Category: Bereaved Parents

Bereaved Parents, children, Education, inspiration, Photography, Photos, Poetry, Writing

Maybe It Won’t Rain, a Poem

Corrie's Mom

Never could I whistle, and never did time allow for my goodbyes to all the children I ever loved.

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

Roadside: A Corrie Poem

Corrie's Mom

Pull off on the road side where I pick six Tiger Lillies growing between the state park and the paved road with holes careful drivers swerve around.

Bereaved Parents, children, Grief, Life, parenthood, parenting, Poetry, Writing

A Corrie Poem: Lightning Bugs

Corrie's Mom

When I see the lightning bugs from your desk and window, I wonder if there are lightning bugs up where angels fly.

Bereaved Parents, Child loss, Family, Grief, Life, Poetry, Writing

A Reflection on Military Members Lost

Corrie's Mom

Less than two months after Corrie's graduation to heaven, I thought about my great grandmother, and her loss of her oldest son, Marshall.

Advocacy, Bereaved Parents, Child loss, children, Family, Grief, Photography, Writing

A Reflection on the Person who Inspired my Strength

Corrie's Mom

Never make a decision in the dark. Wait for the dawn to come.

Bereaved Parents, Child loss, children, kindness, Photography

How We Remember Corrie

Corrie's Mom

Advocacy, Bereaved Parents, Child loss, children, Family, inspiration, Life, Photography, Poetry, Writing

Corrie’s First Angel Anniversary Poem: Some Kingdoms

Corrie's Mom

Sometimes we will heart the tap of shoes and giggles long after footsteps walk through the grove, the store, or sidewalks they know.

Bereaved Parents, Child loss, Grief, inspiration, Joy, Life, Loss

Why I Chose The Lord of the Dance for Corrie

Corrie's Mom

Because my daughter lives in me, and she is a "life that'll never, never die."

autism, Bereaved Parents, Child loss, children, Family, parenting, Photography, Poetry, Writing

The Mothers We Need to Remember: A Poem

Corrie's Mom

This poem is written for the mothers we sometimes forget on Mother's Day.

Art, Bereaved Parents, Child loss, Joy, Poetry, Writing

“If I Call You Juliet” Published in The Walled City Journal

Corrie's Mom

I hope you will celebrate and laugh with me now in the spirit of Corrie as my poem "If I Call You Juliet" has been published by "The Walled City Journal."