Jamie Misick

One of the things I love most about sharing Hazel's story is the conversations it starts. Whether you've been following our journey since 2022 or just recently found our foundation, there are a handful of questions I get asked over and over again. So I thought it would be helpful to answer a few of them here. What happened to Hazel? This is by far the question I receive the most. Rather than trying to summarize the hardest day of our lives in a few paragraphs, I wrote an entire blog post...

Sometimes I find myself wondering what Hazel would think if she could see all of this. Not the foundation paperwork. Not the countless emails. Not the late nights planning events or organizing fundraisers. But the people. The community. The love. The impact. The legacy. When Hazel was here, she was only with us for six short months. Six months of smiles, snuggles, milestones, and memories that somehow feel both impossibly distant and vividly close all at the same time. Like any parent, we...

Before Hazel died, I thought I understood motherhood. I thought being a mom meant protecting my children, loving them endlessly, making memories, showing up every day, and doing everything possible to give them a beautiful life. And while all of those things are true, grief changed motherhood for me in ways I never could have imagined. Some painful. Some beautiful. Some impossible to explain unless you’ve lived it. Before losing Hazel, I worried about normal parent things. School, milestones,...