FAMILY RESOURCES:
If you had to say goodbye to your beloved child, I am so sorry. I hold you close in my heart as you walk the path that now lay before you. Here are some resources that have helped pave my journey to healing, I hope that these links comfort and guide you as well. Here are some resources that were helpful in my healing, I hope they can be helpful to you, too.
WHILE IN THE HOSPITAL:
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Professional Photography
Offers remembrance photography to parents suffering the loss of a baby with a free gift of professional portraiture. No fee, sensitive photographers, all prints edited beautifully and delivered to you.
Offers remembrance photography to parents suffering the loss of a baby with a free gift of professional portraiture. No fee, sensitive photographers, all prints edited beautifully and delivered to you.
IF YOUR CHILD RECEIVED A LIFE LIMITING DIAGNOSIS:
The George Mark Children's House
(510) 346-4624
George Mark Children’s House welcomes medically eligible children and young adults, aged birth to 21, with a life-limiting diagnosis. They strongly believe that children with potentially life-limiting illnesses and their families deserve the best possible care, inviting families to live at GMCH for their child's final days.
(510) 346-4624
George Mark Children’s House welcomes medically eligible children and young adults, aged birth to 21, with a life-limiting diagnosis. They strongly believe that children with potentially life-limiting illnesses and their families deserve the best possible care, inviting families to live at GMCH for their child's final days.
SONOMA COUNTY LOCAL SUPPORT GROUPS:
The Grief Recovery Method®: Grief Support Group
An action-based method that involves reading and writing assignments to work through, process and understand your grief. One-on-One and small group options. Contact Certified Grief Recovery Specialist Amie Lands by email, or her website Amie Lands, CGRS for a consultation or upcoming group sessions. For more information, visit the Grief Recovery Method Website. This is a fee based program.
An action-based method that involves reading and writing assignments to work through, process and understand your grief. One-on-One and small group options. Contact Certified Grief Recovery Specialist Amie Lands by email, or her website Amie Lands, CGRS for a consultation or upcoming group sessions. For more information, visit the Grief Recovery Method Website. This is a fee based program.
Sutter VNA & Hospice Child/Teen Bereavement Program
(707) 535-5700
MEETINGS IN SANTA ROSA
Bereavement and grief support programs, open to the public and provide support for adults, young adults and children who have experienced a loss. Individual counseling is available, as well as community education and training.
Compassionate Friends
MEETINGS IN ROHNERT PARK
-OR- Search your local area
Providing Grief Support After the Death of a Child. Includes local chapter meetings as well as online support.
(707) 535-5700
MEETINGS IN SANTA ROSA
Bereavement and grief support programs, open to the public and provide support for adults, young adults and children who have experienced a loss. Individual counseling is available, as well as community education and training.
Compassionate Friends
MEETINGS IN ROHNERT PARK
-OR- Search your local area
Providing Grief Support After the Death of a Child. Includes local chapter meetings as well as online support.
WHEN YOU RETURN HOME:
I spent hours scouring the internet looking for support after losing Ruthie Lou. I wanted to know that I was not alone, I wanted to feel supported, I wanted to learn how to survive without my child. It was so hard for me to believe that one day I would be able to join the world again, that one day I would feel joy and experience laughter again but here I am, I am surviving. Here are some resources that really comforted me.
