& 3.28.21 @ 12:00 am – 3:00 pm In keeping with the guidelines set by our state and local authorities due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have chosen to keep our retreats virtual until further notice. We’ve split this day-long program into two zoom meetings–two Sunday mornings, two weeks a part. Please plan to attend… Read more »
In the fall, we will be hosting a retreat for parents that whose only child was taken by cancer. This is a weekend for sharing memories and finding peace.
Our bereavement retreat in August this year is for families that lost a child suddenly, rather than by cancer or other chronic illness.
I started Rett’s Roost because I heard a calling—from Rett or God or both—to heal myself through healing others. I believed that surrounding myself with families that had faced pediatric cancer like we had would somehow ease the sadness of losing Rett. And it has done just that—with each retreat my heart explodes with love…. Read more »
It’s been just about ten months since I held him in my arms–the same amount of time we got to spend with our son in this lifetime. And during this time, I’ve read a lot about grief and followed other people’s journeys through it, because I’d never really felt anything like it before, and I… Read more »