About Forget Knot

Hi, I’m Stacy, founder of Forget Knot; a space born from personal loss, deep love, and my own experience of learning what it means to hold both: grief and motherhood, loss and love, missing what was while still showing up for the life in front of me.

My experience with grief began long before my dad died. I lost him to Young Onset Dementia and Posterior Cortical Atrophy, but for years before his death, I was already grieving. There was anticipatory grief, the changes in our relationship, and the slow loss of the person who had always been my go-to. After he died, more losses followed, creating layers of grief I was still trying to understand.

And through all of it, I was still raising a family.

There were kids who needed me, routines that continued, decisions to make, and ordinary moments happening alongside extraordinary grief. I learned firsthand how complicated it is to deeply miss someone while still loving and participating in the life happening right in front of you.

That space between grieving and still living is where Forget Knot has found its roots.

Before Forget Knot, I spent years working with young children and families, creating safe spaces for children to explore emotions, express themselves, and feel understood. That experience continues to shape my work today and inspired Little Roots, the children's branch of Forget Knot, created to support young children and the grown-ups walking beside them through grief.

Nature has also become woven throughout Forget Knot. Trees, roots, wildflowers, water, and birds remind me that moving forward doesn't require us to forget where we've come from. Seasons change. Roots remain. Growth can happen alongside grief.

Today, I create the kinds of spaces I wish I'd had while navigating my own losses and raising my family; places for honest conversation, connection, reflection, creativity, and room to simply be where you are.

Forget Knot isn't about moving on from the people we love.

It's about learning how to carry their love forward while continuing to live, love, and raise the families in front of us.

There is room for both.

Training & Background

My approach to this work is shaped by both lived experience and years of professional experience supporting children and families.

I am a Trauma-Informed Grief Coach, with a B.S. in Psychology and an M.S. in Applied Behavior Analysis and Autism. My professional background also includes early childhood education and early childhood mental health, along with training in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC).

Together, these experiences shape the way I create grief-support spaces; with compassion, an understanding of how loss can affect the whole family, and a belief that people deserve to feel seen and supported without being rushed through their grief.