by Kathy on October 2, 2018 · 0 comments
in Birthdays, Change, Chicago, Courage, Decisions, Disappointment, Dreams, Faith, Family, Friends, Grace, Happiness, Hope, Life, Love, Memories, Milestones, School, Sean, Siblings, Song Lyrics, Theater, Time, Transitions, TV Shows, Vacations
You’re fifteen for a moment, caught in between ten and twenty… You probably don’t know this song reference, but we’ll remedy that today. 15. Years. Old. Say what? When did that happen?! I remember this toddler, who loved all things trains, said “Choo-Choo!” often, and would drop everything when he heard the sound of “ding-dings” going down, […]
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by Kathy on September 29, 2018 · 4 comments
in Anxiety, Background, Before I Blogged, Bob, Communication, Coping, Courage, Expectations, Family, Frustration, Healing, Hope, Life, Listening, Love, Marriage, Memories, Pain, Relationships, Sadness, Sensativity, The Past, Time, Triggers
I was angry, really angry. And sad. It had been a long and exhausting day. As a WAHM/SAHM, I was able to watch much of the coverage on TV, and thus had been engrossed with what was happening all day. It was triggering for me, as it was for so many women. Me too. I’d […]
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by Kathy on September 22, 2018 · 0 comments
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Tuesday, 1-9-96 12:49 AM London 6:49 PM E-Town (1-8-96) First class at Birckbeck today: International Business! The Prof. (or “tutor”) is a great guy named Paul Cooper, who Michelle Cook had told me about. The class seems interesting! Had to get into groups already for a project, which led to my having a moral dilemma… […]
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by Kathy on September 21, 2018 · 0 comments
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Sunday, 1-7-96 12:16 AM Broughton/Chester, Wales 6:16 PM E-Town (1-6-96) I am a bit homesick right now. Mostly because I am tired… I also have been drinking & the two don’t mix well. Dad would be glad to know I didn’t drink too much, knowing I wasn’t in the mood or up to it tonight. […]
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by Kathy on September 18, 2018 · 0 comments
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Saturday, 1-6-96 1:37 AM Broughton/Chester, Wales 7:37 PM Evanston (1-5-96) Talk about expectations… I don’t know what I quite imagined my first night on my home stay to be like, but it sure wasn’t like this! ☺︎ After my 5 hr. bus ride here to Wales, during which I mostly slept, I arrived w/ the other […]
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by Kathy on September 17, 2018 · 0 comments
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Dear Abigail Grace, What to say to you… It’s September 17th again! Your 9th Birthday! How exciting is that?! You’ve been asking for days what time you could wake up this morning, since you wanted to get the celebration going as early as possible… In part because you wanted to be sure there would be […]
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