Author R.A. Bridges, Corrie's Mom
During the holiday season, I put up 10 luminaries at the back of the Arendelle Garden with evergreens I have planted throughout 2024 honoring our daughter Corrie's tenth birthday on December 10. In the time between Christmas and the New Year when it pours rain outside, snow covers your driveway, or all of the wintry… Continue reading All the Garden Favorites I’ve Loved Before
At the end of the day, I want to be around him more than anyone else because he is my best friend.
https://videopress.com/v/wRJQPkRC?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true This is the TikTok Christmas card I made for everyone. If you watch until the end, you will see Felix, my cat, and Sugar Belle, our family dog, in their holiday sweaters. I was weary of the social media platform, TikTok, but now I hope the United States does not lose access to it.… Continue reading TikTok Christmas Card and Sunset at the Cemetery: (You’ve been Warned)
The way we grieve is personal. An accepted fact about grief is that everyone grieves differently. What seems the hardest to understand is how people grieving is denormalized in society, and how we are sometimes ousted from some relationships when we unveil our grief. In our early stages of grief, maybe we feel shock, mourn,… Continue reading Ways to Support those Grieving during the Holidays
I plan for this to be the one time I write publicly in some depth about faith. I hope that it will hold true.
This raised bed makes the experience more than just gardening.
I remember a woman at one of my Compassionate Friends--an international support group for parents, grandparents, and siblings who have lost a child/ brother/ sister--said that, with time, your grief journey will bring you gifts you never imagined. Now if you had the choice to get your child back, of course, you would take it, but this is the path given to us.
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Poetry, story and real life. Once soldier, busnessman, grandfather and Poet.
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Drift among the scribbles of writer Janet Gogerty
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From A Garden To A City, And Beyond - The Prophetic Journey. Isaiah 65:17.
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As a stay at home mom, yoga has helped me compose myself in ways I never expected. I am on a weight loss journey while I attempt to parent my child the best way I know how. Join me on my path and hopefully, it'll inspire you, as well!
Life is all about being curious, asking questions, and discovering your passion. And it can be fun!
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Corrie's Season 