Bereaved and Blessed

Happy Day

May 12, 2012

Whatever you do tomorrow, I hope that you feel the love and support of your family and friends. I wish you a wonderful day and hope that you get to spend time with people who are important to you. If you are a mother with living children, I hope that your loved ones, especially your sons […]

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Time Warp Tuesday: Mothering

May 8, 2012

Let’s do the Time Warp again! Welcome to the nineteenth 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 […]

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Sean’s Sacraments and Our Family (Then and Now)

May 7, 2012

THEN — Sean on his Baptism Day (Sunday, November 23, 2003) NOW — Sean on his First Communion Day (Saturday, May 5, 2012) THEN — Our Family on Sean’s Baptism Day (Sunday, November 23, 2003) NOW — Our Family on Sean’s First Communion Day (Saturday, May 5, 2012)

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Exhale & Falling Upward

May 3, 2012

Exhale Magazine‘s Spring 2012 Issue is here! This issue’s theme focuses on “Continuity and Expansion.” I wrote a book review about Richard Rohr’s Falling Upward and a poem (previously published here on my blog) called Breathing that is among those featured in this current issue. For those of you not familiar with Exhale, it is an online literary magazine for those “living and breathing through […]

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NIAW: Don’t Ignore People Who Already Have a Child

April 26, 2012

It’s Day 5 of National Infertility Awareness Week (NIAW). It took me awhile to figure out how I wanted to “fill in the blank” in effort to support and participate in Resolve’s NIAW Bloggers Unite Challenge. The theme this year, as you may already know, is: “Don’t ignore…” Though I appreciate the intention behind this theme, I wasn’t […]

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Perfect Moment Monday: Butterflies Everywhere!

April 23, 2012

It’s the fourth Monday of the month which means its time to share our Perfect Moments from April with Lori from Write Mind Open Heart. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Last week was the fourth anniversary of our daughter Molly’s birth and death. We celebrated with our family on Saturday, April 14th by going to the cemetery where she is buried to […]