Cara is a mother to three beautiful daughters, two here on earth and her first, Emma Grace, who lives in heaven. She is currently writing an intimate memoir about her loss, After Emma: One Mother’s Journey of Self-Discovery Through Grieving The Loss of Her Baby. The book features a guide of healing truths and healing actions for bereaved parents. She is also the author of the grief/loss blog, Building Heavenly Bridges; a parenting after loss blog, The Bear and the Comedian; and a memorial site to all angel children.
In addition, she leads Share Southern Vermont, a group that supports grieving parents in her local community. Cara holds an MA Degree in Deaf Education and passionately advocates for Deaf and hard-of-hearing students. She lives in Proctorsville, Vermont with her husband and two living daughters.
Cara’s Contributions to Exhale are:
A Re-Created Soul (Volume 1, Issue 1)
Breaking Roadblocks (Volume 1, Issue 2)
Today I Cried (Volume 1, Issue 3)
Believing Without Seeing (Volume 1, Issue 4)
An Interview with Elizabeth McCracken (Volume 1, Issue 4)
Family-by-Proxy (Volume 1, Issue 5)