Wednesday, June 19, 2013

title pic My First Fundraiser!!!!

Posted by Katrina Kaczmarek on February 11, 2013

I am sponsoring my very first fund raiser and I could not be more excited. I am moderator for a club at my school that helps kids with cancer, and we are raising money for a very dear family. I would like to raise as much money as possible for this family. Here is a [...]

title pic If you want me to sing Kumbaya, STAY AWAY!

Posted by Katrina Kaczmarek on October 10, 2012

am sick and tired of being sick and tired!!!! I am going on two years here, and I am so ready to move on. Cancer, and the battle will always be a part of my life, a part of what has shaped my life to be more exact, but I AM DONE! I am cooked, [...]

title pic African Jade Hugs!

Posted by Katrina Kaczmarek on August 20, 2012

I just ordered some high quality beautiful African Jade, and this is the Hugs bracelet that I made. A pale green gemstone. Jade is said to be of help in relieving kidney complaints, bladder trouble and eye problems. When worn as a piece of jewelry, jade is thought to provide protection from one’s enemies and [...]

title pic Welcome Fear

Posted by Katrina Kaczmarek on August 11, 2012

I have now been officially divorced for five months and 10 days. I have been living separated for seven months, and I have known the divorce was coming for about 11 months and a week. Tonight, I am alone and actually happy and enjoying the moment. I have spent so much of my alone time [...]

title pic So if we are all Sons and Daughters of God, I am a VERY JADED PRINCESS!

Posted by Katrina Kaczmarek on June 22, 2012

Maybe I should work at one of those Asian nail places! And maybe she shouldn’t! My daughter and I took turns doing each other’s nails today at the local HHI Princess party. It was cute, but BOY am I jaded. I suppose it is good that I realize I am jaded, I suppose that is [...]

title pic Lowering Expectations!

Posted by Katrina Kaczmarek on June 3, 2012

Interesting concept, babysitting one’s own children, and yet that is what I am doing this evening. They were dropped off at 5:15, and now they are sleeping soundly. They will be picked up sometime in the morning. I guess you can’t truly call it babysitting when they are your own children, but if I hadn’t [...]

title pic Thoughts and Dinner!

Posted by Katrina Kaczmarek on June 2, 2012

I had dinner tonight with a dear friend. We went to dinner. This was the second friend that had an issue with me not going to church lately. These two friends have offered support and incoragement in a very difficult time when I am questioning the need for organized/dogmatic religion. It ended up being a [...]

title pic What do You want?

Posted by Katrina Kaczmarek on May 29, 2012

I have been thinking about that a lot lately! I want my home to be a soft place for me and my kids to fall, and I want to own it, so I am not stressed by the mortgage. I want to show my children the world. I want to show them that even with [...]

title pic That first Breath!

Posted by Katrina Kaczmarek on May 27, 2012

A friend from high school was visiting me a few weeks ago for a long weekend, and he said something that I have been thinking about for a while now. At one point during our visit he said, “Some day you will take a breath.” I had to ask what he meant, and I will [...]

title pic Love Suffering!

Posted by Katrina Kaczmarek on May 23, 2012

And I saw the river over which every soul must pass to reach the kingdom of heaven and the name of that river was suffering: and I saw a boat which carries souls across the river and the name of that boat was love. – John of the Cross Love Suffering, this was another saying [...]