Family Stories and Letters
Grit and Grief — Here Come the Holidays
CELEBRATING THE HOLIDAYS IN GRIEF is like holding your breath when you dive into a pool: Instinctual, scary and over before you know it. At different stages the pain changes. Tears fall either way — with delight and while mourning. It would be easy to dread the season because our [...]
Evan
Jacob's Heart has provided such a great level of comfort, connection, and fun both for Evan and our family. It's an organization that allows our son to feel joy, to connect with other kids that have been through similar experiences and to feel like a "normal" nine year old [...]
Charlie
My name is Sara Moore, and I’m mourning my oldest son Charlie. He died of Diffuse Midline Glioma, a rare, inoperable brain tumor, on August 31, 2018 at 11 years old. I am able to write this letter thanks to the immeasurable love of Jacob’s Heart and their selfless [...]
Amani
The day my beautiful daughter Amani was born I prayed, “Help me be a good father to this precious little girl; let me guide her, teach her. And, Lord, when the boys start coming around, please give me patience.” Seven years later, my wife and I were back at [...]