Kim BrattainFounder/ CEO, Kim Brattain Media · Award-winning Corporate and Documentary Film Producer

KinderMourn Forget Me Not

13 Sept 2013 · 3 min

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The video presents heartfelt testimonials from bereaved parents, children, and program participants who have lost a child and found support through the KinderMourn camp and its associated programs. Speakers recount the shock and disorientation of losing a child (e.g., Nathan, Pete), the difficulty of imagining a future, and the isolation they felt. They describe how KinderMourn provided a caring, supportive environment where counselors listened, offered guidance, and helped them become better parents. Peer groups allowed participants to connect with others who shared similar loss, fostering a sense of belonging and reducing loneliness. The camp taught practical coping skills through activities like sports, and emphasized healthy emotional processing. Participants speak of the hope and forward‑looking outlook the program nurtured, acknowledging that healing is not a quick fix but a gradual journey. The video also announces the launch of the Forget‑Me‑Not Fund, symbolizing the organization’s ongoing commitment to remembering and supporting families affected by child loss. Overall, the content conveys gratitude, hope, and the transformative impact of community‑based bereavement support.

Chapters

In 2008, we lost our first child, Nathan.
A lot of people just couldn't understand what we were going through.
You feel so disoriented because you think, this is— this could never happen to me.
Going to KinderMourn and just being around people that are so supportive, loving, and caring, Really, really helped us get through the most difficult time of our lives.
My journey to heal began when I walked through these doors. Pete would have graduated from high school this year. It's been a long time. We missed a lot of things with him. It's been a struggle every day. We miss him every day. The passing of a child, it's difficult to understand what your life is going to be like, what that next day is going to be. Coming to Kindermore provides you with that, that answer to that question, what am I going to do with the rest of my life? And what they do is provide you with that hope of moving forward.
They were really here to listen, give us guidance, give us advice, and just make it so that we could continue on and be better parents for our daughter now.
I'm gonna sprinkle the seeds.
This year, Kindermorn will launch the Forget-Me-Not Fund. The forget-me-not signifies the work Kindermorn strives to accomplish every day.
I'm in a group with my little brother that actually helps me It helps a lot because I get to talk to other people that went through the same thing that I went through.
It's Kinder Morgan Camp, and that's sort of what it's all about, just remembering your loved ones that have died in a good way. He took me out and he's like, here, here's a glove, here's a ball, here's a bat. And he taught me the fundamentals, like how to throw, catch. I mean, he did that every Friday after I got home from school. Without Kinder Morgan, I think I would have been a lot more sad. I wouldn't be able to cope as good with it because they teach a lot of healthy, healthy ways to cope.
There's no quick fix, but there's a hope that comes from here that Hope continues on, you know, it carries on even past the direct experience.
It lets you know that you're not alone.
To have Kinder Moore here just to put us back together and really, you know, let us know that there is a future for us. There is hope.