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These Things I Wonder

There are so many things I wonder. Questions without answers.

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Why I Know my Daughter Lives

I talk to Corrie everyday. Whether through a dream, memory, or out loud; I speak with my daughter. A relationship with a child isn’t like other relationships that may stop cold turkey. I still have two children. It’s just one moved out before the other. She grew her wings. She graduated to heaven, and we… Continue reading Why I Know my Daughter Lives

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How Much Pride I Take in my Daughter

Everyone always comments on her beauty, but she possessed an intelligence and wit beyond her 5.5 years.

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On Another Shore: A Photo Story Poem for Brother and Sister

You are always with me. We walk on different shores. When you dig your toes into the sand, know I dig my toes in the sand on another shore.

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A Corrie Poem: Lightning Bugs

When I see the lightning bugs from your desk and window, I wonder if there are lightning bugs up where angels fly.

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The Mothers We Need to Remember: A Poem

This poem is written for the mothers we sometimes forget on Mother's Day.

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Jack’s Work of Art: A Poem for Corrie’s Father

The circle of men crowded the museum  for the first time in five years to judge the work of art. They gathered around  the work by Jack after  the curators of  the museum had promised Jack that  every color, every edge,  and blur could possibly lead to  his own exhibit. For they claimed they were… Continue reading Jack’s Work of Art: A Poem for Corrie’s Father

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As Legends Make of Kings: The Iconic Picture of Corrie

We speak of her not as a piece of history, but as the breath you must experience outside when the first daffodils bloom.

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Forever Our Valentine

It is a different kind of Valentine I wrote, but I wrote in the remembrance of the deepest love.

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Mother and Son

Be easy on yourself.