My soul flies as quick as a hurricane sweeping the coast empty of light.
Author: Corrie's Mom
They say teacher turn over is high right now, and many teachers will leave the profession in five years or less. I will enter my seventh year as a full-time teacher, and my 12th year in education after I'd started as a sub and teacher assistant. I was the student in the 1990s you did not want in your classroom because I was diagnosed with ADHD and did not know how to socialize with other kids. I was due to be tested for autism, but this was considered an ostracizing experience for a child then, especially a girl. I am a third generation teacher and author of seventeen creative works.
Six: A Poem for Corrie’s Collection
Include a pinch of make up you always ask me for when you grab my pale green Clinique tube and press your ...
Christmas Bells on the Door: A Corrie Poem
The Christmas bells on green strings still sound ...
A Short Corrie Poem, Gravel Drive
Birds chirp like Broadway singers singing different words at one time.
Corrie’s Goodbye
If they could throw glitter and invite a herd of unicorns to add to the drama of their goodbye hugs, they would.
A Short Post: Celebrate a Corrie 4th
Set up a dance party, but remember a dance party is not a proper dance party unless you dress up.
Hallie, Did You Know? (A Goodbye Poem for Marshall and Corrie)
Hallie, did you replay your last goodbye ...
To Corrie
"And it is because of her heaven is called heaven."
The G-Word
This is the fourth post in my goodbye series. Dedicated to those who have ever had to say goodbye too soon. July is is Bereaved Parents' Month. Don't say the g-word. I don't want to hear it. "God?" you ask. I roll my eyes like my daughter, Corrie, did when I asked her a question… Continue reading The G-Word
The Goodbye Moments
We say goodbye to seasons in life. They make us ugly-cry-laugh. They take us on that emotional rollercoaster. It's not like a newer one. The rollercoaster is more like the old wooden one my son went on last summer for his birthday.
Corrie's Season 