Otherness

November 9, 2011

 Photo Credit: Michael Brosilow Last week Bob and I got to see another wonderful play at the Steppenwolf Theater here in Chicago. Our last visit there was to see a memorable piece called Sex with Strangers which I wrote about here.  That play dealt with the power of words (both in print and on the Internet), as well as […]

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Time Warp Tuesday: Meet-Ups

November 8, 2011

Let’s do the Time Warp again! Welcome to the seventh installment of my blog hop/writing exercise called Time Warp Tuesday here on Four of a Kind! Today is also the eighth day of NaBloPoMo, so if you found your way here from the Blogroll (I’m #313 on the list of 2,216), a warm welcome to you! This post […]

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An Open Apology

November 7, 2011

Dear family and friends, I am not a doctor or nurse. I have no medical credentials, unless you loosely consider my knowledge of anatomy that I gained through studying to become a certified group fitness instructor. I have spent many years consulting with Dr. Google and other online “experts” about all things related to pregnancy, […]

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Discipleship

November 6, 2011

I scheduled this blog entry to post today around the time that I will give my witness on the women’s retreat (see my post from yesterday) that I am helping to facilitate at our church this weekend. My witness is about “Discipleship,” what it means to me and my faith journey. I ask that if you read […]

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Renewal

November 5, 2011

By the time you read this the women’s retreat that I helped to plan over the past six months and am facilitating this weekend will be underway. The retreat is called Christ Renews His Parish and is often abbreviated/referred to as “CRHP.” When we moved to this neighborhood 8 1/2 years ago many of our older neighbors and friends that […]

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Heather & Tina

November 4, 2011

Two of my friends recently started a blog. It is different than the ones that I typically read and follow, as they are not writing about parenting, infertility or loss. But being that I care about them and this new venture in their lives, I want to support them. It is also really cool to […]

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