by Kathy on April 19, 2013 · 3 comments
in Abby, Accountability, Birthdays, Blog Hops, Bob, Change, Coping, Exercise, Faith, Family, Food, Friends, Gratitude, Grief, Healing, Inspiration, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Milestones, Molly, Our Home, Running, Sean, Siblings, Spring Shed, Writing
Welcome to the fifth check-in for the Spring Shed! It has been a surreal and bittersweet week for our country and my family personally. From the bombing at the Boston Marathon on Monday and accompanying manhunt over the past 24 hours to the fifth anniversary of the birth and death of our baby girl Molly, […]
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by Kathy on April 17, 2013 · 18 comments
in Abby, Birthdays, Bob, Coping, Faith, Family, Friends, Happiness, Healing, Hope, Inspiration, Journey, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Milestones, Molly, Our Home, Pain, Peace, Sean, Siblings, Signs, Time
Happy 5th Heavenly Birthday Molly Marie! How did we get here? How is it possible that five years have come and gone since you were born and died? Not a day goes by that I don’t still think about you and wonder how you are doing in Heaven. I have to believe there is a Heaven […]
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by Kathy on April 9, 2013 · 7 comments
in Blog Hops, Bob, Coping, Game Changers, Grief, Healing, Inspiration, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Milestones, Molly, Peace, Pregnancy, Sadness, Sean, The Past, Time Warp Tuesdays
Let’s do the Time Warp again! Welcome to the thirtieth installment of my blog hop/writing exercise called Time Warp Tuesday! For those not familiar with Time Warp Tuesdays, which I host on the 2nd Tuesday of every month, here is the background of how and why I came up with the idea. If you are […]
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by Kathy on April 3, 2013 · 10 comments
in Abby, Babies Benson, Bereavement, Blessed, Bob, Caring Connection, Coping, Family, Friends, Healing, Hope, Inspiration, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Milestones, Miscarriage, Molly, Peace, Planning, Pregnancy Loss, Running, Sean, Team Caring Connection
As some of you know in honor of the 5th anniversary of Molly’s birth and death this year on April 17th (two weeks from today), I wanted to do something special as we mark this milestone. I decided on starting a team, with members of the perinatal bereavement support group, called Caring Connection, which I have […]
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by Kathy on March 14, 2013 · 5 comments
in Bereavement, Coping, Family, Friends, Grief, Healing, Journey, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Milestones, Molly, Pain, Reality, Relationships, Sadness, Sandy Hook
It’s been three months since 26 people, mostly children, were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14, 2012. As a bereaved mother I understand the significance these milestones, as we grieve the loss of our children and other loved ones. After our daughter Molly was born and died on April 17, 2008, […]
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by Kathy on March 12, 2013 · 2 comments
in Change, Faith, Game Changers, Hope, Memories, Optimism, Song Lyrics, The Future, The Past, Transitions, Waiting
“Extra omnes.” Everyone out. Let the election of the new pope begin. Pray for the cardinals. One of my Catholic friends shared these words on Facebook this morning and it was one of many things that struck me about today, the first day of the conclave to elect the next pope. I have been praying. […]
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