Your Faculty Aide: Jen Cantrell, SBD

Hi there, I’m Jen. Married to my hero, an Army Veteran. Living in Michigan, born and raised in Michigan.
I’ve been certified since 2014. And added my Chaplin certification in 2015.
I began this journey after seeking the support of a SBD during the rainbow pregnancy of my 4th living child. I knew that being the support for others that she was to me was my calling as a way to honor my 15 children that live not in my arms, but everyday in my heart.

Now I’m a Faculty Aide because I love assisting new students throughout their journey, since I was a young child I always said “when I grow up, I want to be a teacher!” I have been a preschool teacher for 21 years and I gave up that dream to be readily available to families. So what better way to still be a teacher of sorts. My hope for learners on this journey is for them to be open and kind to themselves. The journey through this course is by no means an easy one but I promise, it’s so very worth it.

I look forward to seeing your growth and development during the course.

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BIRTH & BEREAVEMENT QUOTES

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She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separating its numerous strands, appreciating its subtle nuances. She was a prism through which sadness could be divided into its infinite spectrum.

— Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything Is Illuminated

No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.

— C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

I am strong.

— January, founder of Birth Without Fear

When someone you love dies, and you’re not expecting it, you don’t lose her all at once; you lose her in pieces over a long time—the way the mail stops coming, and her scent fades from the pillows and even from the clothes in her closet and drawers. Gradually, you accumulate the parts of her that are gone. Just when the day comes—when there’s a particular missing part that overwhelms you with the feeling that she’s gone, forever—there comes another day, and another specifically missing part.

— John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany

They say time heals all wounds, but that presumes the source of the grief is finite.

— Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Prince

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