by Kathy on July 1, 2012 · 14 comments
in Background, Before I Blogged, Camp Echo, Coping, Family, Friends, Happiness, Life, Memories, NaBloPoMo, Planning, Relationships, Song Lyrics, Summer Camp, Writing
It’s the first day of NaBloPoMo for July and the theme is Kids. One of the main reasons I signed up to participate this time around is that I really like the prompts that Melissa Ford came up with and am excited to write about many of them. Since we don’t get prompts for the weekend days (and I likely […]
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I may be am definitely a bit crazy to attempt this again, smack dab in the middle of the summer. But I am going to do it. I know it will be fun and not nearly as hard as I thought it would be when I set out to try it the first time (last November). So […]
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by Kathy on June 13, 2012 · 14 comments
in ALI Community, Background, Bereavement, Blessed, BlogHer, Friends, Inspiration, Journey, Resolution, Secondary Infertility, Song Lyrics, Transitions, Writing
Yeah, yeah, I’m goin’ ta BlogHer 2012, It’ll be my first time, hangin’ with my tribe. Travelin’ with my sista, Meg’s a newbie too, She writes about adoption ‘n tryin’ for #2. I’m Bereaved and Blessed. I used to be a mess, Cuz tryin’ for another, can bring a lot of stress. We finally got our rainbow, the […]
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Have you ever thought that? I know that many of us who have blogged for years, especially those who have been able to resolve some or all the reasons we began blogging, have wondered what to do when we reach that point. Though I do not feel that way now, I certainly have at times […]
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by Kathy on May 17, 2012 · 11 comments
in Abby, Blessed, Coping, Family, Happiness, Hope, Inspiration, Life, Peace, Poetry, Sean, Writing
I am excited to share with you my first attempt at writing a sestina style poem. Though I have played around with poetry a bit in the past (mostly limericks and another one that I am very proud of), I don’t think I have tried to write fixed form since high school and I know that I […]
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by Kathy on May 3, 2012 · 0 comments
in ALI Community, Books, Coping, Exhale Magazine, Healing, Hope, Infertility, Inspiration, Loss, Love, Miscarriage, Poetry, Pregnancy Loss, Reviews, Writing
Exhale Magazine‘s Spring 2012 Issue is here! This issue’s theme focuses on “Continuity and Expansion.” I wrote a book review about Richard Rohr’s Falling Upward and a poem (previously published here on my blog) called Breathing that is among those featured in this current issue. For those of you not familiar with Exhale, it is an online literary magazine for those “living and breathing through […]
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