Tag: childloss

Child loss, Communication, Family, Poetry, Writing

Our Daughter Knows All the Reasons Why: A Poem

Corrie's Mom

Our daughter knows all the reasons why, and she'd have you lift your eyes to the heavens where she paints those sunset colors just for you.

Bereaved Parents, children, Education, inspiration, Photography, Photos, Poetry, Writing

Maybe It Won’t Rain, a Poem

Corrie's Mom

Never could I whistle, and never did time allow for my goodbyes to all the children I ever loved.

Art, Bereaved Parents, Child loss, Joy, Poetry, Writing

“If I Call You Juliet” Published in The Walled City Journal

Corrie's Mom

I hope you will celebrate and laugh with me now in the spirit of Corrie as my poem "If I Call You Juliet" has been published by "The Walled City Journal."

children, Family, inspiration, Life, parenthood, parenting, Poetry, Writing

A Corrie Poem: A Day

Corrie's Mom

There will come a day, as days come and days fade, when i look at the walls after I walk through the double doors to pick up my son from his elementary school.

Advocacy, autism, children, Communication, Family, inspiration, Mental Health, parenting, Photography, Writing

Four Points: Speaking with a Child about the Unimaginable

Corrie's Mom

I saw the tears in Daddy's eyes, and Hayes hugged his Papa. For my father to acknowledge Hayes's losses was a powerful moment for both of them. Another adult, besides his parents, verbally spoke with him about his losses.