by Kathy on November 9, 2011 · 6 comments
in Bereavement, Bob, Change, Family, Fear, Grief, Inspiration, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, NaBloPoMo, Pain, Quotes, Steppenwolf, Suicide Prevention, The Future, Theater, Writing
Photo Credit: Michael Brosilow Last week Bob and I got to see another wonderful play at the Steppenwolf Theater here in Chicago. Our last visit there was to see a memorable piece called Sex with Strangers which I wrote about here. That play dealt with the power of words (both in print and on the Internet), as well as […]
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by Kathy on November 3, 2011 · 7 comments
in Abby, ALI Community, Bereavement, Fear, Grief, Healing, Hope, Inspiration, Loss, Memories, Molly, NaBloPoMo, Pain, Time, Vlogs
I recently wrote about my “All-Time Favorite Post” as part of my new blog hop/writing exercise called Time Warp Tuesdays. It was interesting and therapeutic to revisit my favorite post and see how far my family and I have come since I wrote it in March 2009. Angie, from Still Life with Circles, had another awesome idea for a blog round up recently. […]
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Today is the second of two important days in my church community and the worldwide Catholic church. Yesterday was All Saints Day (always celebrated on November 1) and today is All Souls Day (always observed on November 2). I don’t make it to mass every year on these two Holy Days, but I usually at least try to take […]
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Let’s do the Time Warp again! Welcome to the sixth installment of my blog hop/writing exercise called Time Warp Tuesday here on Four of a Kind! Today is also the first day of NaBloPoMo, so if you found your way here from the Blogroll (I’m #327 on the list of over 900 and counting now), a warm welcome […]
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by Kathy on October 20, 2011 · 9 comments
in Abby, Bereavement, Change, Decisions, Family, Healing, Hope, Infertility, Life, Loss, Memories, Milestones, The Future, Transitions
I’ve been taking you for over nine years now. You have been hope in a bottle for me. Every time I would swallow one I would imagine that those extra nutrients were helping to make my body more ready and able to conceive and sustain a pregnancy. During my pregnancies and the times I was […]
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by Kathy on October 15, 2011 · 6 comments
in Background, Bereavement, Faith, Family, Grief, Healing, Inspiration, Loss, Love, Memories, Molly, October 15, Peace, Song Lyrics
On this Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day I send healing thoughts and prayers to all those who have lost babies. As I shared in this recent post about song lyrics, I know that music plays a significant role in so many of our lives. During happy moments and milestones we celebrate good times by listening to, singing along with […]
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