 World Childless Week September 11-17, 2023 World Childless Week aims to raise awareness of the childless not by choice (cnbc) community and enable every childless person to share their story with confidence. It's for anyone who is childless despite their longing to be a parent because they have neverbeen pregnant (for any reason), not carried full term or have suffered the sadness ofa baby born sleeping. Alongside supporting the childless community World Childless Week hopes to reach out and work towards building bridges between the childless, childfree and parents; raising empathy and removing the stigma of disenfranchised grief. Find out more about World Childless Week by visiting https://worldchildlessweek.net/ 
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 International Bereaved Mother's Day Ceremony
Sunday, May 7, 2023, at 2:00 PM MDT Join the International Bereaved Mother's Day Ceremony on Sunday, May 7, 2023, at 2:00 PM MDT to honor Mothers who have experienced pregnancy, infant loss, and child loss hosted by Kelly Hurley. You are welcome from wherever you are living, as all bereaved mothers will be honored through spoken word, ritual, and music. Join the LIVE online broadcast through McPherson Funeral Services. To watch the ceremony, please go to the www.mcphersonfh.com 'Home Page.' To honor yourself as a loving mother or your beloved baby in the ceremony, please email the first names to Kelly Hurley at withgrace.khurley@gmail.com before May 5th.  7th Annual Pink and Blue Fun Run
Saturday, June 17, 2023, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM MT Lakeview Park - 1304 7th Street North, Nampa, Idaho, 83687 7th Annual Pink and Blue Fun Run to support David's Hope Pregnancy and Infant Loss Ministry is coming up on Saturday, Jun 17, 2023, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM MT at Lakeview Park in Nampa, Idaho. Come dressed in creative pink and blue, and join us as we commemorate the lives lives of babies gone too soon. The event will benefit David's Hope Pregnancy Loss Ministry, a non-profit organization based in Nampa, Idaho, that helps families coping with pregnancy loss, miscarriage, stillbirth, and early infant death. There will be vendors and live music, as well as plenty of fun and prizes! Register now at www.pinkandbluerun.com 3/25/2023 4th Annual Bereaved Mother's Day Brunch & Conference: A Healing Collective - 7 May 2023Read Now 4th Annual Bereaved Mother's Day Brunch & Conference: A Healing Collective
Sunday, May 7, 2023 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM At Terrace 167 in Richfield, WI In-person & virtual options available. Experience the transformational healing power of community at this annual brunch & conference designed and created specifically for bereaved moms by a bereaved mom. Remember and honor your child while honoring both your grief & life --- heart, mind, body & soul! For more information, visit: www.bereavedtogether.org USE CODE SOUL10 TO SAVE $10.00! 10/1/2022 International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day Global 'Wave of Light' - 15 Oct2022Read Now International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day Global 'Wave of Light'
October 15, 2022 at 7:00 PM Local Time Join in the Global 'Wave of Light' on October 15th at 7:00 PM local time. Help continue that world glow and spread awareness about this special day by sharing this image from Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep. October 15th is International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day and is recognized worldwide. It's the culmination of Baby Loss Awareness Week within Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month. Connect with other families across the globe by lighting a candle at 7:00 PM local time and leave it burning for at least 1 hour in honor and remembrance of all babies that have died way too soon. Join a digital 'Wave of Light" as well. Please take a photo of your burning candle and post it to Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter using the #WaveOfLight at 7:00 PM local time. https://www.nowilaymedowntosleep.org/awarenessmonth/  Beauty for Ashes Gathering 2022
Save the Date - October 1, 2022 October 1, 2022, 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM CST Hurst Conference Center, 1601 Campus Drive, Hurst, Texas 76054 Virtual Option is Available! Gathering Hope is a collective experience for bereaved mothers, held each October to both remember our children and honor our unique motherhood. As fellow survivors, they invite you to join them for powerful speakers, uplifting worship, and a sacred, intimate atmosphere where you are regarded as a truly honored guest. Inspired by Isaiah 61, we are excited to share this year’s theme, BEAUTY FOR ASHES. "He has sent me to...bind up the brokenhearted...to comfort all who mourn...to give them a crown of beauty in place of ashes..."Isaiah 61:1-3. Gathering Hope has hosted an annual Gathering for miscarriage, stillbirth and infant loss survivors since 2015. This year, they are thrilled to announce that we have THREE different ways where you can connect with the people who understand you most…other moms. 1. Their first ever FULL DAY CONFERENCE! You will experience worship, be encouraged by guest speakers, intentionally connect with other women, attend breakout sessions, meet with specially selected vendors and MORE. 2. Attend Gathering 2022 Virtually. You’ll be able to simultaneously view the worship session, our speakers *and* gather in breakouts rooms with other attendees, just like we do at our in-person Gathering. 3. Gather with other loss moms in your area. By streaming the Gathering 2022 worship & speaker sessions and using the Leadership Kit as your guide, you’ll be empowered to host a Gathering! How will YOU join them for Gathering 2022? You matter, Mama. Your baby matters. Your story matters. SAVE THE DATE and register at www.gatheringhope.org Visit the Facebook Event at https://www.facebook.com/events/353153200036029  Survivors of Suicide Loss Support Group - Boise, Idaho
2nd Thursday of the month from 7:00 to 9:00 PM MDT 717 N. 11th Street, Boise, Idaho 83702 The group meets continuously throughout the year at First United Methodist Church (Cathedral of the Rockies), in the Bishop's Lounge at 717 N. 11th Street, Boise, Idaho 83702. Meetings are held in person on the 2nd Thursday of the month from 7:00 to 9:00 PM MST. Next meeting is on May 12, 2022. Group Facilitators: Kirby or Susan Orme, (208) 342-2139, kirby_orme@yahoo.com  Mother's Day 2022 Mother's Day reminds some people of losses they don't often speak of, like death, separation, divorce, infertility, illness, unfulfilled longing, disability, estrangement, neglect, rejection, abuse, and abandonment. If this day is difficult for you, for any reason, be extra kind and soft with yourself. Sending lots of love and wishes for a gentler Mother's Day than expected to all feeling tender from loss. 4/18/2021 2nd Annual Bereaved Mother’s Day Conference - Instagram Live with Lisa Price - 18 Apr 2021Read Now
If you missed the LIVE you can watch the replay of My Grief Connection founder, Sara Cobb, and Lisa Price,
the founder of Grieve Breathe Believe, as they talk about the realities of the grief of child loss, as well as how bereaved parents can find healing and hope after loss. Lisa shares details about the 2nd Annual Bereaved Mother's Day Virtual Conference she is hosting for mom who have lost a child on Sunday, May 2, 2021. Watch the LIVE above or by visiting: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CN0WvnWKa5v/... Lisa Price is a wellness coach for grieving parents, the founder of Grieve. Breathe. Believe., and creator of the 4:13 Method grief support program and community facilitator for bereaved parents cultivating a safe, yet productive space to rediscover and reconstruct their lives after the death of their child. Purchase tickets for the 2nd Annual Bereaved Mother's Day Virtual Conference with the coupon code CONNECTION20 to get $20 OFF your registration fees! Every purchase through today, Sunday, April 18th receives a FREE card deck set of 52-Week Affirmations for Grieving Parents. Get tickets at: https://www.mygriefconnection.org/events.htm  Jonathan's Giving Tree - Life After Loss of a Child Support Group
Thursday's at 7:00 PM PST via Zoom. This group provides a safe space and supportive environment to further explore the stages of grief and is open to anyone that has loss a child or a adult sibling and grandparents. It provides an opportunity to meet other grieving parents and share experiences and coping strategies. Zoom Meeting ID: 811 5824 0458 Password: OKMD4t For more information, contact Marcia Arreola at 949-342-6547. https://jonathansgivingtree.org  The Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting
The Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting on the 2nd Sunday in December unites family and friends around the globe in lighting candles for one hour to honor the memories of the sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, and grandchildren who left too soon. As candles are lit on December 13th, 2020 at 7:00 pm local time around the world, hundreds of thousands of people commemorate and honor the memory of all children gone too soon. Now believed to be the largest mass candle lighting on the globe, the annual WCL, a gift to the bereavement community from The Compassionate Friends, creates a virtual 24-hour wave of light as it moves from time zone to time zone. TCF’s WCL started in the United States in 1997 as a small internet observance and has since swelled in numbers as word has spread throughout the world. Hundreds of formal candle lighting events are held, and thousands of informal candle lightings are conducted in homes, as families gather in quiet remembrance of children who have died and will never be forgotten. You can join in with the TCF virtual worldwide candle lighting memorial service on Dec 13th for EST, CST, Mountian & PST Zones. Register now to attend the candle lighting at 6:45 PM for each time zone: https://tinyurl.com/TCFcandle 10/14/2020 'Confessions of a Griever' eBook on Sale for Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness DayRead Now 'Confessions of a Griever' eBook on Sale for Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day
Did you know that October 15th is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day? Light a candle for 60 minutes to honor the parents you know who have lost sweet babies at 7pm local time. Crystal Webster, founder and Chief Solace Officer at https://www.sharingsolace.com/ , wants to give back (and pay it forward) to the grief community that has provided her so much comfort since her precious daughter Madelyn died 10 years ago. So, the Amazon Kindle version of her wonderful book "Confessions of a Griever: Turning a Hot Mess into an Haute Message (Laughable Lessons for When Life Just Sucks)" is on sale for only $.99 on Amazon from Oct 15th-21st! Visit the "Recommendations" tab at www.mygriefconnection.org and read the summary of the book there and click through to purchase or visit the affiliate link at https://amzn.to/2H4Uj3e  International Wave of Light for Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance
Thursday, October 15, 2020 from 6:30 - 8:00 PM (MST) Kohlerlawn Cemetery, 76 6th St N, Nampa, ID 83687 October 15th is International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. There will be a gathering together for a time of reflection and remembrance; a message of hope; and a special naming service for our little ones gone too soon. Meet at the Public Memorial for Pregnancy and Infant Loss, located in Kohlerlawn Cemetery in Nampa, Idaho on the back side of the Veteran's Memorial. https://www.facebook.com/events/2790026561228123/  Mass for Parents Who Have Lost a Child
St. Paul's Catholic Church, 510 W. Roosevelt, Nampa, ID 83686 Are you or someone you know mourning the death of a child because of a miscarriage, accident, terminal illness, or abortion? Join St. Paul's Catholic Church in Nampa, Idaho on Tuesday, Sept 15, 2020—the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows-- for a special 6:30 p.m. Mass for parents who have lost a child. St. Paul's Respect Life Ministry will hand out a flower to grieving parents after the Mass. For more information visit: https://nampacatholic.church/ Gathering 2020: A Collective Experience for Bereaved Mothers
October 3, 2020 from 3:00 - 4:00 PM (MST) Registration is FREE and easy: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gathering-2020-tickets-106828749666 Questions? Send us a message or check out our FAQ page: https://www.gatheringhope.net/ghfaq Want to connect with other mothers before the Gathering? Join the private Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/85 Gathering 2020 will feature powerful speakers, uplifting worship, and a sacred, intimate atmosphere where you are regarded as a truly beloved guest. This Gathering includes an interactive experience, where women can collectively both grieve and celebrate their babies. Healing conversation will be engaged in while via private virtual rooms. Please join from the comfort of your own home and gather to recognize our babies and our motherhood, together. Christ gifts us with the presence of one another as a source of comfort and the annual Gatherings serve as a catalyst for moms to begin forming relationships.  David's Hope Pregnancy Loss Ministry Support Group David's Hope Pregnancy Loss Ministry's local Boise, Idaho area support group for those who have experienced infant loss, stillbirth or miscarriage, will be restarting on Tuesday, June 23, 2020 at 6:30 pm. It is a 7 week program. Please call or text 208-899-3676 RSVP and for more information on the location. www.davidshopeministry.org Office Phone: (208) 899-3676 Email: admin@davidshopeministry.org  Grieve. Breathe. Believe. - 4:13 MOVE:ment Method Grieve. Breath. Believe. supports bereaved parents who feel stuck and overwhelmed navigate their journey to find forward MOVE:ment, transforming their life and choosing better, finding purpose, possibility and growth in grief. The 4:13 MOVE:ment Method is an online course for bereaved parents with a video and workbook format that offers you tangible supports and tools that help you work through your grief at your own pace and from the comfort of your own home. Group and 1:1 coaching packages are available for additional community and individualized support. To purchase the 4:13 MOVE:ment Method course or coaching package through my Affiliate Link, click the image above or click the link below: https://www.betternotbittermom.com/offers/Byd2z2bi  Maddie's Birthday Book Bash - Virtual Party
My friend Crystal Webster over at Sharing Solace has a special invitation for you! Her new book ‘Confessions of a Griever: Turning a Hot Mess into an Haute Message (Laughable Lessons for When Life Just Sucks)’ will be released on Tuesday, May 19th, her daughter Maddie's 10th birthday. She's throwing a big virtual Birthday Book Bash and you are invited to attend! Just visit www.sharingsolace.com/birthday to RSVP and get your FREE ticket! There will be plenty of fun, snarky shenanigans, party hats, interpretive readings (maybe interpretive dance too), special guests, and prizes galore!  Pink and Blue Fun Run 2020
Saturday, June 20, 2020 from 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Lakeview Park, 1304 7th St N., Nampa, Idaho 83687 Mark your calendars and prepare for the pinkest and bluest fun run yet! The 4th Annual Pink and Blue Fun Run, to help benefit David's Hope Pregnancy Loss Ministry will be on June 20, 2020. They are looking for business sponsors and vendors for this event. Contact them if you want to participate. Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place as well as a drawing for all participants, and a prize for the very best pink and blue spirit!! There will also be raffles, face painting, vendors, and fun for the whole family! Register by March 31st for a $5 discount making registration only $20! Registration from April 1st to June 19th is $25. Late Registration available for $30. Register at www.pinkandbluerun.com https://www.facebook.com/events/486933195250877/
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