Bereaved and Blessed

Gatekeeping (6th Edition)

June 27, 2012

How are you feeling? What are your plans for tomorrow? Welcome to the sixth edition of my “Gatekeeping” blog series. I shared the back story of these simple and yet powerful questions in this post. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In 2011 I lost two loved ones to suicide. I realize that there is likely nothing I could have […]

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Perfect Moment Monday: “It Wasn’t Me!”

June 25, 2012

It’s the fourth Monday of the month which means its time to share our Perfect Moments from June with Lori from Write Mind Open Heart. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It’s been over a week now since Sean has been out of school for the summer and Abby and I are loving having him home/around most of the day, everyday […]

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What is Real? – Part I: Grace and Reality

June 21, 2012

This past season on Grey’s Anatomy there was a storyline about a baby, who was born premature, dying. The baby’s mother had the opportunity to hold her son, watch him and wait for him to take his last breath. As Bob and I watched that scene together I got choked up thinking about and remembering […]

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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 […]