Posts Tagged ‘supporting others through grief’
Chapter Highlight: Share Parents of Utah
Chapter Name: Share Parents of Utah Location: Share Parents of Utah is Based in Draper, Utah; We serve and support 31,831 square miles and 1.7 million Utahns. Supporting Salt Lake, Utah, Tooele, Summit, Sanpete, Sevier, Juab, Emery, Carbon, and Millard Counties. Chapter Leader: Melannie Green Online Resources: Facebook & Instagram: “Share Parents of Utah” Twitter: ShareParents_UT on…
Read MoreVolunteer Highlight: Karen Zerr
By: Samantha Brown As Karen settles into the chair across from me, she looks around. It’s obvious that she is familiar with these walls, this conference table, and the hum of a work day around the Share office. Karen is a veteran of Share. She has been volunteering and serving this mission for 20 years.…
Read MoreThe Calm In Our Storm
By: Sabrina Ivy Across the crowded hospital room, I caught a glimpse of my broken husband. He wasn’t just comforting our daughter, it was a rare moment that he allowed his grief to show. Whenever something broke, Emma would climb into daddy’s arms and say “Daddy, fix it.” Daddy couldn’t fix her broken heart this…
Read MoreIntroducing Share Español: Esperanza
Families who experience the death of a baby often have difficulty finding resources to comfort and guide them through the challenging times they face on their grief journey. While Share has been a go-to resource for parents and professionals for written materials, online support and group meetings, similar resources for those who do not speak…
Read MoreChapter Highlight: Share Perinatal Loss – Fenton
Chapter Name: Share Perinatal Loss-Fenton Chapter Leader: Melanie Schwob, RN Online Resources: Facebook Page private for the participants in the group Support Group Information: This group is open to anyone who has experienced or supports someone who has had a miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal loss. All adults are welcome, and there is no cost. We meet…
Read MoreThe Journey of Parenting After Loss
By: Jennifer Haake Parenting is tricky. You question yourself and every single decision you make. You worry. You worry about everything. Are they happy? Are they emotionally cared for? Am I giving them everything they need to become successful adults? The list is endless. As a bereaved parent with surviving children, the self-doubt and worry are exacerbated.…
Read MoreFlowers
By: Kathy Gardner Enough time has passed now and your flowers have become a source of discomfort for me. I take such care to pick them out to water them to trim their stems to arrange them to find the perfect ribbon and wrap them up And in those moments I am happy. bringing you…
Read MoreKiller White
By: Kathy Gardner When I think of you I think of color Perfect, tiny, pink colors. You were a perfect, tiny, pink baby whose weight I could barely feel on my chest– 2 lbs and 15 oz of hope, dashed away. I held you in my arms, stung by disbelief cradling the remnants of a…
Read MoreWhy?
By: Kathy Gardner it is hard to answer grief. ‘how are you doing? can I bring you anything? are you hanging in there?” they seem like such gentle and hollow questions, when pitted against a mother’s horror– my daughter is less than a mile away but I will never smell her milky breath at 3…
Read MoreMiscarriage and the 12-Week-Rule
By: Tiffany Elder (originally published on Tiffany’s blog, Digging Deep) The 12-week rule. Every parent out there knows what the 12-week rule is. It means that you shouldn’t tell anyone that you’re pregnant within the first 12 weeks “in case something happens.” Because, if anything does happen, it will most likely happen during those 12 weeks.…
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