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On Any Given Day: Corrie’s Retreat

The year, 2023, provided the most positive growth since Corrie's death because I grew in confidence after witnessing what I'd accomplished in the gardens. We went from one garden to three in 2023, along with island gardens. The result is now I have a vision for gardens everywhere on the property, and John has helped me plan them, along with officially naming the farm, "Corrie's Retreat."

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For Corrie’s Ninth Birthday

Each year, we honor Corrie’s birthday in a small celebration with friends.

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From Out of the Darkness, You will Come

Often, from our darkest spaces, and our most vulnerable moments comes a light we can choose to cast on a small section of the world.

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A Time for Heroes in the Return to Arendelle: A Corrie Poem and Garden Pictures

We named the new garden Arendelle, after John, my husband, recommended calling it the North Garden. It honors Corrie's love of Frozen.

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Orange, Gold and Mahogany: a Corrie Poem

The oak leaves change from green to orange, gold and mahogany, and the pines remain evergreen. On such drives, when you allow, the sun steals you away to places where people say, "shall" and "thine" and in a glade ...

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Into this Good Earth, Part 2: Ways We Remember Corrie and Each Other

I knocked the soil loose. There is something I have to find, but I haven't located it, yet.

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The Green Spaces of the World: Many Pictures

When I've lost myself, or my mind, I find it again in nature.