Bereaved and Blessed

Rational vs. Emotional

July 17, 2012

Over the weekend Jjraffe from Too Many Fish to Fry shared an awesome eCard that those who have dealt with infertility, adoption and loss will likely appreciate. I know that I sure did! Jjraffe suggested that it might be the best one she has seen yet. I agree that it is one of the best, but […]

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Less Than Three Weeks Until…

July 16, 2012

I get to give these to the people who I meet at BlogHer`12 in NYC!

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Good Form Running

July 15, 2012

Over the past seven years I have learned to run and really enjoy the experience. Like many forms of exercise, running is therapeutic for me mentally, in addition to the way it makes me feel physically. I have trained for and run in five neighborhood 5K races, the the most recent with my eight-year-old son Sean. I […]

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When You Get Little

July 14, 2012

Recently Abby started talking about things she will do, like Mommy, when she gets bigger. Then she began to tell me about the things I could do when I “get little.” I think Abby’s idea is so sweet and such an interesting perspective for her to have and share with me. One day last month, […]

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Strange Things

July 13, 2012

It’s Friday the 13th and though I am not very superstitious, it is on my radar. Since this past week has brought a slew of random and unexpected unlucky events to our family, I am hoping that today will be relatively uneventful in comparison. They say bad things happen in threes and there were at […]

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Thursday’s Voice: Week Two

July 12, 2012

Thank you for your support of and enthusiasm for my fellow writers and me at The Today Voice since we launched our new writing project last week. I especially appreciate those of you who took the time to comment on my first post over there and share your thoughts on the prompt for week one here and/or there. […]