life, Love, Mental Health, Relationships, Sensativity
I have been thinking about this question a lot. Especially since being diagnosed with moderate Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) in November 2013. Me? Mentally Ill? Really? Seriously? Yes. Though it has taken me awhile to get used to living with this label, I am not ashamed of it. I have known and loved people with […]
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by Kathy on May 9, 2014 · 4 comments
in Balance, Bob, Communication, Coping, Courage, Decisions, Exercise, Family, Frustration, Game Changers, Hope, Journey, Life, Loss, Love, Marriage, Mental Health, Parenting, Reality, Relationships, Sensativity
One of my favorite movies, The Family Man, a modern-day It’s a Wonderful Life, gives the main character a glimpse if what his life would be like if he was married to his college sweetheart, with kids, living in a house in New Jersey, verses he “real” life as a single, wealthy business man, who lives […]
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by Kathy on May 2, 2014 · 3 comments
in Books, Family, Guest Posts, Life, Loss, Love, LTYM, Memories, Parenting, Writing
Two days from now my good friend Audra and I will be sitting in the audience, with friends, at the third annual Listen to Your Mother – Chicago show. It will be bittersweet for both of us, as we have both auditioned for the show in the past and were not chosen to be a part […]
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