Tag Archives: Grief

The Day I Left God – Original Poetry from Toni Love

Posted on August 4, 2015 by MT

The Day I Left God I laid the red carnation on top of her casket Collapsing through showers of grief The sight of them lowering the flesh and bones of my mother Into the cold hard ground was too much … Continue reading →

Posted in Children, Grief, Health and wellness, Hope, love, Parenting, Poem, Poetry | Tagged ancestors, dealing with grief, death, Grief, healing after a loss, life after loss, loss, original poetry, poetry | 4 Comments

New Shoes: My Mother’s Day Gift from Above

Posted on May 10, 2015 by MT

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 | 7 Comments

“Grief Waits” – Original Poetry by Toni Love

Posted on March 4, 2015 by MT

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 →

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Happy No Fear , original poetry

Posted on February 12, 2014 by MT

I am worthy of a life free of fear
And I deserve to have someone I trust to pull me near
Whisper “I love you” sensual and sincerely in my ear
And not cringe from disbelief Continue reading →