Bereaved and Blessed

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, […]

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Gatekeeping (5th Edition)

May 21, 2012

How are you feeling? What are your plans for tomorrow? Welcome to the fifth edition of my “Gatekeeping” blog series. I shared the back story of these simple and yet powerful questions in this post. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Last week I received an email from a reader letting me know how much my Gatekeepers post has meant to […]

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My First Sestina: To Sing

May 17, 2012

I am excited to share with you my first attempt at writing a sestina style poem. Though I have played around with poetry a bit in the past (mostly limericks and another one that I am very proud of), I don’t think I have tried to write fixed form since high school and I know that I […]