Lived experience leads
Mothers help shape the community they need—not a program designed at a distance.
Our beginning
A mother’s love
doesn’t end.
Catherine Ramsey turned personal loss into a place where mothers can speak their children’s names, share memories and be met by people who truly understand.
For Shane · 18 August 2024
The love at the heart of this.
Shane Ramsey was a son, a brother, a friend and a much-loved part of his community. In 2024, at 30 years old, he died after a scooter crash in Bali.
In the hardest days, people rallied around Shane and his family with extraordinary generosity. But grief does not finish when the news cycle moves on, the flowers fade or everyday life resumes around you. A mother continues carrying love, memory and absence into every day that follows.
“I speak your name because you deserve to be remembered.”
Catherine, for Shane
Catherine is creating the place she and so many mothers need: not a place that asks anyone to recover on schedule, but a community that can stay. Somewhere a child’s name is always welcome and nobody has to make their grief easier for others to hear.
What matters here
Built slowly.
Held carefully.
A few promises that should guide every gathering, partnership and decision.
Every story has room
No comparisons, no hierarchy of loss and no single right way to grieve.
Care before growth
Trust, privacy and emotional safety matter more than becoming large quickly.
A thoughtful path forward
Listening comes first.
- MonthlyGather gently
Hold welcoming Lower Chittering circles with clear boundaries, coffee, conversation and room for silence.
- TogetherBuild local support
Bring mothers, health practitioners, volunteers and community businesses into a thoughtful network of care.
- FutureGrow with care
Develop remembrance activities, wellbeing workshops and a retreat only where they are genuinely useful.
Be part of the beginning
There is room beside us.
For mothers, volunteers, grief professionals and community partners who believe nobody should have to carry this alone.
Come alongside us