Bereaved and Blessed

Gatekeeping (2nd Edition)

February 24, 2012

How are you feeling? What are your plans for tomorrow? Welcome to the second edition of my new “Gatekeeping” blog series. I shared the back story of these simple and yet powerful questions in this post. In 2011 I lost two loved ones to suicide. I realize that there is likely nothing I could have […]

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Silver Linings & What’s Next

February 22, 2012

Earlier this month I ordered this picture (framed and matted) for the office in our new home, which Bob recently repainted a very nice color that found out about here. I took the photo in August 2008 when Bob and I were in Lake Tahoe for the marriage of two of our friends, one of […]

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A Sweet Treat for Mardi Gras

February 21, 2012

At some point this morning I realized that today was Fat Tuesday and decided I wanted to make a special and sweet treat for my family to enjoy tonight for dessert before we begin our forty day observance of Lent in our Catholic faith tradition on Ash Wednesday tomorrow. Over the weekend we were at a family […]

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Time Warp Tuesday: Blog Beginnings

February 21, 2012

Let’s do the Time Warp again! Welcome to the sixteenth installment of my blog hop/writing exercise called Time Warp Tuesday here on Four of a Kind! For those not familiar with Time Warp Tuesdays, which I currently host on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month here is the background of how and why I […]

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We Will Always Love You

February 18, 2012

It was a beautiful and sunny day here in Chicago and if it weren’t for my fighting a bad cold, I likely would not have spent most of it resting on the couch in front of our TV. I had intended to record Whitney Houston’s funeral service on DVR, but ended up watching about half of the […]

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It’s Limerick Time!

February 16, 2012

Top of the mornin’ to ya! It’s that time of year when we drink Shamrock Shakes, eat Irish Soda Bread and write rhymes for Lori’s Limerick Chick Contest! I was honored to be the 2011 LimChick Winner last year with my entry about our Stirrup Queen Mel’s book Life from Scratch. Many thanks to all who voted for […]