Courage in Time

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We are a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting families through stillbirth and infant loss.

10/15/2026

Today, we remember the babies who should be here and the families who will spend a lifetime loving and missing them.

At Courage in Time, we know remembrance doesn’t end when the day does. Our babies are woven into our everyday lives, our families, and the people we’ve become.

If you know a family who has experienced pregnancy or infant loss, remember their baby beyond today. Say their name. Ask about them. Make space for their story.

Because this is more than one day. It’s a lifetime of love, grief, and remembering.

For the babies. For the families who carry them. Always. 🤍💚

09/14/2026

“Hi, I’m Lorenzo’s mom, and we are Courage in Time — a nonprofit organization supporting bereaved families who have experienced infant loss and stillbirth.”

That’s how I introduced myself over and over again this weekend at The Promise Walk for Preeclampsia, supporting the mission of the Preeclampsia Foundation with Central New Jersey Promise Walk 💫

It’s been a while since I’ve tabled an event. There is something about being in this space that feels like home. I get to talk about my son, say his name, share his story, and let that part of me exist out loud. And honestly, there is something really beautiful about that.

For me, continuing to show up in spaces like this matters. It gives us an opportunity to raise awareness, connect with other families, and remind bereaved parents that they are not alone. These spaces give us room to talk about the babies we carry with us and make sure their lives continue to be remembered and honored.

This was a reminder of why I started Courage in Time in the first place. 🤍

Thank you to everyone who stopped by our table, shared a story, learned about our work, or simply took a moment to connect. It felt so good to be back in this community and in this space again and we will absolutely be back! 💚🦁

09/09/2026

🍂 FALL FUNdRAISING IS HERE! 🍂

It’s been a little while since we’ve added something new to our Bonfire store… but we’re back with NEW MERCH for fall! 🤎 And your favorite previous styles are LIVE again, too!

When you purchase Courage in Time merchandise, you’re doing more than wearing our name. You’re helping us continue to support bereaved parents, honor babies gone too soon, and remind grieving families that they are never alone.

Every purchase helps us put more love, comfort, and resources into the hands of families in our community.

Whether you’re shopping for yourself, looking for a meaningful gift, or simply want to show your support for the work we do — we’d be so grateful if you’d shop our Bonfire store and help us FUNdraise this fall!

Wear the message. Carry the love. Support a family. Shop the entire Bonfire collection through the link in our bio!

Thank you for continuing to believe in this mission and helping us carry it forward 💚🦁

09/02/2026

To my sweet Lorenzo,

If you were here today you’d be starting kindergarten and I so desperately wonder what it would be like.

What would make you laugh?
What would you be curious about?
Would you be excited for your first day, or would you cling to me for just a little longer?
What would your voice sound like now?
What would your favorite things be?

I think you’d be sweet with a little bit of mischief in you. I think you’d love getting dirty and finding little adventures wherever you could. I imagine you’d be curious about everything and probably have a million questions. I think you’d have a big personality hiding behind that little face—and a brave little heart underneath it all.

I picture you with your backpack bigger than you ready to go. Your lunch would have a meatball made by Nonna and 2 Nutella cookies from your brother and I.

There are so many moments we never got to have with you. So for now, I’ll imagine there’s kindergarten in Heaven. I’ll imagine you walking through those doors with all the angel babies we’ve loved and lost along the way, learning and playing together.

And somehow, imagining you there makes my heart hurt a little less. Because even though I can’t watch you grow here, I can still imagine a life for you.

I’ll keep speaking your name.
I’ll keep telling your story.
I’ll keep loving you out loud.
And I’ll keep finding ways to carry you forward.

Happy first day of kindergarten, my little lion. I hope somehow, wherever you are, you know how proud Mommy is of you.

I love you forever. 💚🦁

08/30/2026

Today is National Grief Awareness Day 🫂

As a bereaved mother, I’ve learned that grief isn’t something I left behind. It is something I carry.

I carry Lorenzo in the quiet moments, in the milestones he never reached, in the questions that will never have answers, and in the love that never stopped.

And I’ve learned that grief and joy can exist in the very same heart.

I can love the life I have with my whole heart and still ache endlessly for the son I lost.

Lorenzo will always be part of my motherhood. 🤍 Today, I remember him. And I remember every parent who knows this kind of love and loss.

07/31/2026

Today is the 30th. 💚

I found myself back in a place that holds so much of my story. It’s where my church is—the place that held me through the very darkest days of losing Lorenzo.

I understand that losing a child brings many people away from God and the church. For me, it was the opposite. I ran toward it.

That first year, I went every Sunday and spent countless hours inside those walls—the same walls where we held Lorenzo’s funeral. I had questions that no one but God could answer, and I knew prayer was the only thing that could see me through.

This place remembers a version of me that I sometimes wish I could go back and hold. The mom who was bearing the unbearable. The woman who deserved so, so much more.

Today I went back and standing beside Lorenzo’s beautiful memorial stone felt oddly comforting.

This place remembers the version of me who was completely broken and had no idea how she would ever feel okay again. And today, I stood there as someone who has survived every hard day of the last five years.

Maybe healing is being able to return to the places that held your darkest moments and realize just how far you’ve come.

Being back where I was once held through losing Lorenzo and so many parts of myself felt a little bit like being held again. 🤍

Lorenzo, the 30th will always be yours. Thank you for this beautiful day.

07/16/2026

Do you believe in signs? 💫

In the weeks after Lorenzo died, one of my sweet friends gifted me the book The Light Between Us. To this day, I say that book saved me. It gave me hope that the people we love aren’t truly gone—that they can still reach us if we’re open to it.

We just took a family trip to Lancaster, PA. A trip full of joy, but also the quiet ache of raising one little boy when there should be two.

On our first morning at breakfast, they handed us a pager. I looked down.

30.

Lorenzo was born on the 30th. That will always be his number.

Maybe it’s coincidence. I choose to believe it was him saying, “I’m here too, Mommy.”

And somehow, every time I feel him close, it saves me a little bit. 🤍

06/11/2026

Five years ago today, we spent our last day together on this side of heaven.

Five years later, the grief is still heavy but the love feels light. The love finds me in the moments I least expect it. The ones that make me stop and think, that was you.

Lorenzo, you made me a mother and every version of me since has been shaped by loving you. And while I’ll always wonder who you would have become, you’ll always be my favorite what if.

I love you with the same heart that held you then.

Rest in the sweetest peace my boy. 💚

06/02/2026

Happy 5th Birthday Lorenzo ✋🏽

We spent the weekend loving, celebrating, and honoring you. We spent your day at the zoo where two lion cubs were born just six months ago. Watching them with your little brother made me feel close to you somehow. A lion mama and her cubs. A quiet reminder of us. Of the bond between a mother and her boys. Of your lion energy that still feels so present, even from heaven. And we honored you in subtle ways at your brother’s barnyard party!

I have learned that grief and joy don’t take turns. They live alongside each other. We celebrated. We laughed. We cried. We made memories. And all the while, I missed you. I miss the boy you would have become. I miss the memories we never got to make.

More than anything, I hope you know all of this. I hope somehow you know how deeply you are loved, how fiercely you are missed, and how present you remain in our lives.

Five years later, your name is still spoken. Your birthday is still celebrated. Your place in this family remains untouched.

Forever wishing on a prayer that you know.

Happy Birthday my sweet boy. Mama loves you. 💚

05/11/2026

We made these stepping stones for my mom, their Nonna. Lorenzo is in the middle, grandkid 3 of 5 and tonight, his was the only light that came on. The light that always shines. ✨

The way his cousins talk about him, ask about him, and remember him is so much of what I prayed for as his mom. That he would always be a part of our family story no matter what.

While I’ll always wonder who he would have been, I know for certain that his love still heals me in my motherhood every day.

To all moms — grieving, raising, healing, loving, remembering, and showing up day after day — you are the world, not just today but every single day. Happy Mother’s Day. 🤍 it is an honor to do life alongside of you.

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1 Ocean Blvd
Long Branch, NJ
07740

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http://www.courageintime.com/

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