Author Archives: Kay Pelham

Thoughts on Empathy and the Education of James Pelham

Posted on August 20, 2019 by Kay Pelham

What is it I want to say about Empathy? So many things are running through my mind that I want to share with you, but mostly it is that I want you to understand that that is the end-goal of … Continue reading →

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Towards a Philosophy of Remembering

Posted on July 14, 2019 by Kay Pelham

I wrote here about the value of remembering and my own failure to have as much written on my heart as I think I should. My friend Cindy is a big proponent of Remembering. In her “Morning Time for Moms” … Continue reading →

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A Divinity Which Shapes Our Ends

Posted on June 9, 2019 by Kay Pelham

“At the age of seventeen, Abbie must decide whether to marry Ed, and live a life of comfort, or Will, who offers a sod shanty on the Nebraska frontier.” That’s the one sentence description at Goodreads for Bess Streeter Aldrich’s … Continue reading →

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Moments at AmblesideOnline Camp Meeting 2019

Posted on May 7, 2019 by Kay Pelham

I wrote the following last month. Now that our web hosting company, who shall not be named, has fixed its glitches, however temporary that may be, here you go: From April 4 -6 I attended the AmblesideOnline (AO) Camp Meeting … Continue reading →

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I’ll take Liberty

Posted on March 23, 2019 by Kay Pelham

I posted the following on Facebook a year ago today. It came up on my FB memories, and I thought, “Hey! this sounds like a blog post.” So here you go, in all its original, unedited glory: “I was in … Continue reading →

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On the Thirteenth Anniversary of Our Daughter’s Birth

Posted on February 3, 2019 by Kay Pelham

Today I commemorate a day that was never going to be. The baby that would be named Virginia Grace Pelham at about 20 weeks gestation was Trisomy-18 from her conception and although she beat some odds to survive to birth, … Continue reading →

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Thoughts about Veterans Day and The Greatest Generation

Posted on November 11, 2018 by Kay Pelham

You can look it up to see if I’m right, but what I think I know is that November 11th (and I believe it’s down to the minute at 11:11) was originally called Armistice Day, and commemorated the end of … Continue reading →

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Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Kay Pelham

Anyone who knows me well and either reads here or at Facebook knows that it doesn’t take much to get me to remember and talk about my daughter. Here’s something I posted last week at Facebook after I saw a … Continue reading →

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You’re Better Than You Think You Are: Life Lesson from a Cello Lesson

Posted on September 24, 2018 by Kay Pelham

I have been playing piano for 49 years. One year and a half ago I began cello lessons. I have attempted other instruments through the years, but this was the first that I took seriously enough to go beyond buying … Continue reading →

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What I Learned 20 Years Ago

Posted on July 28, 2018 by Kay Pelham

You don’t always get what you want. Certainly, I had this figured out by age 36, but my 31 year old brother’s death was the hardest lesson I had had up to that point of the reality of this. (And regardless … Continue reading →

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