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Making Changes: No Crystal Stair

Let's discuss making changes, why they're important, and for you to know you're never alone.

flowers, garden, garden photos, Grief, Loss, Photography, PTSD, Uncategorized

Coming Up Calla Lilies

Some Calla Lilies my husband bought for me last weekend in honor of Mother's Day and my birthday, which I picked out at my favorite nursery, S &. K Greenhouse. I've been cautious with roses for two years, simple because of the Japanese beetles. While I've written about my concerns about Japanese beetles and the… Continue reading Coming Up Calla Lilies

Child loss, Poetry, Uncategorized, Writing

Karen, I Deserve an Academy Award

I guess you didn't know when you wrote your opinion that I woke up at 4:30 a.m. to once again take my husband to the hospital one more time. One more time and one more surgery. I don't suppose you know the smile I show is one of weight I've learned to lift. At times,… Continue reading Karen, I Deserve an Academy Award

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Judgement in Grief, Part I: Cast off the Japanese Beetles

But I do believe what was in the dark will come to light.

Bereaved Parents, Child loss, Family, flowers, Grief, inspiration, Life, Photos, Uncategorized

Mother’s Day for Those Without Hallmark Cards

We are not forever cast to the darkness, nor would our children here, in heaven, wished for, wondered about, or mothers we miss or worry for want us to exist there.

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Remember, I’m Still Here

I share a video I've never shared before of a lesson I did with my English I students, which features my daughter, Corrie, as she makes her lady bug mask.

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Wish Everyone A Successful 2021-2022

When you think about your year whether you're a parent, teacher, student, or someone else; don't sweat the small stuff. Please read more for my education blog as I wish for a successful school year for everyone.

autism, Bereaved Parents, Family, flowers, garden, inspiration, Loss, Photography, Uncategorized, Writing

Our House, Our Story

he land itself tells stories of love and loss and of survival. There is a love deeper than the roots of the trees torn up by the tornado. Lives continue past the human experience. The family of John, Hayes, and I continues with Corrie inside us and on the land.

Bereaved Parents, Child loss, children, flowers, garden, Life, parenthood, Photography, Photos, Uncategorized

Corrie, I Arranged Your Flowers

If I removed the flowers from behind my ears because I thought that I looked silly, she caught me.

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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.