Our Story
Turning Grief into Connection
Where Our Story Began
On May 29, 2019, our lives changed forever. My daughter, Hope, was only nine months old when we lost her dad, Todd, to suicide.
He was a husband, a father, and a man carrying invisible wounds from his service-the kind of wounds so many veterans and first responders live with every day.
That night broke us wide open, leaving me a widow and Hope without her daddy, forced to navigate a world that didn’t know how to hold our grief.
Finding Purpose in Pain
In the months and years that followed, I searched for ways to explain the unexplainable to a child. I quickly discovered there were very few resources that spoke to children and families about loss caused by service-related trauma and depression. Families like ours are left in silence, often misunderstood or overlooked, while the pain continues in the shadows.
That is why, on May 29, 2025- six years to the day we lost Todd-I founded
This nonprofit is both a promise and a lifeline: a promise to honor Todd’s memory and all those like him, and a lifeline for families who need a place to belong when the world doesn’t understand.