Stefany Fuentes hugs another participant at a Nurture to Remember event in Lake Forest, CA on Monday, May 6, 2024. Forever Footprints brought women who have suffered pregnancy or infant loss together for a day of pampering and healing. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
More than 70 women came together on Monday, May 6, for a Nurture to Remember event that provided a day of pampering and healing.
The morning was organized by Forever Footprints, an Orange-based group that supports women who have suffered pregnancy or infant loss.
Daniela Schreck, left, and Tracy Allen take a selfie at the art therapy table during a Nurture to Remember event in Lake Forest, CA on Monday, May 6, 2024. Forever Footprints brought women who have suffered pregnancy or infant loss together for a day of pampering and healing. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Yareli Lloyd make a tribute to her son Elijah during a Nurture to Remember event in Lake Forest, CA on Monday, May 6, 2024. Forever Footprints brought women who have suffered pregnancy or infant loss together for a day of pampering and healing. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Angel Frank practices breath work at a Nurture to Remember event in Lake Forest, CA on Monday, May 6, 2024. Forever Footprints brought women who have suffered pregnancy or infant loss together for a day of pampering and healing. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Kristyn Von Rotz, founder and director of Forever Footprints, hugs a participant at a Nurture to Remember event in Lake Forest, CA on Monday, May 6, 2024. Women who have suffered pregnancy or infant loss came together for a day of pampering and healing. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
More than 70 women participate in a Nurture to Remember event in Lake Forest, CA on Monday, May 6, 2024. Forever Footprints brought women who have suffered pregnancy or infant loss together for a day of pampering and healing. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Participants do yoga at a Nurture to Remember event in Lake Forest, CA on Monday, May 6, 2024. Forever Footprints brought women who have suffered pregnancy or infant loss together for a day of pampering and healing. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Stefany Fuentes hugs another participant at a Nurture to Remember event in Lake Forest, CA on Monday, May 6, 2024. Forever Footprints brought women who have suffered pregnancy or infant loss together for a day of pampering and healing. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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Daniela Schreck, left, and Tracy Allen take a selfie at the art therapy table during a Nurture to Remember event in Lake Forest, CA on Monday, May 6, 2024. Forever Footprints brought women who have suffered pregnancy or infant loss together for a day of pampering and healing. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Women could have their hair and nails done, practice yoga and breathe work for relaxation and do art therapy to honor their child.
They were also encouraged to make contacts with other moms to help them on their healing journey.
“A lot of us don’t get birthday parties, we don’t get graduations,” said Forever Footprints founder Kristyn Von Rotz.
“Mother’s Day is coming up and a lot of the women here don’t have their babies on Mother’s Day. But we’re still moms,” she said. “We mother our babies, but just in a very different way.”
Rotz started the organization 20 years ago after losing her son in 2004.
She saw a lack of education in the medical community, she said, and in support for families who lost a child to miscarriage, stillbirth, SIDS, pregnancy loss, or infant death.
Today, the organization provides support groups, helps educate the medical community and provides healing events.
The group’s annual Walk to Remember will be Oct. 5 to celebrate lives of the children.
