Help for the Holidays

Everything seemed perfectly normal in the Brown household on that August day in 2015. Mara took the four kids shopping for school supplies while Steve worked; after dinner, the family went to the pool and then watched a meteor shower. That night, at about one am,...

Happy Birthday, Camp Brave Heart!

Hospice Austin’s Camp Brave Heart celebrated its 20th year of helping children by doing what it does best: laying the groundwork for healing by creating a safe and creative place for quiet transformations. Children wrote letters to their deceased loved ones, buried...
Finding a Way Through

Finding a Way Through

How do you get over losing a child? You don’t, according to grief therapist Jan Phillips. “You can get through it, but getting over it is impossible,” she said. Jan speaks from experience. Her 17-year-old son, Ian, was killed in an accident overseas while on a summer...
Using All the Colors in the Crayon Box

Using All the Colors in the Crayon Box

This year will mark our 19th year of Camp Brave Heart, Hospice Austin’s four-day summer camp for children grieving the loss of someone they love.  Over the years we have helped more than 2000 children in our community understand that grief and loss are a common human...