Advocacy, Bereaved Parents, Grief, inspiration, Life, Loss, Writing

What is the Power of Words in Our Grief?

No matter the loss. No matter the person. No one should ever feel alone in the months and years after loss. Grief doesn't vanish after the last casserole comes to the door.

autism, Bereaved Parents, Child loss, children, Family, Life, parenting, Photography, Photos, Poetry, Writing

On Another Shore: A Photo Story Poem for Brother and Sister

You are always with me. We walk on different shores. When you dig your toes into the sand, know I dig my toes in the sand on another shore.

Art, Bereaved Parents, Blogging, Child loss, Family, inspiration, Life, memoir, Writing

Why Create a New Page?

For any author or artist, it's good to have a published page where you show your work.

Education, Family, Life, memoir, Photography, Writing

A Memoir Worth Writing

Did you ever stop to think about what kind of writer, or artist, you are? We're not speaking in terms of genre.

Child loss, Communication, Family, Poetry, Writing

Our Daughter Knows All the Reasons Why: A Poem

Our daughter knows all the reasons why, and she'd have you lift your eyes to the heavens where she paints those sunset colors just for you.

Bereaved Parents, children, Education, inspiration, Photography, Photos, Poetry, Writing

Maybe It Won’t Rain, a Poem

Never could I whistle, and never did time allow for my goodbyes to all the children I ever loved.

Bereaved Parents, Child loss, Family, Life, Poetry, Writing

Roadside: A Corrie Poem

Pull off on the road side where I pick six Tiger Lillies growing between the state park and the paved road with holes careful drivers swerve around.

Child loss, flowers, Poetry, Writing

Twilight in June: A Corrie Poem

I walk in the twilight in June—a time when kids find love easy along with the Internet and cigarettes.

Bereaved Parents, children, Grief, Life, parenthood, parenting, Poetry, Writing

A Corrie Poem: Lightning Bugs

When I see the lightning bugs from your desk and window, I wonder if there are lightning bugs up where angels fly.