Family, Life, parenthood, Poetry, Writing

Gold of No Use Except to Me: a Short Corrie Poem

You said, "But Mommy, I want to go into the woods, too."

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Remember the Times: a Joyful Corrie Reflection and Poetry Excerpt

Then are times, like now, when I come out of the winter. I feel the joy of her life. I feel the pull of her spirit. Her strength and humor then remind me of how she would want me to be after her death.

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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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The Hero and the Hummingbird: A Hopeful Story in our Walk with Corrie

Corrie appeared in an open area of a deciduous forest similar to the areas in which she'd grown up without bulldozers, road construction and neighborhoods with three inches between houses

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Kindergarten was Nothing But Sparkles on Skin

You know, I never got Kindergarten just right. Part time with a pediatric specialist who wrote that I showed echolalic speech and drew grotesque figures for a child my age. In rooms where they asked me questions, in great white rooms where I was an it, a hamster, rather than a child at play. The… Continue reading Kindergarten was Nothing But Sparkles on Skin

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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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Where You are, You will Come Again (For Jack, For Corrie and poetry excerpt)

Death smiled when she said, "Where you are, you will come again."

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When I Walk through the Nightmare

My Memorial Kinder Walk is the one way in which I can physically show my love and honor the memory of my daughter, Corrie.

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Filled with Joy (Poetry Excerpt)

To understand Corrie brings a desire to dance.

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Six: A Poem for Corrie’s Collection

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