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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
by Kathy on April 24, 2014 · 10 comments
in Background, Beauty, Bereavement, Birthdays, Blessed, Coping, Family, Friends, Game Changers, Healing, Hope, Loss, Love, Memories, Molly
This is the only picture that exists of our family on the day Molly was born and died. I have had mixed feelings about it for years. It means so much to me to have a photo of the four of us together. I love the expression on Sean’s face and how sweetly Bob is holding […]
by Kathy on April 17, 2014 · 11 comments
in Abby, Birthdays, Bob, Coping, Faith, Family, Friends, Happiness, Healing, Hope, Inspiration, Journey, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Milestones, Molly, Peace, Sean, Siblings, Time
Happy 6th Heavenly Birthday, Molly Marie! Another year has come and gone since we last celebrated your life and honored your memory. Another year has passed that we didn’t get to have you here with us, in our home and through our travels, though we believe you are always with us in spirit. Six years. Kindergarten. […]
by Kathy on April 16, 2014 · 1 comment
in Abby, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Milestones, Molly, Sean, Siblings, Then and Now, Time
THEN – 4 1/2-year-old Sean and me on his first day of T-Ball at Mt. Greenwood Park, the day before his sister Molly was born and died (April 16, 2008): NOW – 10 1/2-year-old Sean, 4 1/2 year-old Abby and me on her first day of T-Ball at Mt. Greenwood Park, the day before their […]