I am happy to share that my second BlogHer Book Club Review for A Good Hard Look by Ann Napolitano has been posted on BlogHer today! Here is a little preview of what I thought about the book: A Good Hard Look is a story about expectations and the people we encounter, as well as the experiences we have, which help […]
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I started writing this blog entry this morning, before a short and very strong wind and rain storm blew through Chicago. Within about 10 minutes the crazy weather was over and we had lost power. As it turned out our electricity would not be restored for another 9 hours! To say that it was a challenging […]
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Sometime over the past few weeks I became aware of an awesome project that Angie from Still Life with Circles had started on her blog. She began by writing a very thoughtful and moving post about where she is at in her grief and her life right now, two years, five months and counting since […]
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It’s National Infertility Awareness Week (NIAW) April 24 – 30 and today I am participating in the “Bust an Infertility Myth Blog Challenge.” I have chosen to “Bust a Myth” about Secondary Infertility, which my family and I dealt with for over five years. There is one secondary infertility myth listed on Resolve’s list of […]
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I have been thinking about my recent Perfect Moment Monday post about being “that someone.” I felt the need to follow up and in some ways clarify what I believe about ideas and concepts like that. First, I thank you for your comments both here and on the Facebook. I am glad that some of you […]
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Last week I attended a meeting for a women’s retreat planning team that I am serving on at our parish. The retreat will be this fall and I am really looking forward to both the experience of going through formation with my fellow team members and the opportunity to “give” the retreat this fall to […]
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