Walking With You for Grieving Grandparents - Paperback

by Kelly Gerken (Author)

Babies and children aren't supposed to die. It goes against everything in the natural order of things. When it happens, it shakes the foundation of the entire family and often the close friends of the parents.Grandparents were planning, waiting, and dreaming for this precious baby right along with the child's parents. They are not only part of the story, but they have their own stories to tell. Stories of much wanted and longed for babies. Stories filled with plans and dreams that were changedforever with the words, "I'm so sorry...there is no heartbeat." Their stories are worth telling. Because our babies lived. Our babies matter.

Author Biography

Kelly Gerken is the president and founder of Sufficient Grace Ministries, an organization providing perinatal hospice services, bereavement support and Dreams of You memory-making materials to families facing the loss of a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth, infant death and the death of a young child. Kelly has walked through the loss of three of her five children, and now reaches out to walk with other grieving families as an SGM Comfort Doula and SGM Remembrance Photographer. She is a creator and facilitator of training for birth professionals on compassionate care for bereaved parents facing perinatal loss. Her memoir, Sufficient Grace, was published in 2014. You can read more about Kelly's journey of grace, hope and healing and the outreaches of SGM, order resources or find her book here: www.sufficientgraceministries.org.