by Kathy on May 28, 2012 · 21 comments
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It’s the fourth Monday of the month which means its time to share our Perfect Moments from May with Lori from Write Mind Open Heart. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Last year on Memorial Day, after running in my 4th Ridge Run 5K Race in our Beverly neighborhood here in Chicago, I shared the story here of how I learned […]
by Kathy on April 20, 2012 · 7 comments
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How are you feeling? What are your plans for tomorrow? Welcome to the fourth edition of my “Gatekeeping” blog series. I shared the back story of these simple and yet powerful questions in this post. I have been in a funk for much of this week and realized today that rather than trying to continue […]
by Kathy on April 17, 2012 · 13 comments
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Happy 4th Heavenly Birthday Molly Marie! Has it really been four years since I last held you in my arms? It’s hard for me to believe that much time has passed since you were born and took your last breath. It is both painful and healing for me to write you this letter every year. It […]
by Kathy on April 15, 2012 · 5 comments
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This is my third and final post about Titanic this week. Here are links to my previous two posts: Titanic – Part I: It Was Sad When the Great Ship Went Down Titanic – Part II: Haven Exploration Originally I envisioned this last post being about some of my other connections and experiences related to […]
by Kathy on April 11, 2012 · 11 comments
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As you probably know/have heard, this week marks the 100th Anniversary of the RMS Titanic setting sail on April 10, 1912. On April 14th it hit an iceberg and sunk a little after 2:00 a.m. on April 15th. Bob and I have been recording and watching almost every documentary about the Titanic we can find on TV […]
by Kathy on April 10, 2012 · 11 comments
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Let’s do the Time Warp again! Welcome to the eighteenth 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 here to […]