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Dear family and friends, I am not a doctor or nurse. I have no medical credentials, unless you loosely consider my knowledge of anatomy that I gained through studying to become a certified group fitness instructor. I have spent many years consulting with Dr. Google and other online “experts” about all things related to pregnancy, […]

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I scheduled this blog entry to post today around the time that I will give my witness on the women’s retreat (see my post from yesterday) that I am helping to facilitate at our church this weekend. My witness is about “Discipleship,” what it means to me and my faith journey. I ask that if you read […]

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Novembering

by Kathy on November 2, 2011 · 5 comments

in Bereavement, Faith, Grief, Healing, Loss, Love, Memories, NaBloPoMo

Today is the second of two important days in my church community and the worldwide Catholic church. Yesterday was All Saints Day (always celebrated on November 1) and today is All Souls Day (always observed on November 2). I don’t make it to mass every year on these two Holy Days, but I usually at least try to take […]

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Let’s do the Time Warp again! Welcome to the sixth installment of my blog hop/writing exercise called Time Warp Tuesday here on Four of a Kind! Today is also the first day of NaBloPoMo, so if you found your way here from the Blogroll (I’m #327 on the list of over 900 and counting now), a warm welcome […]

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On this Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day I send healing thoughts and prayers to all those who have lost babies.  As I shared in this recent post about song lyrics, I know that music plays a significant role in so many of our lives. During happy moments and milestones we celebrate good times by listening to, singing along with […]

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Two years ago when I was in the home stretch of my pregnancy with our daughter and “rainbow baby” Abigail Grace, one of our OB’s told us that “September 17th (was) going to be a happy day!” That became my mantra in the weeks leading up to Abby’s birth, as I was very nervous and scared that somehow […]

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