Pennsylvania Chapter of The TEARS Foundation

10/20/2026

❤️ Honoring Their Memory on Birthdays & Special Days ❤️

A child’s birthday or a special day can bring a mix of love, memories, and heartache for families grieving the loss of a child. Every child deserves to be remembered, and every family deserves to know their child’s memory lives on. 💗

The Tears Foundation’s Special Day Cards program offers families a meaningful way to honor and remember their precious child on birthdays and other special days throughout the year. 💌

✨ Families do NOT need to live in Pennsylvania to participate! We welcome grieving families from all locations.

💌 Would you like to receive Special Day Cards for your child?

Sign up using our Google Form here: 🔗 https://forms.gle/9Vu1h6DLwX7Ndz1XA

Please share this post to help us reach more families who may find comfort in knowing their child will always be remembered. 💙

Forever loved. Forever remembered. Always in our hearts.

10/18/2026

📚💜 Join Our Monthly Book Club! 💜📚

Looking for a space to connect, share, and find comfort through books? We’re starting a monthly book club with both in-person and virtual meetups!

We’ll gather once a month to discuss our selected book, share reflections, and connect with others in a supportive community. 💜

Our first selection is Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief by Joanne Cacciatore, PhD. This powerful book explores grief, love, and the journey of healing after loss.

Whether you’re navigating grief yourself, supporting someone you love, or simply looking for meaningful connection, we welcome you to join us.

✨ Interested in participating? Send us a DM for more information!

We would like to start in November!

We look forward to reading, sharing, and connecting with you. 💜

10/18/2026

💙💜💚 October is Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month. 💙💜💚

Grief changes us in ways that are difficult to put into words. The pain of losing a child leaves a mark on our hearts forever. We learn to navigate a world that looks different, carry a love that has nowhere to go, and find ways to keep moving forward while holding our children close in our hearts.
We may hurt more deeply, cry more easily, appreciate the little things, and love more openly. We learn that grief isn't something we simply get over. It is something we learn to carry as we grow around our loss. ❤️‍🩹
Behind every grieving parent is a child who is loved, missed, and remembered. Every loss matters. Every baby matters. Every family deserves compassion, understanding, and support.
This October, we honor the babies gone too soon and the families who carry their love every single day. You are not alone. Your child matters. Your story matters. Your grief matters. 💜
At The TEARS Foundation, we want every bereaved family to know that they don't have to walk this journey alone. We see you, we remember with you, and we are here for you.
🦋 Say their names. Share their stories. Keep their memories alive.

10/17/2026

💔 “I left the hospital holding a box instead of a baby.”
There are no words that can truly describe the heartbreak behind this sentence. A moment that was supposed to be filled with joy, excitement, and bringing your baby home becomes a memory you never imagined you would have to live through.
Instead of a car seat holding your precious baby, you leave with empty arms and a heart forever changed. The world continues moving, even when yours feels like it has stopped.
Pregnancy and infant loss is a grief that deserves to be seen, acknowledged, and spoken about. Behind every loss is a baby who was loved, wanted, and will never be forgotten. 💗
If you have experienced this heartbreak, please know you are not alone. You don't have to be okay, and you don't have to navigate this journey by yourself.
At The TEARS Foundation, we see you, we remember your babies with you, and we are here to remind you that your baby matters, your grief matters, and your love will always matter. 🦋
💕 No family should ever have to walk this journey feeling alone.

10/16/2026

💔 When you lose a child, you lose an entire lifetime of dreams, hopes, wishes, and plans.

A lifetime of moments you imagined, memories you longed to make, and a future that will forever live in your heart. No words can truly capture the depth of this kind of loss. A parent's love never ends, and neither does the longing.

For every parent carrying this heartbreak, may you find gentleness in the hard days, strength in the moments you feel you have none, and comfort in knowing that your child will always be a part of you. 🕊️💗

A love that lasts forever. A loss that changes you forever. A child remembered always. 🤍

10/15/2026

10/15/2026

🩷🕯️ October 15th | Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day 🕯️🩷

Tonight at 7 PM, we invite you to join the Worldwide Wave of Light as we light a candle in loving memory of the babies gone too soon. 🕊️

Behind every candle is a precious life, a family who loves and remembers, and a love that will last forever. Whether your loss was recent or many years ago, whether your baby was with you for a moment or longer, your baby matters, your grief matters, and you are never forgotten. 💗

Let’s come together to honor our little ones, support the families who carry this loss, and remind one another that no one has to walk this journey alone.

🕯️ Light a candle at 7 PM tonight, October 15th, in your time zone.

📸 Please share your photos with us! We would love to see your candles, memorials, and special ways of honoring your precious little ones. Let’s fill this space with love, remembrance, and light as we honor the babies who will forever hold a place in our hearts. 💗

Forever loved. Forever missed. Forever in our hearts. 🩷

10/13/2026

💕Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month 💕

Pregnancy and infant loss is about so much more than the loss of a baby. It’s also the loss of dreams, expectations, innocence, stability, relationships, and the future we imagined. It can change our faith, our identity, our sense of safety, and the way we see the world.

These are the secondary losses that often go unseen by others but are deeply felt by grieving parents. 💔

Behind every loss is a family learning to navigate a world that no longer looks the way they thought it would. A grief that doesn’t follow a timeline. A love that never ends.

This October, let’s make space for every part of pregnancy and infant loss—not just the loss itself, but all the heartbreak that comes after. Let’s listen without judgment, offer support without expectations, and remember the babies who will forever be part of their families. 🦋

To every grieving parent: Your grief is valid. Your baby matters. Your love matters. And you don’t have to carry it all alone. 🤍

Say their names. Remember their babies. Support their families.