by Emily Wierenga | Mar 5, 2013 | children, daughter, death, grief, husband, loss, miscarriage, mourning, pregnancy, prodigal magazine, wife
She slid so smoothly into the toilet.And you didn’t know you would ache like that, with a baby-shaped sadness.You didn’t know you would watch her wash out of you, that she would stain your bathroom rug red, and that you wouldn’t be able to move from... by Emily Wierenga | Feb 20, 2013 | ann voskamp, art, grief, imperfect prose on thursdays, joy, Kelli Woodford, link-up, One Thousand Gifts, poetry, prose, redemption, sorrow
Welcome to Imperfect Prose on Thursdays. This week’s prompt is JOY, and today’s guest post is written by our lovely Imperfect team member, Kelli Woodford.”Within the Everlast”The sun shone in my eyes that day last week when... by Emily Wierenga | Dec 19, 2012 | adam lanza, arranged marriage, christmas, foster children, grief, hurting, imperfect prose on thursdays, love, newtown shootings, pain, sandy hook school elementary, silent night, troubled
when it is dark enough, you can see the stars. ~ persian proverbthey call it the spaceship song, and i don’t know why, but i sing it for aiden and joey anyway. “silent night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright…” and then joey is crying from...