Bereaved and Blessed

Merry Christmas!

December 25, 2013

With love from, Kathy, Bob, Sean & Abby with Molly in our hearts

It’s been over 5 1/2 year since I last held Molly in my arms. Today I got to hold a special bear that weighs the same as Molly did, 4 lbs. 10 oz. It was awesome and surreal to hold our “Molly Bear” for the first time. She arrived late this afternoon, after a day that […]

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Detour

December 3, 2013

We were running a bit late, as we’d stayed home long enough for me to register her for a park district sports class. If we didn’t do it right at 9:00 a.m., she might not have gotten a spot. As we turned right off of our street, habitually following our daily route to her preschool, […]

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Certainty

November 24, 2013

“You’ll just know…” When you are in love. When you’ve found the one. When you are in labor. When you are done trying to have children. When the time is right. That’s what I have been told throughout my life. But it has rarely been my experience. I choose to love my husband, I didn’t […]

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Force of Nature

November 19, 2013

She was sharing their story again, one I have heard so many times and variations of in recent years, since they lost their first child and joined our group. It’s a sad story, but also one filled with love, hope and determination to build their family. This time she compared how it feels trying to […]

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Sunday School for Adults — Session 2: Did St. Paul Get the Story Right?

November 10, 2013

Last week I shared about a new faith formation program at our parish, “Sunday School for Adults,” led by Fr. Bill Kenneally. In that post I included my notes from the first of six sessions. This week I am sharing my note from session two. Here’s a list of the topics for each session and as […]