3Hopeful Hearts- Week of giving for hope

3Hopeful Hearts Mission: 3Hopeful Hearts provides bereaved parents and families opportunities to honor, find hope, and seek healing through grief companionship. This is it, at it's core.  The amazing staff and volunteers at 3Hopeful Hearts spend their days supporting families, friends and community members through the unthinkable.  They assist families navigate their individual grief, educate others on how to provide support and provide a safe space to connect with others.  

Over the past 10 years, I have personally and professionally witnessed the lasting impact that the support of 3Hopeful Hearts has on a grieving family.  In my professional capacity, I have contacted 3Hopeful Hearts immediately following the death of a child and without delay, 3Hopeful Hearts responds and works tirelessly to meet the immediate needs of a family, provide grief companionship and assist with building a support foundation.  They  have the capacity to provide on-going, long term support that programs with law enforcement and first responders just don't have.  It's hard to put into words just the impact that 3Hopeful Hearts has made over our 10 year partnership.  

On a personal note, as a new Mama, I cannot fathom the trauma of losing a child and what must feel like unending grief.  I have a new found respect and admiration for our 3Hopeful Hearts staff and volunteers.  To give a piece of yourself, to hold space for a family and their grief, to bear witness to such heartbreak... it's incredible!  I feel honored to be a small part of the 3Hopeful Hearts team. Thank you for everything staff, volunteers and board members.