Category: Bereaved Parents

Bereaved Parents, bereavement, children, Loss

A Reflection of Corrie before her Ninth Birthday

Corrie's Mom

A video reflection of Corrie before her ninth birthday in her Arendelle Garden.

Bereaved Parents, bereavement, Child loss, Grief, marriage, parenthood, parenting, Photography, Photos

Through Everything: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Corrie's Mom

But what was truly beautiful included how he recognized our growth as a family when he said last night: "Who would've thought we'd decorate again; that you'd go to this extent to put up lights [for Christmas]?"

Bereaved Parents, bereavement, Child loss, children, Family, garden, Grief, Joy, Life, parenthood, Photography, Photos

A Message of Thanks from Corrie’s Family

Corrie's Mom

When I consider the message of Thanksgiving, a lot of words fill my mind and heart for what I wish others to know and feel.

Advocacy, autism, Bereaved Parents, Child loss, children, parenthood, parenting

The Light When All Other Lights went Out

Corrie's Mom

By the age of six, a person with autism will experience more negative interactions compared with other children.

Bereaved Parents, Child loss, garden, Grief, inspiration, Photography, Photos, Writing

What the Farm Means to Me

Corrie's Mom

There was never a flower, wild or not, our daughter failed to love.

Bereaved Parents, Child loss, flowers, garden, Loss, Photography, Photos

Fall on the Farm

Corrie's Mom

I’ve often thought that if there is a space on Earth which most resembles heaven, it’s the Blue Ridge Parkway, or … the former Christmas tree farm my husband inherited.

Advocacy, Bereaved Parents, bereavement, Grief, inspiration, Life, Loss, parenthood

Reemergence: Those Sweet Honeybees don’t Know Me

Corrie's Mom

Remember, those sweet honeybees don't know me. A sparkling sassiness has overtaken the sarcasm, which was always a part of my personality. It's an attitude of: "Honey, if you don't like it, there's the door. The beautiful thing about the door is that you can fit through it and I can shut it."

Bereaved Parents, Child loss, Family, Joy, Life, reality

“Here Comes the Sun”

Corrie's Mom

If you'd ask me to imagine life 20 years ago, the plans I'd made would fail to match real events. I would never want to picture: - losing a child, - a tornado destroying parts of our home, - a miscarriage, - or nearly losing a spouse to colon cancer. I'd never imagined those events… Continue reading “Here Comes the Sun”

Bereaved Parents, bereavement, Child loss, Death, Family, garden, Grief, kindness, Life, nature, Photos

From Out of the Darkness, You will Come

Corrie's Mom

Often, from our darkest spaces, and our most vulnerable moments comes a light we can choose to cast on a small section of the world.

Bereaved Parents, Child loss, Family, flowers, Grief, inspiration, Life, Photos, Uncategorized

Mother’s Day for Those Without Hallmark Cards

Corrie's Mom

We are not forever cast to the darkness, nor would our children here, in heaven, wished for, wondered about, or mothers we miss or worry for want us to exist there.