I’m so sorry for your loss, and I know from my own personal experience how hard it is to seek support and absorb resources early in grief.  Allow me to help you with that.

Losing a child or children is the hardest life experience a human is forced to face. That you are seeking support is an act of courage. Stepping into the ‘what’s next’ is difficult. I’m grateful you’re here. Together we will create a safe space to share, learn about traumatic grief, and grow your community of compassionate companions who have their own story of child loss.

 I’m Terri, mom to my firstborn Thomas, age 51 - and Misty Dawn, forever 35.  
I’m a native Houstonian.

 Since I was a child it’s been necessary to create a peaceful environment for myself inside and out.  My childhood was filled with chaos and was unsafe. As a result of that early home life I developed skills that helped me survive.  I have always been a helper, a caregiver and a nurturer.  I love people and bring calm, compassion, and empathy into all situations.

 As a young adult my quest for wholeness and for wellness grew.  I began seeking and acquiring certifications in healing modalities;

~ Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy

~ Healing Touch

~ Reiki Master

~ Martha Beck certified Life Coach

~ Wholistic Nutritional -Clayton College

Then my beautiful only daughter, after decades of mental health challenges and self medicating with substances, decided to end her life.  It was August 1, 2012.

My world stopped.

Together we’d worked so hard for over 20 years toward her wholeness, to stabilize her health and wellbeing.  I never once considered or believed it wouldn’t eventually work out.  As her mother I carried the HOPE banner Every. Single. Day.

 So, even though I could barely breathe, and as I toppled down into the depths of that ‘dark night of the soul’ we’ve heard about, I did what I am accustomed to doing…I began seeking a lifeline, searching to find someone who could help me survive life without her.  

“I was so fortunate to come across Dr.

Joanne Cacciatore, Founder of the MISS Foundation and the Selah Carefarm. It was September 2013 and I was coming out of the shock and deep grief fog of the first year, feeling so much more than I felt I could handle.  

 Dr. Jo’s ATTEND model methods slowly but surely pulled me from the depths.  And our time together eventually led me to become a part of the MISS Foundation/Selah Carefarm team.   Her work is helping millions of people around the world who’ve had to experience and endure the loss of a beloved child

I have completed Dr. Jo’s Compassionate Bereavement Care (CBC) courses multiple times including the Advanced Skills Course.