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The reason for this quiet place


The Foundation is named for our daughter, Córa. This is how it came to be — told gently, in our own time.

Grief doesn't take holidays. Sometimes you need to.


In the beginning

Córa

The Foundation is named for our daughter, Córa. Everything here is built in her name — the rose is her tribute, and the quiet is for her.

After

The hardest part wasn't the silence

After we lost her, we found the hardest thing was not the noise of the world but its expectations — that we would carry on, show up, keep going, as though a part of us had not gone with her.

A kindness

Someone offered us somewhere to go

Then someone kind, close to us, offered us a week away in a place they owned. Somewhere to escape to — no need to dress, to explain, or to bump into anyone.

Somewhere to stop

Time, simply to grieve

For the first time, we had time — together as a couple — to actually grieve. No expectations. No performance. Just a few unhurried days that were entirely ours.

Those few quiet days held us when little else could.

In her name

Passing the gift on

The Foundation exists to pass that gift on — to give other bereaved parents the same chance to step away, in Córa's name. It is small, and it is unpolished, and that is exactly the point.

Today

Gathering quiet places

We're only just beginning — gathering the cabins and quiet places where families will one day rest. If you'd like to help us hold that door open, there are gentle ways to.

You are not alone.
You are held.

— with love, Conor & Erin Donoghue