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Maybe It Won’t Rain, a Poem

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

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

Roadside: A Corrie Poem

Pull off on the road side where I pick six Tiger Lillies growing between the state park and the paved road with holes careful drivers swerve around.

Child loss, flowers, Poetry, Writing

Twilight in June: A Corrie Poem

I walk in the twilight in June—a time when kids find love easy along with the Internet and cigarettes.

Bereaved Parents, children, Grief, Life, parenthood, parenting, Poetry, Writing

A Corrie Poem: Lightning Bugs

When I see the lightning bugs from your desk and window, I wonder if there are lightning bugs up where angels fly.

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A Reflection on the Person who Inspired my Strength

Never make a decision in the dark. Wait for the dawn to come.

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Corrie’s First Angel Anniversary Poem: Some Kingdoms

Sometimes we will heart the tap of shoes and giggles long after footsteps walk through the grove, the store, or sidewalks they know.

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Choices in the Spring: A Corrie Poem

I could've closed the garden gate,and gone away for good. Let theweeds surface, and the planterscurse us in wondering why wewould. I could've stayed in bedwhen I thought the clouds wouldnever part. But it is my choice torise, and not the sun nor the sky's.That is not to say there won'tcome days when I will… Continue reading Choices in the Spring: A Corrie Poem

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Corrie’s Grave Decked Out for Easter

It takes a long time to take down everything, trim grass, and redecorate. My son and I prepared her grave for Easter.

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Corrie, I Arranged Your Flowers

If I removed the flowers from behind my ears because I thought that I looked silly, she caught me.

Child loss, children, Life, Loss, Poetry, Writing

That Way: A Corrie Poem

Remember when I interview you in braids and a princesses' bathing suit?