Bereaved and Blessed

A Father’s Day Blessing

June 17, 2012

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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BlogHer State of Mind

June 13, 2012

Yeah, yeah, I’m goin’ ta BlogHer 2012, It’ll be my first time, hangin’ with my tribe. Travelin’ with my sista, Meg’s a newbie too, She writes about adoption ‘n tryin’ for #2. I’m Bereaved and Blessed. I used to be a mess, Cuz tryin’ for another, can bring a lot of stress. We finally got our rainbow, the […]

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Time Warp Tuesday: Fathering

June 12, 2012

Let’s do the Time Warp again! Welcome to the twentieth 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 here to participate […]

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“You’re Not Special”

June 11, 2012

You’ve probably heard about this speech somewhere lately. It was on my radar, but I hadn’t taken the time to try to find and read it. Thankfully today it found its way to me through an old friend who shared a link to it on Facebook, which showed up in my news feed. It was just […]

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Pause

June 6, 2012

I wonder how many people pause, like I do, every time someone asks me how many children I have? It should be a simple question, with an easy answer. But that isn’t the case when you have lost a child or have struggled with secondary infertility, then such questions can be painful to hear and […]

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My Blog No Longer Fits Me

June 5, 2012

Have you ever thought that? I know that many of us who have blogged for years, especially those who have been able to resolve some or all the reasons we began blogging, have wondered what to do when we reach that point. Though I do not feel that way now, I certainly have at times […]