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Mother and Son

Be easy on yourself.

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Things We Never Fabricate: A Corrie Poem Read Aloud

https://youtu.be/8KItm5PFa3w Corrie, as I mention in the poem, in rain boots at the beach. This is the grave I mention in the poem. She has new balloon and a flag. As I put down the box made of a basket’s weave next to the space where Baby Alex rests, an angel statue lays on its… Continue reading Things We Never Fabricate: A Corrie Poem Read Aloud

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Pages Written by Shakespeare

I remember when you sat by my side, and cut a plastic plate in half to make a mask with my students on the screen.

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The Age of Superheroes, A Poem for my Children

... I hear a voice from the seat behind me. It sounds like the beautiful result of God's experimentation in laughter.

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My Dear Son, a Poem

My son was deeply disturbed by last week's events. I wrote a poem for him. My        dear                 Son, I wish I could                believe in a wish upon a star again in the same way I wish I could make the             world a better place      for you                because, at only  ten, you know dreams slip away… Continue reading My Dear Son, a Poem

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Three Goals for 2021

As 2021 begins, I look forward with Corrie on my mind to what I call my rehabilitation goals. Some goals are set between my husband, John, and me. Others are general.

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A Corrie Poem: When We Finally Understand Hurricanes

The beach on New Year's Day. I wrote this poem on New Year's Day. While my family and I were happy to see an end to 2020, it brought a bittersweet and sad moment where I realized that it would be our first full year without Corrie. When We Finally Understand HurricanesA cliche goes:when you… Continue reading A Corrie Poem: When We Finally Understand Hurricanes

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Candy Cane: A Corrie Poem

Corrie sang last year in her preschool's Christmas concert, and of course puts her hands in her sleeves. Corrie om Christmas Day last year sitting on her new Frozen bike in the box. The last picture ever both of my children with Santa Claus. Corrie with all the coloring and Frozen book collection on the… Continue reading Candy Cane: A Corrie Poem

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Why We Remember

This means so much for the work I do in honor of Corrie, so these children are remembered.

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Happy Birthday Corrie

Today is Corrie's sixth birthday, and her first in heaven.