Month: December 2021

Bereaved Parents, Child loss, Loss, Photos, Poetry, Writing

Hands that Betray, Hands on my Daughter’s Grave: A Reflection

Corrie's Mom

But I must, again, find my internal grit, and face the world with what has happened and what will come.

Art, Bereaved Parents, inspiration, marriage, Photos, Poetry

More than a Million Words: Ten Years Married to Corrie’s Father

Corrie's Mom

Now, on the weekend of our ten-year-anniversary, we face a next phase in our journey. We will walk together in the new years as John battles stage 3 colon cancer with all the strength for which he's known. He will work through the chemo and radiation.

Bereaved Parents, bereavement, Child loss, children, Family, Life, Photos

Celebrating Corrie

Corrie's Mom

Thank you to everyone for honoring Corrie's birthday! It means more than you will ever know to spread Corrie's name and her memory. I wrote a hopefully inspirational, hard, honest, and ultimately, grateful reflection.

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

7 Minutes in Heaven (a Corrie Poem)

Corrie's Mom

Six I've since learned in the eighteen months since I lost my little girl, who loved to wear her red winter coat made for church in a March rain, that December reminds me of the time when her father ...