Welcome to the Left Behind Foundation

• Provide a place for those that have been left behind by a suicide in their family
• Create a memorial at no cost to those families.
• Create and maintain a park dedicated to honoring the memories of the people that have been lost.
• Build a support group for people suffering from the effects.
• Expand the boundaries of the park to serve and honor our armed forces' suicides loss with a memorial wall and reflecting pool.
• Offer families a cabin in the woods to spend time alone and in private to help them cope with their losses.
• Also, create a "green space" where nature and beauty flourish.

We lost a 16-year-old son and a loved family member to suicide. We were lost in a world we did not know how to navigate. Everyone loved our son, and we put together a place to honor his memory. We wanted something special to be as big as his heart was. We inadvertently built a park with many trails, reflecting benches, chairs, and private areas. 

Along the way, we realized that we were not alone in this. So many people have been affected by having lost a loved one to suicide. We learned the hard way that there truly is not much that can be done to heal. Unfortunately, that is a long process, and you must navigate it alone for the most significant part. 

During this reflection and process that we went through, we realized that it helped us have a “neutral” place to visit, talk out loud, scream, cry, and shout at the world. We have put aside 40 acres of an intensely private area where nature can absorb the pain and loss in a way that nothing else can. No one around can hear the tears, and you can have a moment to come to terms with your feelings. 

The park is someplace to visit, honor, grieve, and love your lost person.