Every Cross Can Make You Either Bitter or Better
Kathy Skipper spoke at the
Niagara Falls Catholic Moms Group on April 5, 2014. Listen to her amazing witness below.
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Kathleen Skipper is a Registered Nurse, a writer, a lecturer
and mentor for the bereaved. She holds a
B.S. in Human Services. Kathleen worked as a labor and delivery nurse for
twenty four years before founding Caring
Arms in 199 (an in hospital
perinatal bereavement program). She conducted perinatal bereavement conferences
for physicians, nurses and staff in area hospitals on an on-going basis.
Besides facilitating five support groups she did one-on-one care for parents
who chose to carry their babies with lethal anomalies. In addition, she was the
Bereavement Coordinator in a local hospital before retirement. Today she is a
part of the Bereavement Team and Outreach at St. Christopher Parish.
Along with many articles, a Patient Care Guide, she authored
A Rose is God’s Autograph, a story
about the loss of her two sons. Recently
she was published in “They Were Still Born”, a collection of parent stories and medical information for
parents who have experienced stillbirth.
Kathleen received the N.Y.S.
Nurse of Distinction Award twice
from her health care system and the
C.A.R.E. Award from the Catholic Health System.
She continues to lecture and mentor on behalf of the
bereaved.
She has three living children, seven grandchildren, and one
great-grandson.
