Bereaved and Blessed

Father’s Day Blessings

June 16, 2013

Father’s Day Blessing Loving God, we give you thanks for the many gifts you have given us; the gift of life, the gift of those who love us and especially, today, we thank you for the gift of our fathers. We ask your blessing upon our fathers who gave us rules to live by, standards […]

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Spring Shed: Week Thirteen

June 15, 2013

Welcome to the thirteenth check-in for the Spring Shed! Here is the back story about this support group/blog hop for those trying to be accountable for the positive changes we are making in our lives in 2013. After ten weeks of doing the Winter Shed, we moved on to this Spring Shed. Whether you are trying to shed […]

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GRAB(ook) Club: Measure of Love

June 13, 2013

Welcome to my first post as part of Melissa Ford’s new Gonna Read it Anyway Book Club, a.k.a. the GRAB(ook) Club! One of the things I love about Mel’s latest brain-child is the relatively simple format. Though I really enjoyed my past experiences participating in online book clubs and book tours, they can be very time-consuming. With […]

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Time Warp Tuesday: Decisions

June 11, 2013

Let’s do the Time Warp again! Welcome to the 32nd installment of my blog hop/writing exercise called Time Warp Tuesday! For those not familiar with Time Warp Tuesdays, which I host on the 2nd Tuesday of every month, here is the background of how and why I came up with the idea. If you are […]

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Spring Shed: Week Twelve

June 8, 2013

Welcome to the twelfth check-in for the Spring Shed! Here is the back story about this support group/blog hop for those trying to be accountable for the positive changes we are making in our lives in 2013. After ten weeks of doing the Winter Shed, we moved on to this Spring Shed. Whether you are trying to shed […]

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Team Caring Connection: Running for Hope & Remembering Our Babies

June 5, 2013

Thank you so much to everyone who supported our family and everyone who is a part of Team Caring Connection on Sunday and in the days leading up to the Running for Hope 5k Run/Fun Walk benefiting Advocate Children’s Hospital (including their Bereavement Program) and our local Ronald McDonald House! It was a cold and overcast morning, but our hearts were warm and […]