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Still, She Sang
A story about the second year of grief, expectations, and crying jags.
Dec 29, 2025 • Charrise McCrorey
I sometimes forget how blue your eyes are
An ode to marriage, the ups and downs and taking for granteds
Dec 22, 2025 • Charrise McCrorey
I Wonder How I Could Not Have Known
Reaching back into fickle memory, into Winter, into a daughter’s doubts about love and safety.
Dec 15, 2025 • Charrise McCrorey
What if we knew we were made of stars, and not theoretically but actually?
Would our eyes be a little brighter, our hips sway with more passion?
Dec 8, 2025 • Charrise McCrorey
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Grief and Joy
In one moment in time
Dec 3, 2025 • Charrise McCrorey
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What She Left Me to Hold
Nov 3, 2025 • Charrise McCrorey
How A Bookmobile Saved Me
Oct 13, 2025 • Charrise McCrorey
We Are Held
Aug 11, 2025 • Charrise McCrorey
Seven Generations Forward
Aug 4, 2025 • Charrise McCrorey
I Stopped Hiring Coaches and Hired a Shaman Instead
What happened when I trusted spirit more than experts.
Dec 1, 2025 • Charrise McCrorey
Almost Free
An intimate peek inside grief, loss, and freedom that is not free.
Nov 17, 2025 • Charrise McCrorey
Slowly I Let The Light Back In
a gentle little poem, a note to self about despair and the earth and who I can be
Nov 13, 2025 • Charrise McCrorey
The Secret Life of My Shadow
Whispers from the dark, and how the light looks when it returns
Nov 10, 2025 • Charrise McCrorey
What She Left Me to Hold
A story of love, loss, and the language that remains.
Nov 3, 2025 • Charrise McCrorey
Even in the Darkness, I Keep Planting Seeds.
What it means to love, create, and rebuild during dark times
Oct 27, 2025 • Charrise McCrorey
Initiation: One door closes, another opens
In the natural order of things
Oct 20, 2025 • Charrise McCrorey
Stories Connect Us
Stories Connect Us
I write about being human; the ache, the wonder, the everyday moments that keep us tethered to hope. You’ll find essays that invite reflection, healing, and connection. Think of this space as a conversation by candlelight; a place to rest, to remember.
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