June 2017 - The Little Fox - Toby’s Foundation

Month Ten – A Mother of Two

Posted on June 24, 2017 by The Little Fox Foundation

I can feel the memories coming before they are even in my mind. My heart hurts. My throat gets tight. My eyes begin to well. I know it's going to hurt like hell, but I embrace it, because it's embracing you. It's an embrace that I don't want to let go of. With each month that passes, there is new pain, different pain. Things that were not triggers before, they rip the wound wide open now. Luke talks about you...

2017 Innovative Educator Award

Posted on June 20, 2017 by The Little Fox Foundation

2017 Innovative Educator Award

With Father’s Day this past weekend I was thinking about what I wanted to write about my amazing husband and even more amazing father to our boys. Last Tuesday, Dan received the Michel J. Farrell Chair in Honor of Thomas N. Southard's Innovative Educator Award by Shady Side Academy and my excitement and pride for him were the exact words I was looking for to describe the incredible man he is. For those that have the privilege of knowing Dan, or...

The Farley-Kluger Initiative – Parental Bereavement Leave

Posted on June 9, 2017 by The Little Fox Foundation

The Farley-Kluger Initiative – Parental Bereavement Leave

www.farleykluger.com Over the last 10 months I have come across other grieving parent's stories, whether at in-person meetings, from acquaintances that know someone who has lost a child, and through online forums and blogs supporting the bereaved community. There have been parents who've had to return to work three days after their child has died - THREE. Three. Some were given 7 days and for the employer, that seemed gracious. Other parents who weren't mentally ready have been given an...