by Kathy on July 11, 2014 · 4 comments
in Anticipation, Background, BlogHer, Change, Coping, Decisions, Family, Friends, Game Changers, Gratitude, Life, Memories, Planning, Writing
“Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same.” ~ All at Once by The Fray I am not going to BlogHer’s annual conference this year. That wasn’t the plan. I’d bought my early bird full conference ticket, reserved a hotel room at the Fairmont, booked my airfare and coordinated with blogging friends, who […]
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by Kathy on May 12, 2014 · 6 comments
in Anticipation, Background, Coping, Dreams, Family, Friends, Game Changers, Hope, Inspiration, Journey, Life, Memories, Optimism, Planning, Reality, Relationships, The Future, The Past, Vacations
I lived there the spring semester of my junior year in college, in this house. It was 1996 and an awesome time to be “across the pond.” Everyone who lived at 21 Pembridge Gardens, which was run by the Butler University Study Abroad program, in partnership with the University of Illinois (where I was student), […]
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by Kathy on April 12, 2014 · 11 comments
in Accountability, Background, Bereavement, Birthdays, Change, Coping, Decisions, Family, Loss, Memories, Molly, Planning
For the past six years, on Molly’s Heavenly Birthday in April and at our perinatal bereavement support group’s Walk to Remember in October, our family has participated in beautiful and therapeutic balloon releases in honor and memory of Molly, Babies Benson and other babies who left this world too soon. In the early years all I knew […]
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by Kathy on September 14, 2013 · 0 comments
in Coping, Diversions, Fear, Hope, Inspiration, Life, Planning, Suicide Prevention, The Future, The Past
This a Bucket List. It is not necessarily My Bucket List. I came across this meme recently on Facebook. I thought it would be fun and interesting to try, kind of like a game of “I Never,” without the beer. Mortality has been on my mind this week. So thinking about things I haven’t done in life, […]
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by Kathy on May 9, 2013 · 15 comments
in Adoption, ALI Community, Background, Blog Hops, Book Tours, Books, Communication, Decisions, Expectations, Family, Inspiration, Journey, Loss, Love, Parenting, Planning, Relationships, Sensativity
Greetings and welcome to this stop on the The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption Book Tour! This is my fifth time participating in a book tour. My previous experiences were with Eat, Pray, Love, Life from Scratch, A Gift of Time and The Sound of Hope. For those of you not familiar with book tours, they are essentially online book clubs. […]
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by Kathy on April 24, 2013 · 11 comments
in ALI Community, Coping, Decisions, Expectations, Family, Friends, Healing, Hope, ICSI, Infertility, Inspiration, IUI, IVF, Love, Memories, Odds, Parenting, Planning, RE, Relationships, Resolution, Secondary Infertility, Secondary Infertility Stories, Siblings, Sperm, TTC, Writing
For awhile I have thought it would be interesting and helpful, especially for those still in the trenches who want more children, to profile other families who have dealt with secondary infertility. Many of these people I got to know during our journey through secondary infertility (via community forums and/or blogs). Being able to share […]
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