Bereaved and Blessed

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 […]

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Gatekeeping (4th Edition)

April 20, 2012

How are you feeling? What are your plans for tomorrow? Welcome to the fourth edition of my “Gatekeeping” blog series. I shared the back story of these simple and yet powerful questions in this post. I have been in a funk for much of this week and realized today that rather than trying to continue […]

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Remembering Molly (4 years) ~ Happy Birthday Baby Girl!

April 17, 2012

Happy 4th Heavenly Birthday Molly Marie! Has it really been four years since I last held you in my arms? It’s hard for me to believe that much time has passed since you were born and took your last breath. It is both painful and healing for me to write you this letter every year. It […]

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Titanic – Part III: I Won’t Give Up

April 15, 2012

This is my third and final post about Titanic this week. Here are links to my previous two posts: Titanic – Part I: It Was Sad When the Great Ship Went Down Titanic – Part II: Haven Exploration Originally I envisioned this last post being about some of my other connections and experiences related to […]

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Titanic – Part II: Haven Exploration

April 14, 2012

100 years ago tonight the RMS Titanic hit an iceberg and a few hours later/early the next morning (April 15, 1912) it had sunk. As I mentioned in Titanic Part I: It Was Sad When the Great Ship Went Down earlier this week, I have been fascinated by all things Titanic for years. When I was in the eighth […]