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Choices in the Spring: A Corrie Poem

I could've closed the garden gate,and gone away for good. Let theweeds surface, and the planterscurse us in wondering why wewould. I could've stayed in bedwhen I thought the clouds wouldnever part. But it is my choice torise, and not the sun nor the sky's.That is not to say there won'tcome days when I will… Continue reading Choices in the Spring: A Corrie Poem

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Corrie, I Arranged Your Flowers

If I removed the flowers from behind my ears because I thought that I looked silly, she caught me.

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Corrie’s Garden and Her Flowers at Sunset

Corrie's Memorial Garden will be located to the right of the porch. These flowers were at the cemetery for about one week, and I brought them home. They were not doing well at the time I brought them home, and they are doing so much better. Her turkey is still there even of my grandmother… Continue reading Corrie’s Garden and Her Flowers at Sunset

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Mountain Laurel Buds

Corrie loved to pick the Mountain Laurels. The buds from the Mountain Laurel are peaking. Corrie loved to pick flowers from this bush.

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What Can We Do about Grief?

When it comes to grief, my husband, John, and I take action.