I've written about anger before ... In poems for my memoir .... Anger's Beginning Anger itself is not violent, but when left to fester, it can become a hurricane sweeping through the Caribbean to Florida up through my home state, South Carolina. Those storms are never forgotten. The reason I write about my experience with… Continue reading Parting with Anger
Longer Than Six Weeks: A Mom’s Journey
There is also the fear of: How will I work at the rate I did before? Will I be what I was before?
What is “Never Saw Jesus in the Mirror”?
I took seven-and-a-half-years to write my novel, Sons of the Edisto. Like a friendship begun in childhood, I have scribbled different narratives and poems about my journey from journalism into motherhood and teaching. It might sound mundane at first, but ... Some had to do with my relationship with my husband. Some poems were about my… Continue reading What is “Never Saw Jesus in the Mirror”?
“Some Memories” Read Aloud
It's been a while, since I've blogged. According to my last post, I have not blogged in seven months. There are some reasons for that. Son. Daughter. Husband. Students. Testing. Writing is still at the center of my heart, but in my first year of teaching, I found that literacy became more important, simply because… Continue reading “Some Memories” Read Aloud
The Journey with Autism
Time flies by, as the cliché says, and your child transforms from a toddler to a little boy. Being a mom of a child diagnosed with autism is a journey unlike any other because you never know if you’re going to be embarrassed, have your mind blown because your child thinks so much outside the… Continue reading The Journey with Autism
The Not So Mundane
Luckily, those wars end with writing. Not someone getting arrested.
When Dolphins Bite: 5 Things to 2015
I look forward to a new year. As I told my son, it's a new start in more ways than one. I'm almost finished with graduate school. The end is in sight. It feels like I've been in college again for more than a decade, which makes me wonder how people go to school straight… Continue reading When Dolphins Bite: 5 Things to 2015
Take Your Time: Reasons Why
I don't blog much these days. In fact, A Word or More has changed over the past four years from blogging twice a week to once a week to whenever I can. Sometimes, I post a poem - written with raw emotion - like my post the other day about the new struggles in raising a child… Continue reading Take Your Time: Reasons Why
Together: The Diagnosis
Autism. We are learning together. By we, I mean my husband, Ben, our son, Hayes, and me. Our daughter will learn one day, too, but, for now; the baby is Hayes's best audience. Free from it all: from crowds, from being a part of the conveyor belt taking belt buckles for future khaki pants, and… Continue reading Together: The Diagnosis
Through Tornadoes
One of the first poems from my memoir in verse currently untitled about raising a child with autism with the man I love. Through Tornadoes Let’s sit down on a park bench away from the house, watch the sun set, and Hayes run around. Look at that tree with the big knot in it. Did… Continue reading Through Tornadoes
Corrie's Season 