Art, Bereaved Parents, inspiration, marriage, Photos, Poetry

More than a Million Words: Ten Years Married to Corrie’s Father

Now, on the weekend of our ten-year-anniversary, we face a next phase in our journey. We will walk together in the new years as John battles stage 3 colon cancer with all the strength for which he's known. He will work through the chemo and radiation.

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

What is Gold to Us

I reached a point in December 2020/ January 2021 when I lost count of the weeks, since Corrie's death. This is something you only understand if you've lost someone you love so much. "Six" became my signature poem for the collection for many different reasons. It was six weeks, since she died, and it was an age she never got to see.

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.

bereavement, Child loss, Family, Grief, inspiration, Poetry, Writing

Dear Jackie: A Poem of Loss and Courage

Jackie, I hope for the strength most never speak of because they do not dream of what it requires.

Advocacy, Bereaved Parents, Grief, inspiration, Life, Loss, Writing

What is the Power of Words in Our Grief?

No matter the loss. No matter the person. No one should ever feel alone in the months and years after loss. Grief doesn't vanish after the last casserole comes to the door.

autism, Bereaved Parents, Child loss, children, Family, Life, parenting, Photography, Photos, Poetry, Writing

On Another Shore: A Photo Story Poem for Brother and Sister

You are always with me. We walk on different shores. When you dig your toes into the sand, know I dig my toes in the sand on another shore.

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, Family, Life, memoir, Photography, Writing

A Memoir Worth Writing

Did you ever stop to think about what kind of writer, or artist, you are? We're not speaking in terms of genre.

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

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.

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.