Bereaved and Blessed

Rewind 2024

January 12, 2025

13 years ago I participated in a year-end blog meme for the first time called Rewind 2011, with fun and interesting questions designed to get writers and readers to reflect on our lives in 2011. I did so again the following year, with my Rewind 2012. After that I took six years off, starting up […]

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Glimpses of Mom and Dad

December 28, 2024

I rarely remember dreams these days. Four months and 10 days ago, on Sunday, August 18th, I slept later than usual, in part because I was still recovering from my first (after all this time) experience having COVID. I had a vivid dream with a lot going on. My mom showed up towards the end […]

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Our First Pregnancy Loss (20 Years Later)

December 1, 2024

20 years ago today, on December 1, 2004, we experienced our first miscarriage. I was about seven weeks pregnant, with an estimated due date (EDD) of July 20, 2005. Sean was 13 months old when I tested positive with a home pregnancy test on November 10, 2004. We were trying and I was anxious to […]

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Today You Are 21

October 2, 2024

Today you’ve reached a significant milestone in a young adult’s life, your young adult life. Today you are 21 years old. I had a bit of trouble falling asleep last night and as I was trying to settle down, I reflected on how I was actually awake most of the night before you were born. […]

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Today You Are Fifteen

September 17, 2024

‘Cause when you’re fifteen… Can you believe it? Today you are fifteen! I was going to borrow/reuse some of the post I wrote for your older sibling Sean on their 15th Birthday six years ago, using lyrics from the awesome song 100 Years by Five for Fighting, as I felt they fit/apply to you at […]

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My London Semester Journal II: Sunday, March 31, 1996

August 27, 2024

Sunday, 3-31-96 4:00 PM On the Way Home from Our Road Trip (somewhere in Scotland or England) 9:00 AM E-Town Back in the “Black Sheep”… That’s what we’ve named our rental car this weekend! We are on our way home after a fabulous weekend which truly exceeded my (& I believe all of our) expectations! Ruth […]