Uncomfortable Questions

July 1, 2008

This afternoon I took Sean for a much needed haircut. Though I LOVE his sweet brown curls, they were getting fairly long and in the heat of the summer I think my dear son deserved to cool off a bit and lighten his load. Sean had not been to our neighborhood barber shop since the […]

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"A very interesting heart…"

June 24, 2008

This afternoon I got a call from one of the nurses at our OB’s office that “our little angel’s” (as she referred to Molly) autopsy report had arrived at their office. She said that our OB wanted to know if we would like for them to fax or send us a copy. I said yes […]

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Stay Tuned

June 23, 2008

Over the weekend I read an awesome book Stay Tuned: Conversations with Dad from the Other Side by Jenniffer Weigel. She is a broadcast news and entertainment reporter in Chicago that grew up in my childhood hometown of Evanston, Illinois. Her father, Tim Weigel, was a very popular local news reporter here in Chicago for […]

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Lessons in Parenting

June 19, 2008

I know that no body’s perfect and I am certainly not a perfect mother. But most of the time I pride myself on doing a pretty good job raising Sean and making what I feel to be appropriate decisions and choices about his rearing. That said, yesterday I learned a hard lesson about parenting… sometimes […]

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Remembering Molly (2 months)

June 17, 2008

Today is the two month anniversary of the day that our baby girl Molly was born and went to Heaven. It is hard to believe that much time has passed since we held our daughter and baby sister in our arms. Sean and I visited Molly’s grave (pictured above) this morning with some close neighborhood […]

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Therapy and Steak `n Shake

June 15, 2008

What do going to therapy and eating at Steak `n Shake have in common? Not much at face value, though I do find eating Steak `n Shake cheese fries and drinking their chocolate shakes to be therapeutic on occasion. However this afternoon, Bob, Sean and I decided to stop at one for lunch en route […]

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