Our story

The Camille Connection was born out of love, loss, and the understanding that no family should have to navigate the unimaginable experience of leaving a hospital without their baby.

On September 15, 2023, our daughter, Camille Elizabeth Charlotte Rahm, was stillborn. She was desperately wanted, deeply loved, and very much a part of our family long before we met her. Throughout my pregnancy, she moved, kicked, and danced. She always seemed to move when we played Britney Spears’ “...Baby One More Time.” I used to joke that Britney might be her favorite artist. And she seemed to know the voices of her big brother and sister, too....the familiar sounds of the family she was already part of.

We imagined the life we would share with her, the memories we would make, and all the ordinary, extraordinary moments of watching our daughter grow. Instead, we had to learn how to live with her absence. There are no words that can adequately explain that kind of loss. The world keeps moving, even when yours has fundamentally changed. And in the middle of that grief, the smallest acts of kindness can mean more than people realize.

Camille’s loss changed our whole family. My husband, Jeremy, and I carry this grief as her parents. Her siblings carry their own place in a family that will always include her. We continue to find our way through life with Camille missing from it, but her place in our family will always be hers.

Camille is not defined only by the way we lost her. She is our daughter. She was here. She was loved. Her life matters, her name matters, and she will always be part of our family.

After our daughter was born, we received a care package from someone who understood that we were experiencing something no parent should have to endure. That kindness stayed with us. The Camille Connection grew from a desire to extend that same compassion to other families facing pregnancy and infant loss.  Through thoughtfully curated care packages delivered to families experiencing stillbirth and pregnancy loss, I hope to offer a small measure of comfort during a time when there is very little anyone can say or do to make things better.

These packages cannot take away the pain. They cannot change what happened. But they can remind a family that their baby is not forgotten, that their grief is seen, and that they are not alone.

My hope is for The Camille Connection to become something larger: a source of compassionate support for bereaved families, a voice for greater awareness of stillbirth, and a part of the ongoing effort to improve bereavement care, support research, and prevent future losses wherever possible.

This work is personal. It will always be personal. It is rooted in Camille’s life and in the belief that even in the aftermath of the worst thing a family can experience, love can still be put into action.

Camille will always be our daughter. Her life will always mean something. And through The Camille Connection, I hope her name will continue to reach families who need to know that their babies matter, too.