Everyone experiences some form of grief in life. Sometimes it is sudden like the loss of a relationship or a move; sometimes it is more obvious like divorce or death. Sometimes it is subtle like when we take our children to college. I had always understood the concept of grief. But I never imagined I would know it so intimately.

During the summer of 1998 the unthinkable happened and my family’s lives changed forever. From that day forward our lives would be defined as before the accident and after the accident.

Over 25 years after the loss of my son, the brain injury another son sustained, and three grieving siblings, I have not only experienced the grieving process as it continues, I have studied it, survived it, and am now working as a licensed professional with mothers and families who have lost children. I want to reach those who need it most -- those who are in the throes of very deep pain from the loss of a loved one. And I also want to help the caretakers providing solace for those suffering this kind of loss.