by Kathy on March 6, 2012 · 0 comments
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This week I am participating for the first time in BlogHer and Procter & Gamble’s Life Well Lived editorial program as part of a panel of bloggers. The category our panel writes about is “Getting Happy” and we were asked to answer this question: How do you teach the children in your life happiness? I […]
by Kathy on February 29, 2012 · 47 comments
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Welcome to Bereaved and Blessed! If you are here for the first time you can read about me and my blog here. You can also check out the other tabs above the header (which I designed all by myself) to find out more about me, my new blog and other places I write. There are also pages […]
by Kathy on February 22, 2012 · 8 comments
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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 […]
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 […]
A little while ago I watched my favorite TV show (Parenthood) with my valentine (Bob). One of the last scenes in tonight’s episode featured a montage set to a beautiful song called The Shape of Us by Ian Britt. I had never heard it before, but was instantly moved. The lyrics are simple and yet […]
Happy Valentine’s Day to you and yours! With love from, Kathy, Bob, Sean and Abby with Molly in our hearts