Four States Bereaved Parents of the USA

06/12/2026

Grief is love with no place to go...

I am honored to grieve you forever.

The emptiness I feel day in and day out..

Is because the love you filled my life with.

The pain I feel when reality of you being gone catches up on me..

Is because even after quite a bit of time it still doesn’t seem real.

The uneasiness I feel about the future..

Is because I dread planning things and you not being there for them.

The smile that appears on my face when someone tells a story about you..

Is because each time your name is mentioned… it brings you back to life for that very moment in time.

The sadness that creeps up on me when I see a certain place or smell a certain scent..

Is because I just want you back so bad it hurts.

And. I still need you.

The anger that sometimes catches me by surprise..

Is because I still don’t understand why such an amazing person had to leave a broken world.

You made the world better.

Even though grief is so hard. The hardest thing I ever had to go through.

I am so honored to grieve you.

Because you are loved.

You matter.

And will always be remembered.

Until my very last breath.

05/28/2026

Another month has come and gone! You are welcome to meet with us on Tuesday, June 2nd at 7:00 pm, as we support each other in the journey of child loss. We meet at the west side of Community of Christ Church, 1212 N Goetz Blvd in Joplin. We will be having a light meal, visit for awhile, and a bubble service around 8:15. Sending bubbles in the air, to celebrate our children. We can't change what happened, but we can learn to live full lives as we honor our children's memories. 💕🌷🥰

05/25/2026

Today, we honor and remember the brave men and women who gave their lives in service to our country.

And we also hold close the families who carry those losses forever…
the parents, grandparents, siblings, spouses, children, and loved ones whose lives were changed by that sacrifice.

Behind every name engraved in memory is a family still loving, still remembering, and still learning how to live with an absence that never fully leaves.

From all of us at Bereaved Parents of the USA, we remember with you today.
❤️🇺🇸💙

05/20/2026

05/15/2026

The day after Mother’s Day always feels off to me.

Yesterday, everybody remembered.

Today… it’s over.

The flowers.
The posts.
The “thinking of you” messages.

And meanwhile I’m still sitting here with the same ache I had before the day started.

There’s something hard about how quickly the world moves on from it.

Because we don’t.

We still wake up mothers.
Still missing our children.
Still carrying everything nobody sees once the holiday passes.

I.R.💜

05/01/2026

Come and spend some time with people who know your grief. We meet Tuesday, May 5 at 7:00. We meet at Community of Christ Church at 1212 N Goetz Blvd in Joplin, in the community room at the west side. We share our children, our struggles and our memories.

Grief rewrites you…
quietly, completely.

You don’t choose it.
You don’t control it.
But it changes everything about you.

I.R.💜

04/21/2026

We missed out on so much...

It was beautiful.

Your childhood…
right there in front of me—
loud, messy, ordinary, alive.

You running through the house.
Your voice calling out.
Needing me without hesitation.

I didn’t stop to take it in.
I thought there would always be more.

And then… you grew.

Not all at once.
Just little shifts I almost missed.

Your voice changing.
Your world getting bigger.
You stepping into yourself while still reaching back for me.

I saw it.
I saw the beginning of your adulthood.

Those in-between days—
where you were becoming
and I was still right there beside you.

I thought that part would keep going.
That I’d get to see all of it unfold.

But I didn’t.

And now when I remember you—
it’s all of it at once.

The little kid.
The growing one.
The almost-adult.

All real.
All here once.

All beautiful
because you were.

Izzy Roe💜
Bereaved Parents of the USA

04/15/2026

Sudden or not, we never get another hug. 💔

I took the chance in believing you would always be here. There was never a moment that I thought your life would end so suddenly…

04/04/2026

We will meet Tuesday, April 7th at Community of Christ Church, 1212 N Goetz Blvd in Joplin. We meet in the community room on the west side, at 7:00 pm. If you need a place to talk about your child, grandchild or sibling, we would be honored to hear about them. A safe place to talk, vent or hear about how we all cope.

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03/20/2026

Everyone is different.

Please do not judge people on how they are grieving.

The reality is..
They are already judging themselves.

Because grief is not linear. There are no timelines or checklists to complete before we feel better.

This is the loneliest..self reflecting..
Most isolating journey that anyone will take in their lives.

Because nobody knows exactly what they are feeling.

Every loss and grieving process is different depending on hundreds of different factors.

Some may mourn the loss heavily for years and years and can’t get out of bed some days.

Some may have known the loss was going to happen and started grieving long before the funeral.

Some may smile and laugh with others but completely break down behind closed doors.

Some may be in shock for months before the reality of it all hits.

Some may busy themselves with plans so they dont have to sit with their feelings.

Some may act strong because they were advised to but eventually break apart.

Some are left with no choice to go on like it was because there are children to take care of and bills to pay.

Some choose to isolate because they cant relate with small talk about tv shows and neighborhood gossip right now.

But with all these differences..
One thing is the same.

There is nobody else in the world who knows what this particular loss feels like…

Exept the one who is grieving.