children, inspiration, Joy, kindness, Life, Photography, Photos, Poetry, Writing

The Bister Color (a Corrie poem)

With your three year old words, you painted scenes of trees with every shade of green ...

bereavement, Photography, Photos, Poetry, Writing

Where You are, You will Come Again (For Jack, For Corrie and poetry excerpt)

Death smiled when she said, "Where you are, you will come again."

children, inspiration, kindness, Life, Photography, Photos, Writing

When our Great Moments Meet our Dreams

In times like these it is easy to lose ourselves in dreams rather than deal with the reality. My generation has been here before, but in a different way. Corrie had just turned five near Christmas 2019, but she'd dealt with realities as she felt and saw them. Our 9/11 Moment On September 11, 2001,… Continue reading When our Great Moments Meet our Dreams

Advocacy, Education, Family, Life, Photos, Writing

So, You want Life to be Normal Again

While my daughter lay dying with what I thought was a stomach bug just before her doctor's appointment, I gave feedback on five students' work when I wasn't going to work at all that day due to my daughter's illness.

kindness, Life, parenting, Photography, Photos, Poetry, Writing

When I Walk through the Nightmare

My Memorial Kinder Walk is the one way in which I can physically show my love and honor the memory of my daughter, Corrie.

children, Family, Friends, Joy, kindness, Life, parenting

The Four Gifts that Keep Me Going

My soul flies as quick as a hurricane sweeping the coast empty of light.

children, Family, Grief, inspiration, Joy, Life, Poetry, Writing

Six: A Poem for Corrie’s Collection

Include a pinch of make up you always ask me for when you grab my pale green Clinique tube and press your ...