Category: Grief

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A Time for Heroes

Corrie's Mom

Dad sits in a waiting room. Eyes red from reading. Eyes tired from small screens and a World War II leaders' novel that I'd given to Mom last Christmas. A Christmas when ... Well, it doesn't matter. Christmases such as that have gone the way of unicorns. My mother, Corrie's Aunt Diana, and my Mom… Continue reading A Time for Heroes

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When We Face what is Broken

Corrie's Mom

Maybe it is cliche, but: Have you ever stopped and thought about broken glass on a floor? Of course, immediately after we think of cleaning every part of the floor, ensuring broken pieces are in a dust pan, and that no one walks in as you clean up. Maybe after you feel the loss of… Continue reading When We Face what is Broken

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I Walk in the Tides

Corrie's Mom

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.

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The Switch, Bear Claw and a Fruit Cup

Corrie's Mom

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

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Six: A Poem for Corrie’s Collection

Corrie's Mom

Include a pinch of make up you always ask me for when you grab my pale green Clinique tube and press your ...

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To Corrie

Corrie's Mom

"And it is because of her heaven is called heaven."

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With my Goodbye, Mom, Your Walls will Fall Down

Corrie's Mom

This is the second in a six part blog series about goodbye. In times of tragedy, friends and family say more with goodbye than we could ever imagine. With her final goodbye, Corrie busted up my walls I'd built around me over a period of six years. Corrie was a more social creature than I… Continue reading With my Goodbye, Mom, Your Walls will Fall Down

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When we Say Goodbye

Corrie's Mom

Goodbye provokes a creative language; almost like the oral version of beautiful Ancient Chinese calligraphy.

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The Fears we Can’t Predict and Promises we Can’t Keep

Corrie's Mom

Fear exists everywhere in the world. It's been described in metaphors as the monster under the bed or by Dr. Seuss as the thing under the rug. Fear exists in the strongest of souls. Fear thrives in the uncertainty of what comes next. With the reality of COVID 19, there are many who fear when they'll… Continue reading The Fears we Can’t Predict and Promises we Can’t Keep

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If Corrie was There (a Poem)

Corrie's Mom

If Corrie was there, she'd run ahead of Hayes and me in a skirt with sparkles flopping up and down. Sparkles on her skirt were okay, but they could never be on the leggings or shorts that touched her skin. She'd rush ahead to inspect the tables set up by the church for her brother's… Continue reading If Corrie was There (a Poem)