by Kathy on February 22, 2019 · 4 comments
in Anxiety, Bereavement, Coping, Courage, Family, Forgiveness, Friends, Grace, Grief, Healing, Hope, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Pain, Peace, Quotes, Reality, Relationships, Sadness, Social Media, Suicide Prevention
Repeat after me, “It’s not my fault.” But, I get it. When someone we care about dies by suicide, it’s natural to wonder. Every time I’ve lost a loved one to suicide, including this week, I find myself going there. What if I’d called or texted them that day (or closer to when it happened) […]
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by Kathy on February 19, 2019 · 0 comments
in Background, Bereavement, Communication, Coping, Exercise, Family, Friends, Gatekeeping, Grace, Gratitude, Grief, Hope, Inspiration, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Mental Health, Music, Peace, Reality, Relationships, Sadness, Social Media, Song Lyrics, Suicide Prevention, Theater, Time, Triggers
How are you feeling? What are your plans for tomorrow? Welcome to the fifteenth edition of my “Gatekeeping” blog series. I shared the back story of these simple and yet powerful questions in this post. It’s been about 5 months since we last did some Gatekeeping here. Yesterday I learned that an old/hometown friend lost her battle […]
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by Kathy on February 15, 2019 · 1 comment
in Abby, Anticipation, Background, Bereavement, Books, Coping, Expectations, Forgiveness, Friends, Grief, Inspiration, Journey, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Milestones, Quotes, Reality, Relationships, Sadness, Sean, The Future, The Past, Time, Travel, Vacations
I started over with Book 1 in early November 2018, after not getting past Book 3 in early 2012, when Sean read all 7. Abby had started reading them a bit before then and was already on Book 3. I caught up quickly and we’ve tried to keep pace with each other ever since, though […]
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by Kathy on January 8, 2019 · 0 comments
in Background, Before I Blogged, Bereavement, Camp Algonquin, Communication, Coping, Decisions, Diversions, Faith, Friends, Holidays, Life, London Semester Journals, Loss, Love, Memories, Pain, Reality, Relationships, Sadness, School, The Past, Time, Travel, Writing
Monday, 2-26-96 1:08 AM London 7:08 PM E-Town (2-25-96) Ronald & I finally got to Chinatown at about 1PM. It was great to wander the streets & see all the festivities going on for the Chinese New Year Celebration! I even bought a little paper dragon for a souvenir & a fortune cookie which read, […]
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by Kathy on December 19, 2018 · 0 comments
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Sunday, 2-25-96 10:13 AM London 4:13 AM E-Town It’s Sunday morning. And so far is a lazy one… just the way I like `em! I am still in bed. Ron is still sleeping. So I decided to write some about this weekend. I met Ron at Waterloo Station Fri. night & then we popped into […]
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by Kathy on November 25, 2018 · 0 comments
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Saturday, 2-10-96 5:50 PM London 11:50 AM E-Town God gave us the ability to feel… Oh, the varieties of feelings & emotions I have had the past few days! Thursday I went to St. Paul’s Cathedral w/ my architecture class! (Where Prince Charles & Princess Di were married…) We have been studying Christopher Wren & […]
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