Santa and Max
DeAndrea Dare2017-12-23T14:06:35-06:00It is a place I've been going to for years. I always feel like a walking fashion faux pas the minute I step foot in the doors. My friend Kristie and I have spent
Blue Christmas by Lisa Dalton
DeAndrea Dare2017-12-05T18:17:25-06:00My name is Lisa Dalton. I am a mother of 4 living children and 2 sweet babies who will forever be alive in my heart and in my memories. This is my story… My
Mother’s Day Dallas Morning News Article
DeAndrea Dare2017-05-12T17:56:39-05:00The following was published in the Dallas Morning News on 5-12-17 : https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/05/12/mothers-day-remember-grieving Mother's Day for many is a celebration full of great joy. For others, it is one of the hardest days of the
Never Forgotten
DeAndrea Dare2017-04-26T20:11:19-05:00“Do you know them?” A very simple question. A headline among at least 20 others. I immediately stopped scrolling and started reading. Thirteen “unclaimed” homeless veterans would be laid to rest at DFW National Cemetery.
Retreat Reflections by Katie Shenck
DeAndrea Dare2017-04-22T10:20:31-05:00My husband & I are forever grateful for our time spent at the first "A Memory Grows" retreat. We both went into the weekend with a lot of fear, anxiety, & caution because we had
A Bond Like No Other
DeAndrea Dare2017-01-04T00:08:21-06:00I’ll never forget the first time I saw it. I was absentmindedly scrolling through my Facebook feed and there it was. A picture with their names. All three of them. I remember my thumb
Walking Into Healing
DeAndrea Dare2017-01-03T20:13:36-06:00Two days ago I walked out of the hospital where my three children were born. That statement in itself may not sound strange to you but to me it closed a part of my life
Love
DeAndrea Dare2017-01-03T20:22:14-06:00If there is one word that I use to describe my son Max, it is love. Pure and simple. Love. I have loved and been loved my entire life but something happened within me
Shared Grief, Shared Love
DeAndrea Dare2016-11-12T07:01:41-06:00One of the heavy thoughts that permeates the mind of a parent who has lost a child is often "Why me, how could this happen to me?" Many grieving parents feel guilt or even shame