Month: November 2022

Child loss, Education, kindness

I STILL SAY GRACE

Corrie's Mom

Consider your teachers and education staff around the nation, and say, "thank you."

autism, Bereaved Parents, Child loss, children, parenthood, Poetry

Dreams for My Children: a Poem for Corrie and Her Brother

Corrie's Mom

In a dream, I heard her laughter. She bounced on the bed I could feel her arms around me, and see her curls wrap around her face. As always, her hair flew unkempt, unbrushed as if she'd just read Where the Wild Things Are. I'd laugh and tell her, "She was one of the the… Continue reading Dreams for My Children: a Poem for Corrie and Her Brother

Bereaved Parents, bereavement, Child loss, Grief, Loss, Poetry, Writing

A Corrie Poem: Books I Never Wanted

Corrie's Mom

There are books I never wanted, and books I never read. There are words I wish I'd written, and words I never knew. Somehow every story leads me back to you. It ended as a story that I never wanted from a book I never knew. By R.A. Bridges