Melinda

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Meaningful gifts for those you appreciate

Hello friends! Are you looking for gifts for friends, family, and others who bring joy and comfort to your life and that of your loved ones? I have a few humble suggestions. If you’re in…

MelindaDecember 10, 2025

Autism Bink Family Healing Hope Love Parenting Poem Poetry Women's Issues Writing

The Bus Stop Moms and Me

Hello, Today I'm sharing a short reading from my collection, "Little Pockets of Glow". Bus Stop Moms is a snapshot into my life in the slower lane of parenting my wonderful daughter who lives with…

MelindaDecember 5, 2025

Hope Mindfulness Nature Parenting Spirituality Women's Issues Writing

To hell, to hell with this dry well

(To confront writers block, she) Mixed metaphors. Now I understand it was never about the others. Not their timeline, their values. Not the scripts we were fed about how to be and behave in this…

MelindaDecember 2, 2025

Art Autism Bink Parenting Poem Poetry Women's Issues Writing

“Unbroken” by Melinda Coppola

Hello, My book has been out in the world just a few weeks, and the feedback has been so lovely and heart warming. I was overwhelmed by the support at the book's launch party on…

MelindaNovember 13, 2025

Mindfulness Nature Poem Spirituality

On Turkeys and Traffic and TIme

I'm taking a break from promoting my new book this morning to extoll the power of a pause. We humans do tend to plow into the middle of things in our self-important haste to get…

MelindaOctober 23, 2025

Autism Bink Family Mindfulness Parenting Women's Issues

The Introvert at the Podium

Hello there, I've been writing about life with my special needs daughter since she was a toddler. She is by far the most interesting person I know. Like many people who are wired differently, she’s…

MelindaOctober 7, 2025

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Stepping into the River of Song

The Sings On parenting, autism, and unrestrained delight Where do you cast your light (aka energy, aka focus, aka intention)? What is it that brings you untethered joy, especially when nobody is watching? I’ve a…

MelindaSeptember 29, 2025

Image of book cover with the title Little Pockets of Glow and tagline A poetic journey through the rocky wonderland of special needs parenting, poems, Melinda Coppola

Writing

‘Little Pockets of Glow’ is Here!

I’m thrilled to announce that my debut poetry collection, Little Pockets of Glow, is officially out in the world! This book reflects my journey raising my daughter, offering glimpses into the challenges and joys of…

MelindaSeptember 10, 2025

Healing Hope Mindfulness Women's Issues

The Them that’s a We

Body Preach The neck spoke first: The muscles here— so tight with the shoulders in a way the grandmothers— who lay down with toil and breathed the breath of labor, laboring,— in a way that…

MelindaSeptember 2, 2025

Death and Dying Healing Hope Love Poem Spirituality Women's Issues Writing

When Your Dragonfly Grew

My friend, the artist Marina Powdermaker, would have turned 64 next week. I can't quite believe it's been 5 years since she left. It is for us—those left living—to honor our beloved dead by telling…

MelindaAugust 22, 2025

Meaningful gifts for those you appreciate

‘Little Pockets of Glow’ is Here!

The Them that’s a We

When Your Dragonfly Grew

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