Bereaved and Blessed

The Beverly Review

April 9, 2012

Last week my friend Marianne from We Band of Mothers and I were featured in our neighborhood’s weekly newspaper. The piece highlighted that we both placed in Circle of Moms 2012 Top 25 Blog Lists. Marianne’s blog was honored in the “Funny Moms” category and mine made the “Moms with Inspiring Families” list. Many thanks to The […]

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Happy Easter!

April 8, 2012

Wishing you and yours a blessed and wonderful Easter! Love, Kathy, Bob, Sean & Abby with Molly in our hearts

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Stations of the Cross

April 6, 2012

Usually my family and I, or at least I, attend Good Friday evening mass during Holy Week. However, we decided to go to The Stations of the Cross at our church this afternoon instead. Though I have vague recollections of participating in the Stations a few times throughout my life, it has not been something I have done […]

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Do You Know What I Have Done For You?

April 5, 2012

It’s Holy Thursday in our Catholic/Christian community and our Jewish brothers and sisters’ celebration of Passover begins tomorrow night. Bob, Sean, Abby and I participated in a beautiful mass at our church earlier this evening. The Paschal Triduum is my favorite time of year in our church community and has been since I was a child. Tonight we heard […]

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That’s What Friends Are For

April 2, 2012

One year ago today, on Saturday, April 2, 2011, an old and dear friend of mine died. Two days later, on Monday, I got “the call” from my friend’s aunt with the news. Those are the calls you never, ever, want to receive. Listening to the person on the other end of the line is beyond […]

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Our Latest Project (Before)

March 31, 2012

Since moving into our new home last July we have known that the exterior needed to be painted. There were some more pressing projects that we had to take care of first, but now we are ready to tackle this one (i.e. we hired local painters to do so). I thought it would be fun to […]