Remembering Molly (9 months)

January 17, 2009

Today it has been nine months since Molly was born and went to Heaven. It is bittersweet to recall where we were at this time last year, as we had just received Molly’s diagnosis of having a rare and severe combination of congenital heart defects. It is also around this time last year that a […]

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Vote early and often…

January 8, 2009

Living here in Chicago, which is located in currently one of the most politically corrupt states in our nation (you may have heard about our governor), of course I am all about stuffing the ballot box… So please join me in voting daily from now through Tuesday, January 13 for Melissa, our very own Stirrup […]

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Joy is in the journey!

December 31, 2008

Can you believe it is New Year’s Eve already? What a year 2008 has been… Certainly not the year I imagined it would be around this time last year. I hope that you all had a very Merry Christmas, a Happy Hanukkah and/or wonderful holiday season celebrating with your loved ones! Bob, Sean and I […]

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I know better…

December 18, 2008

…then to actually believe that I could be pregnant again. However, for the past day or so I had let myself enjoy the fantasy that we might have been able to conceive on our own after all this time and trouble. You would think after 4 1/2 years of tyring to conceive and to sustain […]

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Remembering Molly (8 months)

December 17, 2008

Today it has been eight months since Molly was born and went to Heaven. As in previous months on the 17th, I am taking time today to honor the memory of our daughter and Sean’s baby sister through sharing with you about special things that help our family to continue to remember and feel connected […]

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Benson’s Anatomy

December 14, 2008

Greetings! It has been awhile since I posted here, in part because I just haven’t had much to say. Well, at least not much to say related to the original reason I created this blog and the additional reasons I have kept it up since. I also haven’t had, or at least made, the time […]

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