Support, Healing, Hope and the Comfort Cub

Support, Healing and Hope -these are all of the things I hoped to bring to a grieving mother when I created the world’s very first weighted therapeutic teddy bear called The Comfort Cub back in 1999.  When I was six months pregnant I got the devastating news that the beautiful baby boy I was carrying…

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Reflections of Share

By: Laura Curran In the summer of 1990, I had never even heard of Share or its mission. Yet, by the autumn of the same year, I could not have imagined how drastically our lives would change and how important Share would become to my husband Kevin and me. Pregnancy for the first time, we…

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Share History

  This timeline includes highlights of Share’s history from 1976 to 2016. 1976 Established an AMEND (Aiding Mothers and Fathers Experiencing Neonatal Death) chapter in Decatur, IL after meeting with St. Louis AMEND organization 1977 Began Share group at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, Illinois Began providing education on perinatal loss and bereavement in hospitals, colleges,…

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December 2016 Gifts: In Memory of…

  Spike & Mykala Armstrong, Jacob Thompson, Cohen Stremmel, and Dakota Toft By: Jessica Thompson Owen Michael Backer By: Debbie & Ted Ball Hannah Marie Bailey By: Lauren Hess-Metz “In memory of our beloved niece and cousin. We love you. May God hold you in the palm of his hands.” Emily Ann Bogener By: Connie…

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Dear Friends: January 2017 Edition

  Welcome to 2017! This is a year we at Share have been anticipating for some time, and we are now here. Share Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support was founded in 1977 by Sister Jane Marie Lamb at St John’s Hospital in Springfield Illinois. At that time, there was very little offered to those who…

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How Do You Welcome A New Baby?

  By: Christina Rearick How could anyone experience anything but joy when a new baby is born into their family? The answer is quite simple, when they have endured the loss of such a tiny and most precious life. Years ago, when I lost my very first baby to polycystic ovarian syndrome, my entire world seemed…

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Helping Others Help You Through Loss

By: Molly Hickey Sipping coffee and sitting across from a long time friend, we talked about the weather, her kids, our jobs, and husbands. With each break in the conversation, I hoped she would ask about Joseph and Grace. I hoped she’d ask about how I am navigating the grieving process, ask how it felt to be back at work when I was…

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