Ele’s Place archive summary
Original source: FOX 17 · May 28, 2019 · West Michigan
Mayla Ellis was three and had been preparing to be a big sister. When her sister Arabella died at two days old, Mayla and her parents, Keri and Will, were grieving the same baby from different places in the family. The Ellises described those early days on FOX 17 in May 2019.
Mayla found a group for very young children at Ele’s Place West Michigan. Keri and Will found other parents whose children had died. The family shared its experience ahead of the Healing Hearts Breakfast at Frederik Meijer Gardens, giving people attending the event a sense of whom it supported.
For a look at how the Grand Rapids branch brought different age groups together on the same evening, read Inside a Peer Support Group in Grand Rapids.