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Category Archives: Loss
Trusting the Process
#takecareofmetuesdayThis photo by @zamanifeelingsphotography I call my “ok God, what’s next?” stance. It was taken on a night that was a pivotal moment for me because I was surrounded by people who believed in me and didn’t want anything from … Continue reading
#This is Us – This is Me
This episode brought back the deep sadness that I felt as the caretaker for my own mother. The hospice nurse coming to let us know that she had 48 hours left with us and the goodbyes we had to say as we stood sobbing by her side. It was the most heart wrenchingly beautiful moments I’ve ever experienced. Continue reading
Posted in African American Parenting, Grief, Hope, Loss, Parenting, Single Parenting
Tagged poetry, This is Us, Toni Love
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TONIGHT! Poetic Memoir Intensive with #Ursula Rucker
This intensive word/ thought/ emotion, self-truth-culling, seeks to be a journey of healing, art, therapy, and authentic conversations about life that will result in the creation of individual works/excerpts of EPIC memoir poetry. Each student is invited to perform their … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Artists, Gifted and Talented, Grief, Health and wellness, Hope, Local Artists, Loss, Original Poetry
Tagged Love, loveistheanswer, original poetry, Philly poet, poetry, Toni Love, Toni's Room
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Finally Over
Original poetry from my book “Toni’s Room” Finally Over When I lost youI found myselfOh but it hurtIt pained for so longThinking of how foolish I had beenTo believe in youBut my hurt turned into poetryAnd danceAnd I wroteAnd dancedUntil … Continue reading
Posted in Artists, Holidays, Loss, love, Original Poetry, Passion, Poem, Poetry, Relationships, Support Local Artists
Tagged #PhilandoCastile #phillypoet #saveoursons #loveistheanswer #phillypoet #indieartist #LOVEISTHEANSWER, Amazon, authors, Book Lovers, ending relationship poem, ending relationships, finally over, First Love, grief and loss, healing after a loss, heartbreak, letting go, life after loss, local authors, Love, Love and Poetry, love poem, love poems, loveistheanswer, ValentinesDay
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Not One (New original poetry by Toni Love)
We gather together
Seen and unseen
When mothers pray
The heavens come forth to listen Continue reading
Posted in African American Children, African American Parenting, Artists, Black Families, Black Parents, Children, Grief, Health and wellness, Heroes, Hope, Life After 40, Loss, Oprah's Life Class, Original Poetry, Parenting, Peace, Poem, Poetry, Recreating yourself, Single Parenting, Uncategorized
Tagged Black lives matter, Children, current-events, march, million mom march, MOBS, mobs move philly, mothers, mothers of black sons, October events, original poetry, Peace, Philadelphia, philadelphia poet, Poem, poems, rally
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Born of Warriors- Original Poetry inspired by the #PhilandoCastile murder
Born of Warriors Now is not the time to sit down and grow weary For we are born of warriors Trained on soil rich with the spirits that passed before us We were selected from our tribe and trained for … Continue reading
9-11 Emergency – Original Poetry
9-11 Emergency This poem was written during a trip to New York City in 2009. As the taxi cab stopped in traffic I looked up and I was right in front of Engine 34. I felt the energy in the building and … Continue reading
Posted in African American Parenting, Grief, Health and wellness, Heroes, Hope, Loss, Original Poetry, Poetry
Tagged 9-11, 911, ancestors, current-events, death, Early Responders, NYC, poetry, Twin Towers, We Remember
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New Shoes: My Mother’s Day Gift from Above
Even though I was a mother myself, all of the Mother’s Day commercials with scenes of children hugging and delivering gifts and flowers to their mothers trickled into my joy like Chinese water torture. Continue reading
Posted in African American Children, Black Families, Children, Grief, Health and wellness, Holidays, Hope, Life After 40, Loss, Mother's Day, Parenting, Passion, Peace, Recreating yourself, Relationships, Single Parenting
Tagged a mother's love, ancestors, Children, children without mother's, Crossing over, Depression in Children, Grandmothers, Grief, grief and mothers day, grieveing mothers, loss, loss and mother's day, Love, Mother's Day, Motherless child, mothers, Mothers day without a mother, mothers who have transitioned, Parenting, Single Parents, surviving mother's day
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“Grief Waits” – Original Poetry by Toni Love
This was written a few weeks after my father transitioned, not for sympathy but to support the little girl inside yearning to tell her story. Not sure I’m finished with it, but here it is: Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, African American Parenting, Children, Grief, Health and wellness, Hope, Life After 40, Loss, Parenting, Poetry, Recreating yourself, Relationships, Single Parenting
Tagged ancestors, Childhood, Children, Depression in Children, Grief, grief and loss, inner child, life after loss, loss, original poetry, parenting and grief, Philly poet, poetry, rediscovering yourself, Single Parenting, Toni Love
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