Sharing Parents

This post is part of our “Meet our Volunteers” series where we introduce you to a Sharing Parents volunteer, his or her story and baby(ies), and what they appreciate about volunteering. Name: Megan Babies’ Loss Dates: May 1, 2018, October 11, 2017, and October 5, 2018 Volunteer Role: Megan supports Sharing Parents in various capacities and dedicates her strengths where needed. I am on a journey. Although it’s uniquely personal, I know it’s been shared by many women. It’s a journey that no one signs up for and when it happens, we feel unprepared. Yet, some-how we make it through… My…

On Saturday, April 27 a Sharing Parents team of parents marched in the 2019 March of Dimes “March for Babies.” Thank you to everyone who joined us both in presence and in spirit, and a special thank you to our event coordinators, Sara and Toni, for all your work in coordinating shirt orders, event details, etc. The size of our team seems to grow each year. This year we had 32 baby names on the backs of our shirts and over 80 parents, friends, and family marching with Team Sharing Parents! It’s always a special opportunity to come out and…

This post is part of our “Meet our Volunteers” series where we introduce you to a Sharing Parents volunteer, his or her story and baby(ies), and what they appreciate about volunteering. Name: Sara Baby’s Name: Max Seberger Date of Birth: June 16, 2014 Volunteer Role: Navigating Grief Co-Coordinator; Subsequent Pregnancy Coordinator; March of Dimes Co-Coordinator; October Memorial Coordinator We were standing in our master bathroom when saw the second line appear on the pregnancy test and we were overjoyed! After 8 months of trying, I was pregnant! Minutes later, I told my husband that we needed to give the baby…

If you’re a Facebook user, I’m sure you’ve seen friends raising money for their favorite cause on their birthday or in memory of someone they love. We’ve even had a few parents do this for Sharing Parents. Fundraisers like these give friends and family an opportunity to recognize your baby’s life, acknowledge your loss, and show their support in a way that benefits others. I did one of these fundraisers for my daughter’s fifth birthday and I was overwhelemed by the support I received from sometimes the most unexpected people, all in honor of my daughter’s life and the impact she’s…

Thank you to all our parents who came out to help us make bereavement boxes that will benefit families at Sutter Roseville. Many of us have received our own memory boxes and we know how much these mean to the families. Our wonderful volunteer, Sharon, organized the event for us and had a huge array of decorations, papers, ribbons, flowers, etc. to choose from. For the design-challenged, papers were already color-coordinated and just required a little glue to get going.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

This post is part of a new “Meet our Volunteers” series where we introduce you to a Sharing Parents volunteer, his or her story and baby(ies), and what they appreciate about volunteering. Name: Amy Baby’s Name: Katherine Lynn, aka “Katie-bug” Date of Birth: March 22, 2013 Volunteer Role: President My daughter, Katherine Lynn, died at almost 24 weeks on March 22, 2013. She was our second daughter and we’d hoped she would complete our little family. We found out at our 20 week ultrasound that something wasn’t right and were asked to return two weeks later for another ultrasound. We…

Every year, we ask a few of our recent parent attendees to share their stories with our community as parent speakers at the October Memorial. This year we were blessed to hear from Britni Gernandt in honor of her beloved daughter, Kinsley Gernandt. We’re sharing her speech here on the blog with our sincere thanks to Britni. We are remembering Kinsley with you today and always. Britni Gernandt, October 14, 2018 The story we are about to share like many of your own stories is full of brokenness, heartache, tears, devastation, bitterness, anger and loss but it’s also full of…

Every year, we ask a few of our recent parent attendees to share their stories with our community as parent speakers at the October Memorial. This year we were blessed to hear from Megan and Mike Ash in honor of their precious daughter, Lylah Rose Ash. We’re sharing their speeches here on the blog with our sincere thanks to Megan and Mike. We are remembering Lylah with you today and always. Megan Ash, October 14, 2018 It is such an honor to be here today not only to celebrate our daughter’s life but to celebrate the lives of all of your…

The 2018 October Memorial was a beautiful, heart-felt ceremony to honor the lives of our babies amongst our families, friends, and loss community. Thank you to all those in attendance. 2018 was our largest Memorial to date and Sharing Parents is grateful to have had the opportunity to provide the space to honor our babies.     Sharing Parents extends our heartfelt “Thank You” to each one of our volunteers. Without your continued dedication and presence, we couldn’t continue to support parents grieving the loss of their precious babies. Your job is not easy but you continue to show up…