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Three Years Ago The Light Went Out
Three years ago the light went out and stayed out forever. This was not the light from the sun, moon, and stars. Nor was it the light shining from the table lamp or…
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Senior Year – Postponed
Senior year 2020 … postponed, canceled … The altered prom dress hangs on the door; red shoes sit in a box. On the table are graduation invitations waiting to be addressed. The blue…
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Perseverance – Senior Year Series #4
This Senior Year Series all started from a “what I want you to know” list that just kept growing. It expanded rapidly from one to twenty thoughts. These are important life skills a…
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Twenty-Two Months
Dear Ava, Today marks the twenty-second month since your body could no longer hold your spirit and I miss you just as much today. I will never stop missing you. Being a mom…
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600 Days – Forever Missing You
Dear Ava, May 4, 2019, marks 600 days since you took your final breath. Its nearly Mother‘s Day again. I wonder what life would be like had things turned out differently. Missing you looks and…
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Bound
White white snow coming down building deep all around. Grey grey skies far and wide no sunshine to be found. Blue blue heart beyond repair falling tears make no sound. Black black room…
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Frozen
Frozen in time Frozen in heart Frozen in mind When you died the clock stopped in my world. In my heart and mind, no time could exist without you. No mother’s heart should…
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New Year New View
I vividly remember the sadness of last New Year’s Eve. The painful acknowledgment that this would be the first year no new memories with Ava would exist. Ava LIVED in 2017 and…
