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Infant Girl Houser’s Grave is Important, too

Her grave is important, too.

children, Family, Loss, nature, parenthood, Photography, Photos

The Green Spaces of the World: Many Pictures

When I've lost myself, or my mind, I find it again in nature.

autism, children, Communication, Family, inspiration, Life, marriage, Mental Health, parenthood, Poetry, Writing

“Mommy, What Does Love Look Like”: Stories Imagined and Stories Told

When the darkest hour was not done and the mud feel from the mountain, yes, I slid. The tears came, and my anger, without a mercy for which a Christian sinner prays, set ablaze for those who demanded when they'd received. I collapsed upon the green shores where you once played and asked for such stories of mine. Then your father came home with your brother, and found me quiet ...

Family, Life, parenthood, Poetry, Writing

Gold of No Use Except to Me: a Short Corrie Poem

You said, "But Mommy, I want to go into the woods, too."

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The Greatest Gift Given

We all have something we want.

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Remember the Times: a Joyful Corrie Reflection and Poetry Excerpt

Then are times, like now, when I come out of the winter. I feel the joy of her life. I feel the pull of her spirit. Her strength and humor then remind me of how she would want me to be after her death.

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The Place of Corrie’s Dreams: with a poetry excerpt

Did you ever stop and hear about the house of which Corrie dreamed?

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The Hero and the Hummingbird: A Hopeful Story in our Walk with Corrie

Corrie appeared in an open area of a deciduous forest similar to the areas in which she'd grown up without bulldozers, road construction and neighborhoods with three inches between houses