We want to know, but we don’t want to know.
What I Found Out
We want to know, but we don’t want to know.
Category: Writing
Corrie’s Always there to Remind me
I crave to make her memory matter as time changes and continues. Because she stole the spotlight in my heart. Because she proved a unicorn does exist in heaven.
Built John Tough (with Poetry Excerpt from “The Sea Cow and the Manatee”)
When people take vows for marriage, we nailed the "in sickness," we earned the badge with "or poorer," and death--while the vow is meant for the couple--will not divide us now.
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.
How we Respond when Consistency Goes
Consistency. Something many of us want as much as currency or a walk in the park when some of us have been constrained in close quarters. Consistency is a stranger to me. It is uncommon to many right now. There are those without jobs because of COVID-19. There are those who, like me from March… Continue reading How we Respond when Consistency Goes
The Bister Color (a Corrie poem)
With your three year old words, you painted scenes of trees with every shade of green ...
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."
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
So, You want Life to be Normal Again
While my daughter lay dying with what I thought was a stomach bug just before her doctor's appointment, I gave feedback on five students' work when I wasn't going to work at all that day due to my daughter's illness.
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.
Corrie's Season 