This is really hard, being here without you. Getting through life without you – grieving our son without you, and trying to figure out what comes next, without you. Sometimes I need to just imagine you here with me, imagine… Read morePrompt 23: How you would love me

At the end of my suffering, there was a door. I did not want to go.Even after I could no longer speakor open my eyesI held on for over a day,anchored by the love surrounding me.I did not want to… Read morePrompt 22: A Message To Me

Keys and mailPlaced gently on the dining table;The sound of metal on woodCatches my attentionAnd my mind gets caught up in a wave.I remember buying that table,Our first significant purchase for our home.The mosaic in the center – Eye catching,we… Read morePrompt 21: Mosaic

My grief shifts a little every day. It morphs, and changes and moves. Some days it feels much smaller. Other days it feels like it has multiplied exponentially overnight. It has done this from the beginning, even from before there… Read morePrompt 20: Simultaneous Truths

For Sara: I remember how the time flew on our first date, though I don’t remember what all we talked about. I walked away that night already wanting to see you again. I knew you were special. I remember how… Read morePrompt 19: I Remember

To my fellow humans whose souls are carrying the weight of loss,today I bring you a blessing. On days when the weight is so much that you are struggling to breathe, May a hand or a heart or a breeze… Read morePrompt 18: A Blessing

If I close my eyes and look within, I can see a tree where my heart should be. It’s seen better days – it’s had a rough time, over the last year. There are bold, black scorch marks running down… Read morePrompt 16: My Heart Tree

This prompt marks half-way through the writing course I’m participating in. Looking back over 2 weeks of writing, the one thing that I’m realizing is that the writing is helping me really integrate myself, Sara, and George together as a… Read morePrompt 15: Half-Way Reflections

Sara – it hasn’t been that long since you’ve left us. 11 and a half weeks. I’ve spent most of it trying to figure out what to do with myself and how I’m supposed to live without you. If you… Read morePrompt 14: New Home Town

The 13th prompt revolves around placing ourselves in a fairy tale – asking who we are in the tale, how people see us, what gifts we bring. I have to admit that I felt immediate revulsion at the prompt. Fairy… Read morePrompt 13: Fairy Tales

This is a “found poem” – created by skimming through and highlighting words or strings of words from a magazine/article/advertisement/etc. To begin a road People passing by move away suffering trauma help eyes up stretch build pain quiet patient waiting… Read morePrompt 7: Found Poetry

I know where I live. I live in a world that is upside down. I’m supposed to be married. On this day, we were supposed to be home together, cuddling our newborn baby, who was supposed to be about a… Read morePrompt 3: I Know Where I Live