Month: September 2022

autism, Education, Family, inspiration, Life, Poetry, Writing

A Reflection of my Life as a Writer, Author, and Poet, Part I

Corrie's Mom

Just because I was identified as a child with learning disabilities and possibly autistic rather than academically gifted, it failed to mean that my intelligence and gifts would never show.

Family, Grief, Loss, Poetry, Writing

A Poem: Angels Not for Our Keeping

Corrie's Mom

i used to wonder why, but as the gold spreads through the leaves of the dogwood tree your father and my father and a farmer down the road rescued after the tornado, i gave up questioning why ... at least as often as I once cursed the sky for no other reason than i had… Continue reading A Poem: Angels Not for Our Keeping

Bereaved Parents, Child loss, children, inspiration, Writing

Novel Excerpt Finalist

Corrie's Mom

"She’d place vases of flowers  at the spots on the table where Lera’s sisters, mostly older and out of the house, had sat."

Bereaved Parents, Family, Grief, Poetry, Writing

Princess at the top of the Stairs

Corrie's Mom

A princess waits at the top of the stairs awaiting Her hand.