Bereaved and Blessed

Tales of a Fourth Grade Something & His Sister

August 26, 2013

Our morning did not quite go as we planned. I did get up early, as we discussed last night. As soon as Bob got out of the shower I was ready to get in, instead of sleeping later, as I often tended to this summer. I assumed that Abby was still asleep and Sean had […]

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Kindergarten Past, Present & Future

August 25, 2013

I remember your first day of Kindergarten, in September 2009. You were so excited and so were we! You chose to wear your “Life is Good – PB & J” t-shirt as you thought it would be fun for your classmates to know how much you like to eat PB & J sandwiches and so […]

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Glads & Pineapple

August 22, 2013

This morning I was at the grocery store picking up a few things we needed. While there I noticed they had beautiful, fresh-cut gladiolus flowers for sale. Gladiolus flowers are among my favorites, especially since the summer of 1997, when I lived in a small town in Illinois called Momence, where I served as Recreation Director. […]

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We Heal Here

August 21, 2013

On the third Monday of the month, we gather, we share, we listen, we care. We Heal Here Whether its been 10 days, 10 weeks, 10 months or 10 years. We Heal Here We tell our stories. We grieve together. We hold each other up when we feel like we’re falling apart. We Heal Here […]

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Gatekeeping (11th Edition)

August 14, 2013

How are you feeling? What are your plans for tomorrow? Welcome to the eleventh edition of my “Gatekeeping” blog series. I shared the back story of these simple and yet powerful questions in this post. It’s been three months since we last did some Gatekeeping here and my life has felt like a whirlwind. What seemed like […]

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I’m Syndicated on BlogHer!

August 13, 2013

One of my recent posts, about the blogging voices we fill, was chosen for syndication on BlogHer! Today it went live in the Blogging and Social Media section. This is the second time I have had a post syndicated on BlogHer and I feel honored to have this opportunity again. My original post was called Everybody needs a… I […]