The Christmas season is supposed to be a time of joy and celebration, however, for bereaved parents (and grandparents), Christmas is often a time of deep grief and longing for the memories they wanted to make with the child they lost.
Christmas for children in foster care, as well as for many needy children, is also a time of grief and loss. Grief for the family they are separated from, a longing for the storybook Christmas morning they watch other families enjoy on TV, wondering if they will even have a gift to open or if they will be forgotten and overlooked.....again.
Heidi Faith, the founder of Stillbirthday, herself a former foster child and bereaved mother of the child she miscarried, wants to bring hope to foster children and healing to bereaved moms this year.
Read Heidi's blog post about her vision, and how you can have The Courage to Christmas Shop, at www.stillbirthday.com/2014/11/13/courage-christmas-shop.
Find a Stillbirthday Doula in your area, www.stillbirthday.com/find-doula
Christmas for children in foster care, as well as for many needy children, is also a time of grief and loss. Grief for the family they are separated from, a longing for the storybook Christmas morning they watch other families enjoy on TV, wondering if they will even have a gift to open or if they will be forgotten and overlooked.....again.
Heidi Faith, the founder of Stillbirthday, herself a former foster child and bereaved mother of the child she miscarried, wants to bring hope to foster children and healing to bereaved moms this year.
Read Heidi's blog post about her vision, and how you can have The Courage to Christmas Shop, at www.stillbirthday.com/2014/11/13/courage-christmas-shop.
Find a Stillbirthday Doula in your area, www.stillbirthday.com/find-doula