Child loss, children, Death, Family, Grief, Life, Loss, Photography

My Son’s Middle School Season

Seasons are not only those times of year when red, orange, and brown colors tinge leaves on the trees, but the changes we face for which we are never prepared.

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.

autism, children, Communication, Family, Life, Poetry

A Sibling Love Story: Poem for Corrie and Hayes

Hayes and Corrie in early May 2020. sticks in black water, the lake where my grandparents lived looked  black until you crept to the side and saw sticks with splintered stems.  i’ve heard love stories like that before. the story where a couple chooses the happiest moments for coffee mugs,  pillows, and twentieth anniversary albums.… Continue reading A Sibling Love Story: Poem for Corrie and Hayes

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Four Points: Speaking with a Child about the Unimaginable

I saw the tears in Daddy's eyes, and Hayes hugged his Papa. For my father to acknowledge Hayes's losses was a powerful moment for both of them. Another adult, besides his parents, verbally spoke with him about his losses.