Category: children

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Cherry Blossoms: How Dreams for Our Children Change

Corrie's Mom

We all have dreams for our children. I've often seen them symbolized in Cherry Blossom Trees

Child loss, children, Family, flowers, Grief, inspiration, Joy, Photos, Writing

“Are You Looking, Mommy?”

Corrie's Mom

When I see the daffodils, I spot her run behind the trees.

bereavement, children, Family, inspiration, Life, marriage

Son, Still We Walk, Still We Rise

Corrie's Mom

I wrote all of this for our son, so he knows there is life after darkness. There is growth after frost. There are people who love, and those who do not.

autism, Bereaved Parents, Child loss, children, parenthood, Poetry

Dreams for My Children: a Poem for Corrie and Her Brother

Corrie's Mom

In a dream, I heard her laughter. She bounced on the bed I could feel her arms around me, and see her curls wrap around her face. As always, her hair flew unkempt, unbrushed as if she'd just read Where the Wild Things Are. I'd laugh and tell her, "She was one of the the… Continue reading Dreams for My Children: a Poem for Corrie and Her Brother

Child loss, children, flowers, garden, Grief, Loss, Poetry

All the Policies: a Corrie Poem

Corrie's Mom

I know all about the policies:the i's to dot, and cross the t's.I remember well the call from finance about the bill for theambulance.I was not about to payin the aftermathof my daughter's deathwhen she died on that ambulance.It's enough I keep myself alivewhen all I've wished is togive up and die.But still here I… Continue reading All the Policies: a Corrie Poem

children, Education, Life

a referendum: why we can’t lose superman

Corrie's Mom

Please read why now is not the time to lose Superman.

Bereaved Parents, bereavement, children, Grief, Life, Loss, parenting, Poetry, Writing

Even on Amazon: a Poem for my Son

Corrie's Mom

Son, there exist dreams I wishI could make come true, and not the kindwhere some parents buy ordo for theirkids, so they never learn howdimes drop into sewers moreoften than make it to the candy shop.Son, look in my eyes because I know what becomes of holding on toanger and despair so great,it feels likea… Continue reading Even on Amazon: a Poem for my Son

Bereaved Parents, Child loss, children, inspiration, Writing

Novel Excerpt Finalist

Corrie's Mom

"She’d place vases of flowers  at the spots on the table where Lera’s sisters, mostly older and out of the house, had sat."

Child loss, children, Death, Family, Grief, Life, Loss, Photography

My Son’s Middle School Season

Corrie's Mom

Seasons are not only those times of year when red, orange, and brown colors tinge leaves on the trees, but the changes we face for which we are never prepared.

autism, Bereaved Parents, bereavement, children, Loss, Poetry, Writing

I Used to Sing, a Poem

Corrie's Mom

Did you know I used to sing? Then I stopped performing. I walked away from the stage. I left behind a scholarship at a small college as if it was nothing more than a second hand bike  passed down three times left out between flat tires, tall grass and the rain. Truth be told, I… Continue reading I Used to Sing, a Poem