by Kathy on December 30, 2016 · 4 comments
in Abby, Babies Benson, Communication, Coping, Ectopic, Family, Friends, Gratitude, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Miscarriage, Molly, Neonatal Death, Parenting, Pregnancy Loss, Reality, Relationships, Sean, Siblings, Time, Transitions
I was walking up the stairs to check on them, when I overheard Abby tell her friend (who was over for their first playdate, at our home) that she wanted to talk about her sister in Heaven. I paused on the stairs and quietly listened to the conversation that followed. Abby explained that her sister […]
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by Kathy on October 2, 2016 · 0 comments
in Anticipation, Birthdays, Blessed, Change, Chicago, Communication, Courage, Decisions, Dreams, Family, Friends, Happiness, Hope, Journey, Life, Love, Memories, Milestones, Parenting, Planning, Relationships, School, Sean, Siblings, The Future, The Past, Time, Transitions, Vacations
You. Are. A. Teenager. Holy Cow! And… The Cubs made the playoffs/are predicted to win the World Series! Two things I am not sure if I believed would ever happen… Okay, I knew, or should I say hoped, you’d see this day eventually, as much as you don’t care for the number 13. I just […]
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by Kathy on September 17, 2016 · 2 comments
in Abby, Birthdays, Blessed, Bob, Family, Friends, Gratitude, Happiness, Life, Love, Memories, Milestones, Molly, Parenting, Sean, Siblings, Time
Last night, when I tucked you into bed for the last time as a six-year-old, you asked me if it was okay for you to read a book to help you get sleepy. That is one of the biggest changes this year… You can read! And you really enjoy it! You learned so much at […]
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by Kathy on September 13, 2016 · 0 comments
in Accountability, Background, Before I Blogged, Change, Dreams, Expectations, Family, Life, Memories, The Past, Then and Now, Time
12 1/2 years between these two pictures… ⌛️ Sean was almost 6 months old and I had just turned 29. ? In some ways it seems like so long ago and yet I can also remember a lot about what 29 year old me felt like. ♥️ I was adjusting to life as a new […]
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What stories do your family pictures tell? Do they remind you of special times you spent together? These two were taken only a year apart. ? The one on the left was taken at the happiest place on earth, in August 2015, on our epic family Disney/Universal Vacation! ✈️☀️?♥️? And yes, Bob and […]
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by Kathy on September 8, 2016 · 0 comments
in Accountability, Background, Before I Blogged, Change, Exercise, Family, Game Changers, Life, Memories, Parenting, Quotes, Reality, Resolution, Then and Now, Throwback Thursday, Time
Then (2003): I had just taken my first BFP (positive pregnancy test)! ???? Now (2016): I am mom to three awesome and unique children (a son in 7th grade, a daughter in Heaven since she was born and died in April 2008, and a daughter in 1st grade)! ✌?️♥️☺️ Then (2003): I had an expensive private gym […]
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