Milestones

Today You Are Fourteen

by Kathy on September 17, 2023 · 0 comments

in Anticipation, Background, Bereavement, Birthdays, Books, Camp Echo, Change, Communication, Coping, Dad, Dance, Decisions, Disappointment, Family, Friends, Gail, Gratitude, Grief, Happiness, Hope, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Milestones, Molly, Mom, Our Home, Pain, Parenting, Reality, Relationships, Sadness, School, Sean, Siblings, Song Lyrics, Summer Camp, The Past, Theater, Time, TV Shows, Vacations

Hello, 14! What a whirlwind this last year has been for you and our family, dear Gail… We have navigated so many wonderful and challenging experiences. Dancing Gail continues to describe you well as you spend as much time at Dance Center Evanston (DCE)/Studio 5 taking classes and rehearsing for ede2 dance company as you […]

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Life Just Goes On Without Them

by Kathy on June 29, 2023 · 0 comments

in Background, Bereavement, Change, Coping, Dad, Family, Grief, Inspiration, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Milestones, Music, Pain, Parenting, Reality, Relationships, Song Lyrics, The Past, Therapy, Time, Transitions, Triggers

Three years ago today in 2020 was the first time Mom, Dad and I were together in person after not seeing each other for three and half months (the second longest we’d ever gone) due to the start of the pandemic. The longest was when I studied abroad in London, during the spring semester of […]

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16 Years in 16 Words

by Kathy on April 10, 2023 · 2 comments

in Background, Blogging, Blogoversary, Coping, Journey, Memories, Milestones, Time, Writing

16 years ago today, on April 10, 2007, I began blogging. Though I don’t post as often or consistently as I have in the past, I am still grateful to have this space to share and process life. On past blogoversaries I have shared things that I have learned from blogging and 11 years ago, since my blogoversary fell on the […]

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Today You Are Nineteen

by Kathy on October 2, 2022 · 1 comment

in Birthdays, Books, Change, Chicago, Decisions, Family, Friends, Gifts, Grief, Hope, Life, Listening, Loss, Love, Memories, Milestones, Our Home, Pain, Relationships, Sean, Siblings, Song Lyrics, The Future, The Past, Theater, Time, Transitions

What a year your nineteenth has been! I had to double check with Dad, to make sure I got that right, and he confirmed that when you turn any given age, that is the year that you just completed. So many milestones and life transitions… In January you auditioned for and made Anastasia the musical […]

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One Year Later: What’d I Miss?

by Kathy on June 29, 2022 · 0 comments

in Anticipation, Background, Bereavement, Change, Communication, Coping, Dad, Dreams, Expectations, Family, Healing, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Milestones, Pain, Reality, Relationships, Sadness, Signs, Social Media, The Past, Time, Triggers

Sean started singing that song from Hamilton the musical when I told them about a dream I had earlier this week. I woke up to go to the bathroom in the early morning (about 3:00 a.m.) on Monday, as I often do, and immediately remembered that my dad, who seemed to be alive and well, […]

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15 Years in 15 Words

by Kathy on April 10, 2022 · 0 comments

in Background, Blogging, Blogoversary, Coping, Journey, Memories, Milestones, Time, Writing

15 years ago today, on April 10, 2007, I began blogging. Holy cow! That feels like a big milestone. On past blogoversaries I have shared things that I have learned from blogging and ten years ago, since my blogoversary fell on the second Tuesday of April, I chose “Blogoversaries” to be the Time Warp topic for that month. Nine Years ago, I […]

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