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Founder's Story
When my husband, Ben, tragically passed away from a fatal shark attack while surfing, I was left a young widow at 27 years old. Instantly, my life was shattered into a million pieces. Even though I had an amazing community of friends and family surrounding me, I felt completely alone and lost, like no one could fully understand what I was going through. Was it even possible to survive this amount of agonizing pain at such a young age? I felt that my grief was so painful and severe that it would inevitably kill me…
I was beginning to think it wasn’t possible to survive it.
Three months after Ben passed, I was connected with a woman who had lost her husband at the age of 28, and she had been in a very similar place at the time - young, no kids, and a very sudden loss. Yet this woman was now 50 years old with a beautiful family and career. It was the first time I had met someone that I felt could truly understand me. For the first time, I saw hope that life beyond the depths of suffering was actually possible. This overwhelming, all-consuming grief might actually be survivable because there was someone in front of me that had walked a similar path before and she was living proof. Finally someone could understand this pain and relate to me, and all of a sudden, it seemed a little more bearable. I found a glimmer of hope.
This is the first moment I experienced the immense importance of shared connection while walking through suffering. Few things compare to the comfort from another who knows a similar pain and has journeyed a similar path. Strength is found in feeling seen, loved, and understood. Healing comes in community. And so, Through It All was born.
Who We Serve
Churches and individuals who are seeking to tangibly support and share the love of Christ with those who are grieving the death of a loved one.
Our Vision & Mission
Through It All Foundation seeks to equip churches with the resources, training, and organized framework to best serve and compassionately walk alongside individuals who are in the depths of grief. Our vision is to eventually expand our program offerings to meet the needs of other types of significant loss, like the end of a marriage or a terminal illness diagnosis.
As followers of Christ, we are called to support one another as a family. We get to be a provision of God’s tangible love to those suffering; holding hope for one another when hope feels lost and walking alongside each other in life’s ups and downs, disappointments and heartaches - through it all. Grief and loss are painful, and no one should have to journey it alone.
The Story of the Sea Glass
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You may have noticed our logo includes some sea glass. There’s a reason for that...
The process of creating sea glass begins when a bottle is shattered. As these broken pieces are thrown and battered by the waves, salt water and sand slowly weather away their sharp edges. No one really knows how long it takes — some say 20-50 years — but eventually these broken remnants are transformed into something polished, smooth,
and beautiful.
Sea glass is refined by the waves, by the storms. Just like us.
When the storm of catastrophic loss and the waves of grief toss us around, we are like the sea glass. Our lives are shattered, upside down, and we lose the sense of who we were before. Over time, we are molded and shaped by our grief, and our lives begin to take on a new form.
God transforms and refines us through the waves; softening our edges as we invite Him into our deepest pain. Those once jagged and raw pieces of broken glass, through the waves, take a new shape. The purpose of sea glass may be a lot different from the bottle in which it started. But it’s still so beautiful. It holds a reminder that God is not done writing our story.
And just like a piece of sea glass, there is beauty in the midst of brokenness.
The sea glass in our logo are pieces stacked on top of one another. It symbolizes the community of fellow journeyers, people who know pain, holding one another up. There are billions of pieces of sea glass washing around in the waves at any given moment. It just goes to show you are not alone. We’re in it together - through it all.
Our Board of Directors
Our board of directors comprises individuals from all different backgrounds and expertise, each with a unique and intimate understanding of loss. We are passionate about walking with hurting people in the name of Jesus and His love.
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