NEW AFFILIATE LEADER! HPH - New Member Welcome!
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- Oct
- 1
- 2026
by Elizabeth Boisson
Please join me and Kathy MacMannis, Rosanne Groover Norris, Patti May, and Irene Vouvalides in welcoming our newest Affiliate Leader, who will be stepping in for Renee Jaunsem Novotny, Lisa Watt Banks! She will be joining Tammy Wagoner-Patrick for our HPH - New Member Welcome. We are glad to have her on our team!
Tammy Patrick
I am blessed with two children: my son Lucas and my daughter Ali, who now walks with me in spirit. October 2023, our lives were forever altered when Ali transitioned by suicide at the age of 23. On day 3 of 13 days in the ICU, I felt the gentle whispers of my guides and Ali herself, saying it was her path, urging me to honor her journey. This lightened the unbearable anguish I felt inside, allowing me to begin my healing process. I continue to feel Ali's presence, as she remains my best friend and teacher by the love and compassion she shares with me and the world. I am amazed by the signs and connections along with the charity of the blessings that have emerged from this experience. While I always felt her presence, I acknowledge that this is difficult, and we require time to adjust to such a heartbreaking change.
HPH has become an essential part of my healing journey through providing important tools for my growth. Connecting with other parents who understood my experience and shared my beliefs helped me navigate the darker days and brought light when I struggled to find my own. In memory of our daughter, we are carrying on Ali's conversation through our nonprofit, which is committed to reducing the stigma surrounding mental health.
Lisa Watt Banks
Helping Parents Heal has been a blessing in my grief journey. I immediately felt a connection with my son, Lucas, after he passed in a motorcycle accident on August 21, 2023. Although I have experienced a range of emotions and deeply miss his physical presence, I feel my son is at peace, happy, and close by, which helps me keep going.
Helping Parents Heal has been a blessing in my grief journey. I immediately felt a connection with my son, Lucas, after he passed in a motorcycle accident on August 21, 2023. Although I have experienced a range of emotions and deeply miss his physical presence, I feel my son is at peace, happy, and close by, which helps me keep going.
I am so grateful to be part of a group of parents who support me through this experience.