Today, I share a poem on a term about which I have written before. This time I read this poem, "Trauma Dumping," in Corrie's Butterfly Garden.
If TikTok Says Goodbye
Now the cat's bell jingles in the hallway, as he hopes I will open the door to Corrie's room where he spent much of his kitten time. Where there should be the sound of a 10-year-old girl telling me to leave her room, the wind rustles the last of the brown leaves on the trees.
New Year, No Dig, Still Here
Most of the story of the work towards the latest no dig areas, specifically in our Wall Garden, is told through pictures and video.
All the Garden Favorites I’ve Loved Before
During the holiday season, I put up 10 luminaries at the back of the Arendelle Garden with evergreens I have planted throughout 2024 honoring our daughter Corrie's tenth birthday on December 10. In the time between Christmas and the New Year when it pours rain outside, snow covers your driveway, or all of the wintry… Continue reading All the Garden Favorites I’ve Loved Before
Hot Sauce to my Chicken Dip
At the end of the day, I want to be around him more than anyone else because he is my best friend.
TikTok Christmas Card and Sunset at the Cemetery: (You’ve been Warned)
https://videopress.com/v/wRJQPkRC?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true This is the TikTok Christmas card I made for everyone. If you watch until the end, you will see Felix, my cat, and Sugar Belle, our family dog, in their holiday sweaters. I was weary of the social media platform, TikTok, but now I hope the United States does not lose access to it.… Continue reading TikTok Christmas Card and Sunset at the Cemetery: (You’ve been Warned)
Ways to Support those Grieving during the Holidays
The way we grieve is personal. An accepted fact about grief is that everyone grieves differently. What seems the hardest to understand is how people grieving is denormalized in society, and how we are sometimes ousted from some relationships when we unveil our grief. In our early stages of grief, maybe we feel shock, mourn,… Continue reading Ways to Support those Grieving during the Holidays
My Testimony to Faith
I plan for this to be the one time I write publicly in some depth about faith. I hope that it will hold true.
More than Gardening
This raised bed makes the experience more than just gardening.
The Unexpected Journey
I remember a woman at one of my Compassionate Friends--an international support group for parents, grandparents, and siblings who have lost a child/ brother/ sister--said that, with time, your grief journey will bring you gifts you never imagined. Now if you had the choice to get your child back, of course, you would take it, but this is the path given to us.
Corrie's Season 