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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by Kathy on April 17, 2016 · 4 comments
in Abby, Bereavement, Birthdays, Blessed, Bob, Coping, Faith, Family, Gratitude, Grief, Healing, Inspiration, Life, Loss, Love, LTYM, Memories, Milestones, Molly, Neonatal Death, Parenting, Peace, Siblings, Time, Writing
Happy 8th Heavenly Birthday, Molly Marie! Eight years later, time goes by fast Got my memories and they will last I try to keep it simple ‘cuz I hate goodbyes I try to keep it simple by telling myself that I, I will remember you and all of the things that we’ve gone through There […]
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by Kathy on February 29, 2016 · 0 comments
in Abby, Background, Blogging, Bob, Cancer, Change, Dreams, Expectations, Family, Friends, Gratitude, Hope, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Milestones, Molly, Our Home, Sean, The Future, The Past, Time, Writing
Today is my eleventh Leap Day, which happens to be my lucky number. On my tenth, in 2012, I took a Leap of Faith, I changed the name of my blog, from Four of a Kind to Bereaved and Blessed, and moved it from Blogger to Self-Hosted WordPress, with this/my own URL. We had lived […]
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by Kathy on December 16, 2015 · 2 comments
in Background, Bereavement, Blessed, Coping, Courage, Decisions, Faith, Family, Gratitude, Hope, Infertility, Inspiration, IUI, IVF, Journey, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Miscarriage, Parenting, Pregnancy Loss, Reality, Relationships, Secondary Infertility, Time, Writing
Six pregnancies. Two living children. One neonatal death. One interstitial ectopic pregnancy. Two miscarriages. Two failed IVF cycles. One failed IVF converted to IUI. It’s surreal for me to reflect on those years. I am grateful for all that we have. I am thankful for what we’ve learned on our journey to build our family. […]
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by Kathy on October 15, 2015 · 1 comment
in Babies Benson, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Miscarriage, Molly, Neonatal Death, October 15, Pregnancy Loss
It’s October 15th again. The tenth October 15th since our family experienced our first miscarriage in December 2004. It’s hard to believe that much time has passed since we were introduced to the world of pregnancy loss. As I shared in 2013, in my post on October 15th, It is a bittersweet day for many families […]
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