Month: July 2017

autism, Education, Family, Life, parenthood, Writing

Parting with Anger

Corrie's Mom

I've written about anger before ... In poems for my memoir .... Anger's Beginning Anger itself is not violent, but when left to fester, it can become a hurricane sweeping through the Caribbean to Florida up through my home state, South Carolina. Those storms are never forgotten. The reason I write about my experience with… Continue reading Parting with Anger

Family, Life, Memoir Shorts, parenthood, parenting, Writing

Longer Than Six Weeks: A Mom’s Journey

Corrie's Mom

There is also the fear of: How will I work at the rate I did before? Will I be what I was before?

Economy, Family, Life, Literature, parenthood, Poetry, Writing

What is “Never Saw Jesus in the Mirror”?

Corrie's Mom

I took seven-and-a-half-years to write my novel, Sons of the Edisto. Like a friendship begun in childhood, I have scribbled different narratives and poems about my journey from journalism into motherhood and teaching. It might sound mundane at first, but ... Some had to do with my relationship with my husband. Some poems were about my… Continue reading What is “Never Saw Jesus in the Mirror”?