I will design and build a rose garden inspired by Jackie Kennedy's White House Rose Garden as it was before a concrete pad replaced the lawn.
Category: Child loss
When a Heart Breaks: The Ballad of Colorado, a Poem
to think on that day when a shooting occurred in Colorado that, it was in the same school district as Columbine?
Grief: Past the Days of the Anglerfish to Nemo
Grief will change you in ways you never expect. Some say grief is an ocean. A truth exists in this extended metaphor. In the beginning—and sometimes for longer—you live in the ebony depths of the ocean where only the best cameras capture pictures of its creations. Some friends drop off because the depths are too… Continue reading Grief: Past the Days of the Anglerfish to Nemo
How Gardening Eases Mental Health Struggles
When we face an injury or illness, we hope the doctor will ease the pain or cure it. But, with mental health struggles, sometimes there is not a cure. There is only something to ease the pain.
You Need to Listen to “The Night We Met” if You Haven’t
I must pay a debt of service. I must perform good acts with a genuine heart, so I am worthy of seeing my daughter again, and in my mind, have paid some type of price for the pain she had suffered.
Trauma Dumping, a Poem
Today, I share a poem on a term about which I have written before. This time I read this poem, "Trauma Dumping," in Corrie's Butterfly Garden.
If TikTok Says Goodbye
Now the cat's bell jingles in the hallway, as he hopes I will open the door to Corrie's room where he spent much of his kitten time. Where there should be the sound of a 10-year-old girl telling me to leave her room, the wind rustles the last of the brown leaves on the trees.
TikTok Christmas Card and Sunset at the Cemetery: (You’ve been Warned)
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)
Ways to Support those Grieving during the Holidays
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
The Unexpected Journey
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.
Corrie's Season 