by Kathy on September 9, 2018 · 0 comments
in Anxiety, Background, Before I Blogged, Change, Coping, Courage, Expectations, Journey, Life, London Semester Journals, Memories, The Past, Time, Writing
Tuesday, 1-2-96 2:00 AM E-Town 8:00 AM London Well, its 2 AM/8 AM and I just ate breakfast! It’s gonna be long day… Though I’ve rested, I haven’t really slept, so I believe I will be experiencing a great deal of jet lag! The stewards and stewardesses have been great! In addition to wine & […]
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by Kathy on September 8, 2018 · 0 comments
in Anticipation, Background, Before I Blogged, Change, Expectations, Journey, London Semester Journals, Memories, The Past, Writing
Monday, 1-1-96 10:25 PM Evanston Time ☺︎ 4:25 AM London Time (1-2-96) Wow! It’s for real now… I am on British Airways as I write this en route to London, England! Just finished watching my first on flight film, The Bridges of Madison County. It was a romance and I even got teary eyes towards the […]
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by Kathy on September 4, 2018 · 4 comments
in Background, Before I Blogged, Blogging, Coping, Friends, Journey, Life, London Semester Journals, Loss, Memories, Pain, The Past, Time, Transitions, Writing
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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by Kathy on June 5, 2018 · 1 comment
in Bereavement, Books, Change, Communication, Coping, Decisions, Diversions, Family, Grief, Life, Loss, Love, Marriage, Neonatal Death, Relationships, Reviews, Writing
My friend recommended this book, Little Disasters by Randall Klein, and I knew she wouldn’t steer me wrong. I listened via Audible and was captivated by the way the story was told, jumping back and forth between different time periods, slowly revealing how these two couples’ relationships became intertwined. I appreciate how the author allowed us to […]
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by Kathy on May 18, 2018 · 0 comments
in Background, Bereavement, Blessed, Blogging, Change, Coping, Courage, Faith, Grace, Grey's Anatomy, Healing, Hope, Journey, Life, Loss, Molly, Quotes, Time, Transitions, TV Shows, Writing
I watched the Grey’s Anatomy Season 14 Finale on DVR today and realized that it’s been 10 years since Bob and I (who were late to the party) started binge watching the previous four seasons to catch up in time for Season 5 that Fall. It was something we did together, after Molly was born […]
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by Kathy on April 23, 2018 · 4 comments
in Baby Benson, Background, Bereavement, Blessed, Blogging, Change, Communication, Coping, Family, Friends, Gratitude, Grief, Healing, Hope, Journey, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Milestones, Molly, Neonatal Death, Pain, Relationships, Time, Transitions, Writing
Sometime over the past week, after our Molly-girl’s birthday had come and gone, I realized that for the first time, in 10 years, I forgot to post my letter to her on our BabyBenson2008 CarePage after sharing it here on my blog. I felt sad about that, as we received so much support on our […]
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