When a child dies, their parent(s)’ whole world turns upside-down. This is a collection of six blunt affirmations to remind you that you are still a parent, and you deserve love and support in life after the death of your child.
This brochure helps to guide bereaved parents through 30 ways to remember and honor their child and their child’s memory. It is ideal to include in hospital care packages or as a general resource for prenatal providers, doulas, therapists, and social workers. Print and share wherever it may be useful.
Child loss affects 1 in 4 pregnancies, but isn’t commonly talked about within the military. This brochure guides military supervisors through measures necessary to support members during and after the death of a child.
When a child is born, parents want to document everything: first moments, pregnancy memories, outfits and the multitude of emotions that come with new life. When a child dies, this desire to document remains. It’s a means of holding onto the sweetness in the midst of the pain.
Bereaved parents often report things they wish their providers had done differently, both during prenatal care and after the death of their child.. This brochure is a summary of common requests.
Bereaved parents may feel torn about whether or not to attend grief therapy after the death of a child. This brochure provides answers to common questions about grief therapy and also provides a list of interview questions to help ensure a specific therapist is the best fit.
A thoughtful list of ways to celebrate or observe the memorial birthday of a child lost to miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant death.
One of the many hard parts about pregnancy loss is that the gestational parent is still going through the postpartum experience. Avoid the potential for painful conversations with this printable appointment card.
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A deceased child’s birthday can be an emotionally heavy time. Use this card to express your personal wishes for the bereaved family on the birthday of their deceased child.
A deceased child’s birthday is still a birthday. Use this card to express your love and support for the bereaved parents and their child on the child’s birthday.
You don’t have to have met a deceased child for him or her to make an impact on your world. Use this card to share with the bereaved parents in your life that you remember them and their child on their child’s birthday.
A deceased child doesn’t need to be physically present on their birthday to be celebrated. Use this card to express your love and birthday wishes for your deceased child on their birthday.
One of the harder parts of living after the death of one’s child is the absence of memory; the milestones that live on only in a parent’s imagination. This poem expresses the complex feelings inherent in that experience, particularly on a deceased child’s birthday.
As much as we miss our deceased children on their birthdays, we often also want to celebrate them. Use this card to share your love, honor, and grief on your deceased child’s birthday.
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As parents, we want to celebrate our children on their birthday. As bereaved parents, we often want the same. Use this customizable card to remember your deceased child on their birthday.
This iconic Rachel Whalen quote resonates with loss parents because it’s simple and it’s true. And the love that we carry for our children in our hearts is one of the most powerful ways to honor them on their birthdays. Use this card to express the love you carry for your deceased child.
On the birthday of a deceased child, one of the most comforting things can be gathering together to talk and share memories. This customizable cake-and-balloons-themed invitation invites your friends and family to join you for a virtual celebration. Download and edit or customize in Canva.
A deceased child’s birthday is still a birthday. Use this customizable balloon-and-cloud-themed invitation to include your loved ones in the celebration. Download and edit on your own computer, or visit the Canva template link to customize in Canva.
If beaches and sandcastles remind you on your deceased child, this memorial birthday invitation is the perfect way to honor them on their birthday. Download and edit on your own computer, or visit the Canva template link below to customize in Canva.
If your deceased child were alive today, how might you be celebrating their birthday? Inviting your loved ones to join you in one of your child’s favorite activities is one way to keep their memory alive. Download and edit this customizable invitation on your own computer, or visit the Canva template link below to customize in Canva.
One of the most beautiful ways to honor a deceased loved one on their birthday is to perform acts of kindness for other people. Use this customizable card to invite your loved ones to perform acts of kindness with you.
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One of the sweetest ways to honor a deceased love one is to perform a random act of kindness in their memory. Use these downloadable cards to help in spreading kindness around the world.
As a companion to our comprehensive guide on planning a funeral or memorial service for your child, below are two printable documents to help in the funeral planning process. Please feel free to print and share wherever they may be useful.
When a child is gone, their absence is felt everywhere. Holidays can be an especially hard time. Use this card to show you loved one you remember their child even in the midst of the busiest of celebrations.
The death of one’s child can often be described as the worst day of a parent’s life. While nothing can make this experience better, the doctors and nurses who care for parents and their children certainly try. Use this card to express your appreciation for the people who helped you on your worst day.
The experience of giving birth to a deceased child or experiencing the death of a child shortly after birth is horrific. While nothing can make this experience better, many care providers do everything in their power to try. Use this card to express your appreciation for the members of the care team who supported you in your child loss experience.
Bereaved parents call child loss the ‘club no one wants to be part of’. And as much as we hate that anyone else has to join us in this club, we also appreciate the companionship we find here. Use this card to express to another bereaved parent how much you appreciate knowing them, even when you wish you didn’t have to have a reason to.
The birthday of a deceased child is still a birthday. This card emphasizes the love and celebration felt by family and friends on each birthday after a child’s death.
Bereaved fathers are fathers, whether their children live or not. Download this card to show the bereaved father in your life that you remember them on Father’s Day.
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One of the many ways to honor a deceased child on their birthday is to make a charitable donation in their honor. Use this card to show your bereaved loved ones that you honor their child’s birthday with them.
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