Bereaved and Blessed

“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 […]

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Our Latest Project (After)

June 3, 2012

Our latest home improvement project is finally complete and we couldn’t be happier with how it turned out! I intended to share more “in progress” photos here, but never got around to uploading the pictures I took. Here are some before and after photos of the newly painted exterior of our house and garage to show the […]

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Perfect Moment Monday: 3.1 with My Son

May 28, 2012

It’s the fourth Monday of the month which means its time to share our Perfect Moments from May with Lori from Write Mind Open Heart. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Last year on Memorial Day, after running in my 4th Ridge Run 5K Race in our Beverly neighborhood here in Chicago, I shared the story here of how I learned […]

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I Went Back

May 22, 2012

This morning after I finished teaching my Yoga Sculpt class, I picked up Abby from the childcare room and headed to our car. I got her buckled in her car seat and found a toy for her to play with on the way home. Then I got into the driver’s seat, buckled my seat belt, […]