by Kathy on November 28, 2018 · 0 comments
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Getting Abby to school this morning, more so her gym shoes, was a comedy of errors. I was half way home from dropping her off when she called to say she forgot them. I thought she said she left them in the car, since she was wearing her snow boots. However, when I was half […]
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by Kathy on October 17, 2018 · 0 comments
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“Creation for me is the antidote to despair.” ~ Elizabeth Gilbert I follow Elizabeth “Liz” Gilbert on Instagram and saw her post this morning about a new podcast, The Ted Interview, for which she was the first guest. Though I haven’t seen a ton of Ted Talks, I get so much out of them when I take the […]
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by Kathy on October 15, 2018 · 0 comments
in Babies Benson, Bereavement, Blessed, Change, Coping, Family, Friends, Gratitude, Grief, Healing, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Miscarriage, Molly, October 15, Pain, Parenting, Peace, Pregnancy Loss, Relationships, Sadness, Siblings, The Past, Time
I came across this quote today from Laura Kelly Fanucci, a fellow bereaved mom, via a friend/dad who is grieving and remembering (after the recent death of his baby) on this, October 15th, National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. These words struck and ring true for me, almost 14 years since we experienced our first of […]
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by Kathy on September 29, 2018 · 4 comments
in Anxiety, Background, Before I Blogged, Bob, Communication, Coping, Courage, Expectations, Family, Frustration, Healing, Hope, Life, Listening, Love, Marriage, Memories, Pain, Relationships, Sadness, Sensativity, The Past, Time, Triggers
I was angry, really angry. And sad. It had been a long and exhausting day. As a WAHM/SAHM, I was able to watch much of the coverage on TV, and thus had been engrossed with what was happening all day. It was triggering for me, as it was for so many women. Me too. I’d […]
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by Kathy on September 10, 2018 · 0 comments
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How are you feeling? What are your plans for tomorrow? Welcome to the fourteenth edition of my “Gatekeeping” blog series. I shared the back story of these simple and yet powerful questions in this post. It’s been well over a year since we last did some Gatekeeping here. In recent years I’ve been surprised by how much […]
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by Kathy on September 4, 2018 · 4 comments
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Before I blogged, I was an avid, albeit inconsistent, journaler. I started young, the oldest one I can find I bought from a Scholastic Book Fair in early elementary school. I continued off and on through grade school, college, grad school and young adulthood, until I began writing and sharing here, on my blog, in […]
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