Empty Arms

Sometimes grief feels like sadness. Sometimes it feels like anger. Sometimes it feels like fear, guilt, confusion or loneliness.

And sometimes… it feels like happiness. 🤍

For kids and youth grieving a sibling, those feelings can be BIGand they don't always have the words to explain what's happening inside.

Our next Creative Grief Therapy Group for Siblings is Naming My Big Feelings, a session focused on helping kids recognize, name and express the many emotions that can come with grief.

Through age-appropriate conversation, activities and creative expression, we'll explore what different feelings can look and feel like, remind kiddos that there are no “wrong” emotions in grief, and practice healthy ways to express and cope with the big ones. 🌈

Because our goal isn't to make the hard feelings disappear. It's to help kids understand that they are safe to feel them - and that they don't have to figure them out alone.

🤍 Little Lights: Ages 4–6
🤍 Kindred Kids: Ages 7–10
🤍 Together Tweens: Ages 11–14
🌈 Rainbow siblings are welcome, too.
✨ Attend one session or join us for the full series.
💛 Free to attend.

Naming My Big Feelings
📅 October 4
📍 Empty Arms

🔗 Learn more + register at emptyarmspls.com

Know a family who could benefit? Share this post with them. 🤍

The Unexpected Journey is meeting on October 19th🤍

In Person: 262 Avenue B S Unit #206
Virtually: Zoom link provided upon registration

This peer support group is held for parents who are navigating the profound and heartbreaking experience of the death of a child between birth and the age of 17. These gatherings provide a safe space where individuals can share their feelings, experiences, and challenges with others who truly understand their loss.

Please visit our website to sign up.

33 families. 🤍

That's the number we want you to see first.

Because behind every dollar raised for the No Foot Too Small Memorial & Awareness Walk is the opportunity to show up for another family experiencing the unimaginable.

Right now, this community has raised enough to fully fund in-hospital support for 33 families.

33 families who can have someone answer the call.
33 families who can be met in the hospital with compassion and care.
33 families who can receive remembrance photography, memory-making support and the opportunity to honour their baby or child.
33 families who can leave knowing they don't have to navigate what comes next alone.

That's what you've done.

👣 38 teams
🤍 303 registered participants
✨ 407 donations
💛 $39,963 raised
🏆 Remembering Cove is holding the lead

We talk about fundraising goals because we have to - but this is what those numbers actually mean.

And we're not done yet.

Every additional $1,200 raised means another family can be fully supported in hospital. Another family met in one of the hardest moments of their lives. Another family reminded that they do not have to do this alone.

Keep sharing. Keep asking. Keep walking. Let's see how many more families we can be there for. 🤍

🔗Share this post and help us reach the next family.

Expecting After Loss is meeting on October 6th @ 7:30pm 🤍

In Person: 262 Avenue B S Unit #206
Virtually: Zoom link provided upon registration

This peer support group is designed for families and individuals who are pregnant or trying to conceive after experiencing pregnancy, infant, or child loss.

This space acknowledges the complexity of expecting after loss - where hope, fear, anxiety, and anticipation can all exist at once - and offers a supportive environment to connect with others who understand this unique journey.

LINK IN BIO TO REGISTER

Before Empty Arms was a charity, a building, a team, a phone answered 24/7, a support group, or a place families could turn after the unimaginable - it was a mama grieving her baby. 🤍

September 23 was the 13th anniversary of Jael’s due date.

Jael is Jasmin’s daughter, and she is the original “why” behind Empty Arms. The grief of losing her - and the need to continue mothering her somehow - helped plant the very first seeds of what would eventually become this organization.

More than a decade later, Empty Arms has grown. We have walked alongside hundreds of babies, children and families. There are more programs, more people, more systems and more ways to support our community than there were in those early days.

But underneath all of it are still people.

People who have loved. People who have lost. People who carry their own stories into this work every day. And sometimes, even after years of supporting others through grief, grief has a way of reminding us that we are human too.

Today, Jasmin is sharing a little bit of hers.

🤍 Read Jael’s story in this post.
🦋 If you’ve ever received what felt like a sign or reminder from someone you love, share it with us in the comments.
💬 Tell us their name. We would be honoured to remember them with you.
↗️ Share this post with someone who may need the reminder that there is no right or wrong way to grieve.

And if you need support in your own grief, please reach out. Behind Empty Arms are real people who understand that sometimes you need resources, sometimes you need community, and sometimes you simply need another human being to sit beside you in the hard stuff.

We’re here. 🤍

emptyarmspls.com

“I wear my heart on my sleeve because seasons change, but a grandma’s love never does.” 🤍🍂

Some love simply doesn’t know seasons. It stays. Through every changing chapter, every milestone, every autumn that comes around again.

And now you can wear a little piece of that love with you. 🤍

Our brand new Empty Arms beanies have officially landed. They’re part of a limited launch, available now on our website and coming with us to the No Foot Too Small Memorial & Awareness Walk on October 3.

🧢 Limited quantities available
🤍 Shop online now
👣 Or find yours at the Walk

Wear your heart on your sleeve—or, in this case, a little closer to your head. 🤍



https://www.emptyarmspls.com/store/p/empty-arms-beanie-white-logo-myhej

💛 Naming My Big Feelings | October 4

Grief can come with some really BIG feelings - especially for kids. 🤍

Sadness. Anger. Confusion. Guilt. Fear. Loneliness. Even happiness, relief, or laughter.

Sometimes those feelings show up one at a time. Sometimes they all seem to show up at once.

Our next Creative Grief Therapy Group for Siblings is all about helping kids and youth recognize, name, understand, and express the many emotions that can come with losing a sibling.

Through age-appropriate conversation, activities, games, and creative expression, participants will explore what their feelings might be telling them and practice healthy ways to move through them - with lots of reassurance that there is no “right” way to feel when someone you love has died.

🌈 Siblings born before or after a loss are welcome.
🤍 Attend one session or join us for the full series.
✨ No previous participation required.

Groups are offered by age:
💛 Little Lights: Ages 4–6
💛 Kindred Kids: Ages 7–10
💛 Together Tweens: Ages 11–14

📅 October 4
📍 Empty Arms Perinatal Loss Support Services
💛 Free to attend

Because sometimes the first step in carrying a big feeling is simply having the words to name it.

🔗 Learn more + register at emptyarmspls.com

👣 WALK WATCH 2026 👣

We are getting closer, and this community just keeps showing up. 🤍

Right now, we have 235 participants, 342 donations, 3 incredible sponsors, and an incredible $31,343 raised in support of families experiencing pregnancy, infant, and child loss.

🏆 Remembering Cove is still holding the lead!

Every single person who registers, donates, shares, sponsors, volunteers or walks alongside us is helping make compassionate support possible for families across Saskatchewan. And we’re not finished yet. 💛

📲 SHARE THIS POST. Put it in your stories, send it to your family, tag your teammates and tell your coworkers. Every share puts the Walk in front of someone new who may choose to help.

And if you’re joining us at the Walk, there are still plenty of ways to support Empty Arms while you’re there:

💵 Cash donations will be happily accepted at the event
🛍️ Empty Arms merch will be available for purchase at the Walk

Thank you for walking with us, remembering with us, and helping families know they do not have to navigate loss alone. 🤍

🔗 Register, donate + learn more at emptyarmspls.com





Saskatoon Funeral Home

Paint Afternoon 🤍

*GROWN-UPS ONLY*

Join us for a gentle, creative afternoon on Sunday, September 27 from 1:30–3:30 PM at the Empty Arms office in Saskatoon

Together with the talented Sierra Banwarth, we’ll spend time creating, connecting, and simply being — no pressure, just space to explore and express

No prior experience is needed, and all materials are provided. Just come as you are 🤍

This is a space for community, creativity, and care — we would love to have you with us.

Register on our website

🤍 COUPLES + LOSS | IN-PERSON GRIEF GROUP THERAPY

Grief can change a relationship.

You may grieve differently. Need different things. Talk about your loss differently - or struggle to talk about it at all. One of you may want closeness while the other needs space. And sometimes, it can feel like you’re trying to find your way back to each other while carrying something impossibly heavy.

On October 1, join us at Empty Arms for an in-person grief group therapy session facilitated by Breland Counselling & Consulting, focused on Couples + Loss.

Together, we’ll explore how loss can affect relationships, communication, connection, intimacy, and the different ways partners experience and express grief - while making space for both individual and shared experiences.

You do not have to be grieving in the same way to grieve together. 🤍

📅 October 1
⏰ 6:00–8:00 PM
📍 Empty Arms
🤍 Free to attend

Whether you come together or attend on your own, this session is a space to better understand grief within a partnership and find tools for navigating it together.

🔗 Register at emptyarmspls.com



Made possible by the generous and ongoing support of the Dakota Dunes Community Development Corporation