Seasons to Remember
The annual Bereavement and Remembrance Event for UNC Children's Hospital
Seasons to Remember was created to offer support, connection, and healing for families who have faced the death of a child. Parents, grandparents, caregivers, brothers, and sisters suffer greatly and in unique ways. STR is an event led by a team of individuals dedicated to offering a space for processing and healing. Activities are geared to caregivers and children alike, meeting the individual and collective needs of those who attend.
We look forward to seeing you at our upcoming annual events in 2025!
When details become available, we will invite you to RSVP so we can plan for your family's participation.
Our theme “Seasons to Remember” comes from the idea that grief changes over time. Like the changing of seasons, grief transforms within each person it touches. The transformations are unique to the individual, sometimes gradual, other times sudden.
Each season of grief can bring reflections of the beautiful love you have for your child. At times the beauty is difficult to see and feel through the seasons that are heavy and dark. Seasons of grief can be long and relentless, accompanied by sudden and unexpected peaks and valleys. In the seasons of your hearts, you must surely understand this better than most.
Your grief is a reflection of the unending love that you have for your child. Seasons to Remember is a time to celebrate the legacy that your child left in this world, to share their bright light with others, and to acknowledge and continue moving through the seasons of your grief.
“The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not ‘get over’ the loss of a loved one; you’ll learn to live with it. You will heal and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again but you will never be the same. Nor should you be the same nor would you want to.”