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Infant Girl Houser’s Grave is Important, too

Her grave is important, too.

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“Mommy, What Does Love Look Like”: Stories Imagined and Stories Told

When the darkest hour was not done and the mud feel from the mountain, yes, I slid. The tears came, and my anger, without a mercy for which a Christian sinner prays, set ablaze for those who demanded when they'd received. I collapsed upon the green shores where you once played and asked for such stories of mine. Then your father came home with your brother, and found me quiet ...

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The Place of Corrie’s Dreams: with a poetry excerpt

Did you ever stop and hear about the house of which Corrie dreamed?

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Three and Thirteen

By Rebecca T. Dickinson

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What I Found Out

We want to know, but we don’t want to know.

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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.

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The Bister Color (a Corrie poem)

With your three year old words, you painted scenes of trees with every shade of green ...

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When our Great Moments Meet our Dreams

In times like these it is easy to lose ourselves in dreams rather than deal with the reality. My generation has been here before, but in a different way. Corrie had just turned five near Christmas 2019, but she'd dealt with realities as she felt and saw them. Our 9/11 Moment On September 11, 2001,… Continue reading When our Great Moments Meet our Dreams

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The Importance of the Memorial Kinder Walk

I absolutely believe Corrie's time on this Earth mattered, and she has a mom who will write about her until I can join her again.

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Magic School Bus Author and her Impact

The power of words go along way. I thought this morning when I heard about Joana Cole, author of The Magic School Bus series, that my daughter Corrie is riding a magic school bus in the sky. With everything else going on in the world from COVID-19 to Black Lives Matters movements and protests (all… Continue reading Magic School Bus Author and her Impact