Light After Loss Mn

08/09/2026

Its Picnic & Memorial Walk day!!

Please feel free to join us for pregnancy & infant loss remembrance. Our location is within Veterans Park on 1st Ave in Hibbing. We will have free Caribou Coffee, bakery items from SuperOne, & water. We will be having a casual walk, remembrance flower bouquet making, & talk about healing & remembrance. We will have a kids craft & bubbles for littles! Then we will all just enjoy the sunshine & picnic together. 🥰 Stay as long or as little as you would like! You can stop by and make a donation or grab an infosheet about our Hope Remembrance Garden project with the Bereaved Mothers Group. Can't wait to see everyone!

08/08/2026

🥰 come see the Hope Remembrance Garden table! Thank you to our partners the Bereaved Mothers Group. The support for this project means the world!

08/05/2026

Just days away from our Picnic & Memorial Walk 2026 💗 We love to see new registrations come in every day! Registration is free, and you can choose to purchase a customized luminary for your angel baby. They are only $10 & are a special, lasting keepsake.

What to expect this year? This is our first year hosting our annual memorial walk in Hibbing at our future garden location! We will have a casual walk around the park. There is no paved trail so best for casual walking and not fully accessible. We will have a general area to meet and picnic in the middle space. You can bring a picnic blanket, or we will have some seating available. We will have children's crafts and some meaningful stations to create/choose keepsakes.

Its genuinely going to be special, simple, and meaningful. You can stay as long or as little as you want. We will have Caribou Coffee, water, and baked goods thanks to SuperOne foods. 💗 Come alone, bring a friend, or your family! We just want to support and welcome you to our community while remembering the angel babies you love.

Have any questions? Ask below or send us a DM. 🥰

08/03/2026

Our Angel Statue has been officially ordered, as of July 22nd! That means we should have it in less than 3 months.

This is another incredible milestone, as we are still are working daily towards completing this project this year! Here is a little history about the "Christmas Box Statue" which is also frequently referred to as the Angel Of Hope. A big thank you to the IRRR, the grant we received is helping fund this portion! 💗

**The following is all taken straight from the Richard Paul Evans website**

The Christmas Box Angel Statue was introduced to the world in the book The Christmas Box, a worldwide bestseller and hit television movie by author Richard Paul Evans. In the book, a woman mourns the loss of her child at the base of an angel monument. Though the story is mostly fiction, the angel monument once existed but is speculated to have been destroyed. The new angel statue was commissioned by Richard Paul Evans, in response to reports that grieving parents were seeking out the angel as a place to grieve and heal. The monument was dedicated on December 6, 1994 -corresponding with the date of the child’s death in The Christmas Box.

Coincidentally, Dec. 6th is celebrated in many parts of the world as Children’s Day.

At the request of Sexton Paul Byron and Salt Lake City Mayor Deedee Corradini, Salt Lake City donated the land on which the monument stands. The sculpture is the creation of a father and son from Salt Lake City, Utah, Ortho and Jared Fairbanks, and modeled according to the description in Evans’ book. The face of the angel is that of Evans’ second daughter, Allyson-Danica. If you look closely you can find on the angel’s right wing (west) the word “hope.” Flowers, sent from around the world, adorn the base of the monument year round, accompanying notes left by parents for their “little angels.” On December 6th of each year (7 p.m. MST) a candlelight healing ceremony is held at the base of the Christmas Box Angel monument. After a few remarks, a moment of silence, and the lullaby of a children’s choir, the attendees are invited to leave a white flower at the base of the angel statue. The public is welcome.

08/01/2026

We customized these three quotes & created magnets to give our community members that attend the Picnic & Memorial Walk 💗✨️ These reminders can be so healing and having them somewhere you see them often can be so helpful. Share the one thats speaks to you the most & be sure to follow our page.

Registration is free here -
https://bit.ly/2026memorialpicnic

07/31/2026

Just over a week until our Picnic & Memorial Walk at our new Hope Hope Remembrance Park location in Hibbing. This will be such a special, close knit event for our community.

Registration is free & personalized luminaries for your baby are still available for only $10. 💗 Its such a meaningful keepsake!

07/31/2026

10 candle care packages restocked to Essentia Health Northern Pines in Aurora. We are so thankful to comfort parents after pregnancy & infant loss across the range! To donate specifically to our care package fund you can donate right through this post. 💗 Thank you!

07/25/2026

Last call for Tshirt orders for our upcoming pregnancy & infant loss Picnic & Memorial Walk 🥰

Registration is free, t-shirts are available through tomorrow only! They help fundraise and raise awareness for our organization. Most importantly, this event brings together our loss community. It helps heal after pregnancy or infant loss, when you are surrounded by families that understand. We will have a short walk, make a remembrance mini bouquet, and picnic! We will have caribou coffee, bakery items, a children's craft, speeches, and you are free to bring your own picnic blanket & snacks! It will be casual, meaningful, and memory making. 💗

Thank you to Mary with triple R crafts and creations for creating our tshirts again this year!

Share or tag a friend!

07/21/2026

We are so grateful for this generous donation! What an impact it will have on our project and community!!

We are so humbled to award Light After Loss MN with allocation dollars to help support their project Hope Remembrance Park located in Hibbing.

This park will feature the Angel of Hope Statue and will provide a peaceful space for families who have experience pregnancy, infant and child loss.

Our executive director Stephany Vesel also serves on the Light After Loss board as Vice-President.

CMMF continues to support our community with allocation grants all made possible by our generous donations.

07/21/2026

Our first round of tshirts is in 😍💗 We have an incredible memorial walk and picnic planned for Sunday August 9th! Our walk will lead you peacefully around the park, stopping at different stations. One station will be for small bouquet making so you have one more remembrance item to take home! Registering is free - tshirts and luminaries are optional. It is so healing to find community. We are here for you!

https://bit.ly/2026memorialpicnic