by Kathy on June 13, 2024 · 0 comments
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For my 48th birthday last year, in March 2023, my mom contributed to my getting an Art Institute of Chicago membership, something I’ve done and really enjoyed off and on over the years. I got it as part of a deal that lasted 15 months, so it doesn’t expire until the end of this month. […]
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by Kathy on April 17, 2024 · 0 comments
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Dear Molly, I re-read last year’s post from your birthday/the anniversary of your death and was struck by how much of it applies to how I feel now/this year. When navigating difficult and uncertain times, I often think I’ve never felt like this before, it is so hard. However, in reality every age and stage […]
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by Kathy on February 29, 2024 · 0 comments
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It’s my 13th Leap Day. On my 11th, I shared this post, which was adapted from an earlier version that I wrote for The3Six5 writing project, on February 29, 2012 (my 10th Leap Day). I am including parts of those two posts (in some cases adapted) again today, as they are interesting to revisit. I […]
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by Kathy on February 13, 2024 · 1 comment
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One of many idioms that I grew up hearing was how things aren’t permanent until they are “set in stone.” I didn’t spend a lot of time thinking about what it meant or how literal I took the expression until today. It is the seven month anniversary of the day that my mom died and […]
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by Kathy on January 13, 2024 · 0 comments
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12 years ago I participated in a year-end blog meme for the first time called Rewind 2011, with fun and interesting questions designed to get writers and readers to reflect on our lives in 2011. I did so again the following year, with my Rewind 2012. After that I took six years off, starting up […]
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by Kathy on October 2, 2023 · 0 comments
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Happy 20th Birthday, Sean! Today you are no longer a teenager. Wow. Two decades down and hopefully many more go. Your paternal great uncles who like to compare getting older to playing an American football game would say you are now entering the second quarter of yours. There’s so much about your life, as well […]
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