Bereaved Parents, Child loss, children, Poetry, Writing

I Wanted: A Poem for my Son

There are man things I wanted, but the storms came to pass.

Bereaved Parents, Family, Grief, marriage, Poetry, Writing

Just One More Day

I held your hand after our daughter died ...

Bereaved Parents, bereavement, Child loss, Grief, Loss, Poetry, Writing

Of Lighthouses and Mermaids, a Corrie Poem

Storms wash away paint on the lighthouse, and there's no repair.

Poetry, Writing

A Poem, Excerpt from The Girl on Arc Fall Road

As the years go by, employees leave the cities, they live in renovated mill houses with an in-ground pool in the backyard, and a BMW in a new garage. 

Bereaved Parents, Child loss, Family, Photography, Photos, Poetry, Writing

We Must Awake: a Poem

John Lennon’s Imagine comes on the radio, and I turn it off because there is nothing more I want to imagine than a world where we’re together with our little girl. You say to me, “We don’t need the music. Your voice is the most beautiful music to me.”

Bereaved Parents, Child loss, flowers, garden, Grief, inspiration, Poetry, Writing

Meet Me at Sunset, a Corrie Poem

That is why I must stay until, as my daughter says, "Meet me at sunset just as the last colors cross the sky. You won't know the day or time, Mommy, but I will meet you at sunset as the last colors cross the sky."

Bereaved Parents, Child loss, children, Poetry, Writing

No Child’s Word or Whistle

Corrie, It's March and I see journalists' coverage of war on TV. But I also see the cherry blossom trees bloom ...

Bereaved Parents, Child loss, flowers, Photography, Photos, Poetry, Writing

When the Daffodils Blossom … and a Corrie Poem

Wake me in the morning to see the daffodils. See how they bloom during a time when lovers bring flowers, chocolates, and declare a summer day in Paris on "vacay" kind of love to one another.

Bereaved Parents, Photography, Photos, Poetry

Snow for Angel’s Feet (a Corrie Poem)

Perhaps the snow falls for angel's feet. Perhaps that's why we do not meet.

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.