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EPISODE · Feb 4, 2025 · 55 MIN

Navigating the Grief of Stillbirth with Leslie Burman, Willow's Mom

from Hope After Child & Sibling Loss/the empty chair endeavor · host The Empty Chair Endeavor

After waiting the long arrival of their precious daughter Willow, June 8, 2017 was supposed to be a day of joyful celebration for Leslie and Andrew Burman. When their sweet baby was born still that day, their hopes were crushed and their hearts shattered. It wasn't supposed to be that way! How do young parents begin to process something so painful and traumatic? How do they go back to an empty home and try to figure out the way forward? "Through it all, though, I felt a sense of calmness and peace. It was out of my hands. There was a bigger plan for our sweet daughter, Willow ..." LeslieI hope you'll listen as Leslie and I talk about her journey, and shares how GOD  began mending all those broken pieces, giving her a passion to help others and create "Be Like the Willow, a non-profit organization striving to provide comfort through acts of kindness, resources to aid grief and support like-minded charitable organizations."https://www.belikethewillow.com/Share any comments here *** If you have an Apple account, please take a minute to leave a review on Apple Podcasts if you enjoy this podcast by clicking the link below. By doing so you help increase our visibility and discoverability for others, and we value your feedback!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hope-after-child-sibling-loss-the-empty-chair-endeavor/id1654053256**** You can also opt to leave a review or rating on Podchasers by clicking the link below. Your opinions matter and mean so much to us!https://www.podchaser.com/HopeAfterChildSiblingLossTheEmptyChairEndeavorYou can contact us by email at: [email protected] you would like to share your story on an upcoming episode, please send us an email so that we can talk with you about it.Thank you for listening!

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After waiting the long arrival of their precious daughter Willow, June 8, 2017 was supposed to be a day of joyful celebration for Leslie and Andrew Burman. When their sweet baby was born still that day, their hopes were crushed and their hearts shattered. It wasn't supposed to be that way! How do young parents begin to process something so painful and traumatic? How do they go back to an empty home and try to figure out the way forward? "Through it all, though, I felt a sense of calmnes...

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