Advocacy, autism, children, Family, Joy, Life, parenthood, parenting, Photography

The Greatest Gift Given

We all have something we want.

children, Family, Life, parenthood, Photography, Poetry, Writing

Remember the Times: a Joyful Corrie Reflection and Poetry Excerpt

Then are times, like now, when I come out of the winter. I feel the joy of her life. I feel the pull of her spirit. Her strength and humor then remind me of how she would want me to be after her death.

children, Family, Joy, Life, Loss, parenthood, Photography, Poetry, Uncategorized, Writing

The Hero and the Hummingbird: A Hopeful Story in our Walk with Corrie

Corrie appeared in an open area of a deciduous forest similar to the areas in which she'd grown up without bulldozers, road construction and neighborhoods with three inches between houses

Art, bereavement, children, Family, Joy, parenthood, Photography, Photos

She Graduated to Heaven

The wreath and her princess balloon for the first day of school were in the car ready to go Sunday night. I drove like a NASCAR driver to the cemetery. It's amazing I wasn't pulled.

Family, Grief, Life, Mental Health, parenting, Photography, Writing

I Walk in the Tides

Wednesday was the first day I'd felt happy, since May 26, 2020. While I'd experienced moments of contentment, bittersweet joy, or laughed; I'd been divorced from happiness for a while. As Hayes and I went to school, Danger Zone came on the radio.

Art, children, Communication, Death, Family, Grief, Life, Photography, Writing

The Switch, Bear Claw and a Fruit Cup

After all, life is not always filled with moments of fruit cups and bear claw tears.

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Corrie’s Last Walk

I've experienced more life in 35 years than maybe some people want to feel. On Monday, pictures will pop up on social media of children on the first day of school in an unprecedented school year. And they should. Life keeps going in that way. I will share a picture of Corrie I have never… Continue reading Corrie’s Last Walk

Art, children, Education, Family, Life, parenting, Photography, teaching, Writing

Corrie’s Always there to Remind me

I crave to make her memory matter as time changes and continues. Because she stole the spotlight in my heart. Because she proved a unicorn does exist in heaven.

Family, Life, marriage, Mental Health, Writing

Built John Tough (with Poetry Excerpt from “The Sea Cow and the Manatee”)

When people take vows for marriage, we nailed the "in sickness," we earned the badge with "or poorer," and death--while the vow is meant for the couple--will not divide us now.

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How Hayes Communicates his Grief over Corrie

Disney's Rapunzel series is the same, only every connection is to his sister and how he understands the world.