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What does it look like to honor the person you lost while still giving yourself permission to build a life beyond the loss?

In this deeply personal episode of MomFuel & Mindset, we sit down with Sara Steffen, surviving spouse of a veteran, boy mom, and the heart behind the Steffen Family Foundation.

Sara shares her experience of navigating grief, raising her boys, and learning how to move forward when life looks nothing like the future you once imagined. We talk about the complicated reality of creating and building a new life after profound loss—not by leaving the people we love behind, but by finding ways to carry their memory with us as we continue living.

Out of that experience grew a powerful mission. The Steffen Family Foundation supports surviving spouses and children of deceased veterans, military members, and first responders, helping families navigate grief while also facing the very real, everyday challenges that come after losing a loved one.

Through in-person and online support groups, events, fundraising assistance, and practical resources, the Foundation helps families with everything from grief and connection to finances, budgeting, cleaning, organizing, and other needs that can feel overwhelming after a loss.

Sara shares the story behind the Foundation, why this work matters so deeply to her, and how honoring those we've lost can coexist with finding purpose, joy, and hope in the life ahead.

Together, we talk about grief, motherhood, resilience, identity, purpose, and the courage it takes to begin building again.

Because moving forward doesn't mean forgetting. It means learning how to carry the love forward while creating space for the life that is still yours to live.

Learn more about the Steffen Family Foundation:
Www.steffenfamilyfoundation.org

Contact:
Info@steffenfamilyfoundation.org

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