Bryant was born on a day that was supposed to be the happiest of our lives. Instead, Dave and I left the hospital with empty arms and a love that had nowhere to go.

In the months that followed, I felt like I was grieving in a language no one around me spoke. I didn't know that what I was feeling — the physical ache, the silence, the isolation — was something thousands of other families were living through too. I just knew I felt alone.

Finding First Hour Grief Recovery changed that. Not because the grief went away, but because I finally had a community that understood it. People who let me say Bryant's name. People who didn't look away.

That's why I walk. And that's why I'm asking you to walk with me.

On October 10, Bryant's Bunch will gather at the Brown-Forman Amphitheatre to do something simple and powerful — say our babies' names out loud, together, in a community that understands.

If you can be there, I would love to have you walk with us.

If you can't, you can still honor Bryant and support families like ours by making a gift on this page — helping First Hour Grief Recovery be there for the next family who leaves the hospital feeling like no one understands.

No one should grieve in silence. Bryant taught me that.

— Lindsay