by Kathy on June 10, 2014 · 3 comments
in Anticipation, Background, Change, Family, Happiness, Healing, Love, Memories, Peace, Siblings, The Future, The Past, Vacations
Those three letters make my heart leap and bring a smile to my face. I went there for the first time in 1979. My maternal grandparents retired, decided to move there, and stayed until my grandpa’s death in 1998. Hilton Head Island, South Carolina It’s calling me home… This time next week I will be […]
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by Kathy on May 12, 2014 · 6 comments
in Anticipation, Background, Coping, Dreams, Family, Friends, Game Changers, Hope, Inspiration, Journey, Life, Memories, Optimism, Planning, Reality, Relationships, The Future, The Past, Vacations
I lived there the spring semester of my junior year in college, in this house. It was 1996 and an awesome time to be “across the pond.” Everyone who lived at 21 Pembridge Gardens, which was run by the Butler University Study Abroad program, in partnership with the University of Illinois (where I was student), […]
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by Kathy on May 2, 2014 · 3 comments
in Books, Family, Guest Posts, Life, Loss, Love, LTYM, Memories, Parenting, Writing
Two days from now my good friend Audra and I will be sitting in the audience, with friends, at the third annual Listen to Your Mother – Chicago show. It will be bittersweet for both of us, as we have both auditioned for the show in the past and were not chosen to be a part […]
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by Kathy on April 24, 2014 · 10 comments
in Background, Beauty, Bereavement, Birthdays, Blessed, Coping, Family, Friends, Game Changers, Healing, Hope, Loss, Love, Memories, Molly
This is the only picture that exists of our family on the day Molly was born and died. I have had mixed feelings about it for years. It means so much to me to have a photo of the four of us together. I love the expression on Sean’s face and how sweetly Bob is holding […]
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by Kathy on April 17, 2014 · 11 comments
in Abby, Birthdays, Bob, Coping, Faith, Family, Friends, Happiness, Healing, Hope, Inspiration, Journey, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Milestones, Molly, Peace, Sean, Siblings, Time
Happy 6th Heavenly Birthday, Molly Marie! Another year has come and gone since we last celebrated your life and honored your memory. Another year has passed that we didn’t get to have you here with us, in our home and through our travels, though we believe you are always with us in spirit. Six years. Kindergarten. […]
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by Kathy on April 16, 2014 · 1 comment
in Abby, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Milestones, Molly, Sean, Siblings, Then and Now, Time
THEN – 4 1/2-year-old Sean and me on his first day of T-Ball at Mt. Greenwood Park, the day before his sister Molly was born and died (April 16, 2008): NOW – 10 1/2-year-old Sean, 4 1/2 year-old Abby and me on her first day of T-Ball at Mt. Greenwood Park, the day before their […]
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