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.
Death doesn’t erase a bereaved parent’s love for their child. This remembrance print is one way to share how you are always thinking of your deceased child with love.
The death of a child often leaves parents with empty, aching arms. This baby loss remembrance print helps to remember and honor your child gone too soon.
The death of a child often turns the world dark. This printable offers comfort in this darkest of times.
A deceased child’s birthday is still a birthday. Use this baby loss remembrance print to share your love, honor, and grief on your deceased child’s birthday.
This grief awareness print explains that grief lasts as long as death, and you will always be your child’s parent, even and especially after their death.
Crisp air and falling leaves and all of the Autumn-weather fun, but one special person is missing. This baby loss remembrance print helps to honor and share about your deceased child(ren) this Autumn.
Snowballs and sledding and all of the mid-winter fun, but one person’s snowman is missing. This baby loss remembrance print helps to honor and share about your deceased child(ren) this Winter.
Beachballs and sandcastles and all of the hot-weather fun, but one person’s sand shovel is missing. This baby loss remembrance print helps to honor and share about your deceased child(ren) this Summer.
Often when bereaved parents share about their children, listeners rush to give advice or suggest therapy. But this isn’t always (or even often) what bereaved parents want. Often, sharing about our deceased children is simply part of parenting.
This grief awareness print helps to explain that sharing about your deceased child is simply another aspect of your love and how you parent them, even and especially after their death.
There are stockings missing this Christmas; voices missing in this house. There are memories we should be making, and more cheer shared around the tree. This baby loss remembrance print helps to honor all deceased child(ren) missing during the holiday season.
Thanksgiving can be hard when you’re grieving, especially when the one who is gone is your child. This baby loss remembrance print helps to remember and honor your deceased child at Thanksgiving and at other family holidays.
Summer brings thoughts of swimming and pool toys. When your child is gone, these are moments that can feel like they are missing. If you are missing your deceased child this Summer, this print can help to honor and remember them this season.
When we are expecting a new child to join our home, we often ‘nest’, preparing a nursery and filling it with symbols of our hopes and love for our newest addition. When that child then dies, that nest feels far emptier than before. This baby loss remembrance print documents the absence.
This Halloween there are pumpkins missing in our patch. This baby loss remembrance print helps us to remember and honor our deceased children at Halloween and all year round.
People who haven’t experienced deep grief often assume that when the bereaved start feeling joy again then they must be healed. This is far from true. This grief awareness print to explain the duality of both the pain and joy that can exist in life after the death of a loved one.
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One of the things bereaved parents want most is to know that their child is remembered. This customizable remembrance print is one way to ensure that happens.
When a child dies, we don’t just lose them; we also lose the memories we missed making with them. If you find yourself wondering what your child would have dressed as for Halloween this year, this baby loss remembrance print is for you.
As much as we miss our deceased children on their birthdays, we often also want to celebrate them. This print shares your love, honor, and grief on your deceased child’s birthday.
Autumn brings so many memories; among them are campfires, pinecones, and dancing in fallen leaves. These are some of the many memories missing when a child is no longer here. This print can help to honor and remember your deceased child this season.
Every fall, parents take photos of their children, fresh clothes and backpacks in hand, heading back to school. When a child is deceased, things look a little different, but they can still be included. Download and print these back-to-school graphics to share about your child and where they should be this year.
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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.
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