Bereaved Parents, bereavement, Child loss, Life, Poetry, Writing

7 Minutes in Heaven (a Corrie Poem)

Six I've since learned in the eighteen months since I lost my little girl, who loved to wear her red winter coat made for church in a March rain, that December reminds me of the time when her father ...

Advocacy, Bereaved Parents, Blogging, children, Family, inspiration, parenthood, parenting, Writing

These Things I Wonder

There are so many things I wonder. Questions without answers.

Bereaved Parents, Child loss, children, Grief, inspiration, Life, parenthood, Poetry, Writing

The Time of Year: a Corrie Poem

It’s that time of year, Darling, when I must be creative in the way I decorate.

Bereaved Parents, Child loss, Family, inspiration, Joy, parenting, Writing

How Much Pride I Take in my Daughter

Everyone always comments on her beauty, but she possessed an intelligence and wit beyond her 5.5 years.

Bereaved Parents, bereavement, children, inspiration, Loss, Poetry, Writing

Our Dance Without a Name

Our dances aren't on the pop culture scene, nor are they in clubs.

Art, Bereaved Parents, Blogging, Child loss, Family, inspiration, Life, memoir, Writing

Why Create a New Page?

For any author or artist, it's good to have a published page where you show your work.

Education, Life, Writing, Young Adult

The Destiny of the One Ring

But I have a ring that reminds me of a destiny greater than myself.

Art, Child loss, Life, parenting, Writing

Jack’s Work of Art: A Poem for Corrie’s Father

The circle of men crowded the museum  for the first time in five years to judge the work of art. They gathered around  the work by Jack after  the curators of  the museum had promised Jack that  every color, every edge,  and blur could possibly lead to  his own exhibit. For they claimed they were… Continue reading Jack’s Work of Art: A Poem for Corrie’s Father

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A Spring You Envision, a Corrie Poem

My hopes for you, my daughter, are many like a spring you envision lasting forever.

children, Communication, Family, Grief, inspiration, Life, parenting, Writing

Forever Our Valentine

It is a different kind of Valentine I wrote, but I wrote in the remembrance of the deepest love.