Let’s Do the Time Warp Again!

September 19, 2011

It’s just a jump to the left and then a step to the right. Put your hands on your hips… Okay, maybe not exactly *that* kind of time warp. When I was in college at the University of Illinois one of the local bars had a theme night every week called “Time Warp Tuesday.” My […]

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Another Very Happy Day!

September 17, 2011

Two years ago when I was in the home stretch of my pregnancy with our daughter and “rainbow baby” Abigail Grace, one of our OB’s told us that “September 17th (was) going to be a happy day!” That became my mantra in the weeks leading up to Abby’s birth, as I was very nervous and scared that somehow […]

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Can I Get a Witness?

September 15, 2011

I have been writing a lot lately, but my focus is not as much here on my blog as it usually is. Rather, it is directed at a “witness” that I am writing as the lay director for an upcoming “Christ Renews His Parish” (CRHP) women’s retreat at our church this Fall. The theme of […]

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Lost for Words

September 14, 2011

I am not sure how I didn’t know about or come across this website before today. I have been aware of Carly Marie’s breathtaking Names in the Sand ministry, in honor and memory of her son Christian, since soon after she began it 2008. It meant the world to me when Carly wrote our daughter Molly’s name in the […]

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9/11: Remembering & Carrying On

September 11, 2011

Like so many of you, today as we mark the 10th Anniversary of that fateful time in our nation’s history I have a heavy heart. It’s hard to believe that ten years have come and gone since “the day the world changed.” I know I will never forget my experience on September 11, 2001 and […]

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Bereavement & Self Care

September 8, 2011

One of my cousins, who is a psychologist, recently sent me an email with the link to an ABC News article that she had received from the American Psychological Association (APA). The article was about a study that was done looking at the increased health risks to parents who have survived the death of one or more of […]

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