About FPTG
Finding Purpose Through Grief is an organization based in the San Francisco Bay Area. We offer emotional healing support for parents and families who have suffered the loss of a child. When a child dies, at any age, the family suffers intense pain and may feel hopelessness and isolation. Some may find it difficult to overcome so the grief can last for years. Therefore, they need help from someone who understands the type of pain that they are going through. That is the type of help that we offer at our organization. We offer mentorship and referral services to the families that are dealing with grief. We give assistance by being a listener, an encourager, and whatever else the bereaved may need through the guidance of God.
First step in our process is acceptance of what has happened. We help our clients to accept that:
● the loss is real
● they are meant to rise higher as a direct result of the loss
● they can never have all the answers
● they may never understand all the meanings
● they must know that they will make it.
And from acceptance, they find surrender (no more resistance), then grace, then adjustment. When they finally adjust to the loss, they begin to become involved in life again, starting by redefining how they want to live. This may include finding new interests, developing new and old friendships, and starting new ventures. Finally, Triumph!
Finding Purpose Through Grief is an organization based in the San Francisco Bay Area. We offer emotional healing support for parents and families who have suffered the loss of a child. When a child dies, at any age, the family suffers intense pain and may feel hopelessness and isolation. Some may find it difficult to overcome so the grief can last for years. Therefore, they need help from someone who understands the type of pain that they are going through. That is the type of help that we offer at our organization.
We offer mentorship and referral services to the families that are dealing with grief. We give assistance by being a listener, an encourager, and whatever else the bereaved may need through the guidance of God.
First step in our process is acceptance of what has happened. We help our clients to accept that:
● the loss is real
● they are meant to rise higher as a direct result of the loss
● they can never have all the answers
● they may never understand all the meanings
● they must know that they will make it.
And from acceptance, they find surrender (no more resistance), then grace, then adjustment. When they finally adjust to the loss, they begin to become involved in life again, starting by redefining how they want to live. This may include finding new interests, developing new and old friendships, and starting new ventures. Finally, Triumph!
Mission statement
Our mission is to offer friendship, understanding, and hope to bereaved parents, grandparents, siblings, and other family members through the bereavement process after they have lost a child. Through our intervention we strengthen families and empower them to grow from loss and adversity to triumph.
The FPTG Vision Statement
Our vision is to open and operate FPTG centers in all the major cities of America.
FPTG Values
In everything that we do with our clients, we are guided by the following values:
Commitment – we are committed to helping every bereaved parent, sibling, or grandparent who may contact us.
Empathy – We draw from personal experiences in order to understand the pain that parents and whole families are going through.
Non-judgment – We do not judge how people grieve and how long they grieve. We know that people react to loss in different ways, so we only aim to bring healing.
Funding
Their are expenses that we incur as we work our mission and goals and therefore we are always looking for financial support. We are committed to utilizing every donation received to support our mission in assisting families in their natural journey through the grieving process after the death of a child.
How to donate to FPTG
Donations to FPTG can be made in a number of ways. Click the ‘Donate Online’ button below. This will take you to our donation page which lists the several donation options. Alternatively, you can send a check or money order to: Finding Purpose Through Grief, 301 Georgia Street, Suite 116, Vallejo, CA 94592.
About the founder
Margaret Miller, the founder and chief executive officer of Finding Purpose Through Grief is a mother, who has experienced the loss of a child.
In 2014, Margaret unexpectedly lost her five-year-old daughter. The loss was quite sudden. It was very hard to deal with, very difficult to understand, and extremely painful. She mourns her daughter everyday but because she had other children who needed her she knew that when she wanted to give up she couldn’t. There was still the huge responsibility to raising the two other children. To give herself strength to go on, she began to look at the loss of her daughter in an honorable way. She saw her daughter as an Angel and feels honored that God allowed her to take care of one of his precious angels for five years. I know she is with me and my family constantly.
When interviewed Margaret stated “I know she is with me and my family constantly. I remembered when Leanna was alive, she displayed so much love to everyone around her, and that encouraged me to love my family even more. Leanna showed me that love is a remedy for healing. I have vowed to keep her name alive.”
Margaret has started Finding Purpose Through Grief, a not-for-profit organization, where she supports others who experienced what she has experienced. She remembers very well how certain family members and friends listened to her when she was grieving, and they encouraged her to move on. Now she is helping others that have experienced the loss of a child by being a listener, an encourager, and a support system through the guidance of God.
FPTG partners
FPTG value your contribution, whether you are a director, a staff member, or a donor. Please continue to work with us to bring peace and hope to parents who have lost their child or children.