My name is Kaylie Jones and my husband Chris found out 12/31/2024 that we would be welcoming our 3rd earthly baby in 8 short months. This was a huge surprise but we know that God has a plan for each of us and this baby was in his plan. We had our gender and genetic testing and all was normal we were having us a Baby girl !!! Dixie Kayd would be here in mid August. We could not wait her sisters were excited. I went in for a routine high risk appointment and I knew something was off that morning, but I kept trusting God. I went in, laid on the table and I could see she was so still and there was no heart beat the tech would not say anything until she said I will be right back …. It doesn’t happen that way. I knew she was gone. I screamed, I cried. I had to call my husband and tell him our baby was in Heaven. We ended up going to be induced to deliver Dixie Kayd on 03/24. She was born at 9:00 am on 03/25/2025. Within two hours Khristie Staines with Footprints on the heart was in our room. I had never met her but I felt like I knew her lifetime. She was so kind and generous to us. She showed us love and compassion and made sure we knew Dixie Kayd’s short life mattered to her. She is definitely fulfilling her calling. We are so blessed to have been placed in contact with this ministry.they have blessed us in ways we can. It explain. She thought of everything. I look forward to giving back and helping in any way I can in the future. We wish so bad that this ministry did not have to exist but it does and it is such a comfort in the time of need. She has checked in on me daily and I truly have gained a friend in this hard time. Here is Dixie Kayd’s birth announcement that she made us. !!!!
So I’m finally mentally ready to share my miscarriage story when I lost Kingston. I want to share because as traumatic as the experience was, it was extremely beautiful, magical, and exceptionally rare.
I went to the hospital experiencing miscarriage symptoms on 8/31/24 and It was recommended to me to take two pills that would essentially speed up the process. I refused because I didn’t want to do that home and alone. I insisted on being admitted to labor and delivery. Before I was transferred I felt like I had to go to the bathroom and was having active contractions. When I got in the bathroom I felt the urge to push and I delivered Kingston in caul (still in his sac). He was kept safely in his sac until we made it to labor and delivery where Khristie from Footprints on the Heart, Inc. came up to the hospital and helped us puncture his sac and put him in saline. I was 14 weeks gestation but he stopped developing at 10 weeks. This is my sweet little baby at 10 weeks gestation. He was not a “lump of cells”. He had his ears, eyes, nose, fingers, and toes. Because he was born this way we were able to determine he was a boy and give him a name, Kingston Cove. We were able to have him cremated and we now have his ashes.
If you have a miscarriage at this gestation and have to have a DNC, please ask the hospital for their remains. Khristie was so amazing at advocating for me and making sure I advocated for myself. You have a right to them and have a chance of being able to cremate your baby and receive remains. He was cremated with his little blanket that the hospital gave him and I now have his ashes next to his brothers.
I don’t want his loss of life to be for nothing. I want people to know how incredibly special our bodies are and how truly developed babies are at this stage in pregnancy.
Khristie is truly an angel on earth. She has found a way to take her own experiences with grief to help other families dealing with the loss of a baby. She gives her heart to these families and is an advocate for them as she helps to navigate next steps after such a tragic loss.
I love you sweet friend! You made my experience and my life that much easier by helping me through one of the hardest days of my life!
You turned such a sad day into one of the happiest memories I’ll ever be able to have of my sweet babygirl.
You are truly God sent
To Footprints on the Heart, Inc. ,
From the bottom of my heart, thank you for being a source of comfort and light during the darkest moment of my life. When I lost my precious baby, born sleeping, your organization came to the hospital to support and guide me through the unimaginable.
Your kindness and compassion allowed me to give my baby her first bath, dress her, and capture precious photos that I will treasure forever. You went above and beyond, even helping with the arrangements for her cremation and providing her urn. These acts of love and support mean more to me than words can express.
You gave me the gift of time with my baby and helped me honor her memory in the most beautiful way. Your organization truly is a blessing, and I will always be deeply grateful for everything you did for me and my family.
Thank you so much you are truly angels
Your organization is so deserving of this donation and so much more!
Footprints on the Heart is an absolutely amazing nonprofit. Khristie and her team do amazing work with families dealing with pregnancy/infant loss. Seeing Khristie at work with these families is life changing. I have taken care of a few families struggling with pregnancy loss and I cannot imagine how much it costs, mentally and physically, to be able to do this. Everyone at Footprints on the Heart is heaven sent.
Foot prints on the Heart does phenomenal things for our community and others. I’ve heard story after story of lives that have been impacted from the love of Khristie and everyone involved in Foot Prints on the Heart. This ministry has made lasting impacts on families during one of the most vulnerable moments of their lives. I’m very thankful for the outpouring of love that these ladies provide.
I was 18 weeks pregnant when I lost my son. I was lost confused & didn’t know what to do or how to process anything. My nurse who was AMAZING by the way told me to let her make a phone call.
That’s where I met khristie. A god sent angel she was so gentle, so patient, so caring & so much more. She brought my son clothes helped me dress him, arranged cremation arrangements for me.
Still to this day we keep in contact. She is truly & I meant TRULY amazing at what she does. This non profit organization has helped me through a hard part of my life & still to this day she’s always a message away.
Once again thank you for simply being you.
I can’t tell you how grateful I am for yall and what yall do my daughter passed September the 9th and this amazing woman showed up and gave me so much and helped me so much she gave me things that I get to carry with me forever and I forever get to cherish of my baby girl thank you khristie staines for everything
I love volunteering with Footprints on the Heart! I'm so thankful for their ministry to serve our community. As a pediatric and prenatal chiropractor, I'm thankful for Khristie and FOTH to help my families in the darkest moments of their lives when they experience an unimaginable loss. I don't know what I would do without their resources and support. Not only are they serving our families in their time of loss, but they also provide their services for free and help assist families with finding low cost or free funeral services as well. They are a blessing to me personally, my practice and my community and I'm so thankful for Footprints on the Heart!
The ministry efforts of Footprints on the Heart is near and dear to my heart. God impressed this ministry upon my heart following the stillbirth of my granddaughter, Natalie in 2011. Our ministry has came alongside countless families over the last 13 years as they experienced the unimaginable death of a baby in the first to years of life. It truly is our honor to serve in Northwest Georgia (Bartow, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Polk, and Whitfield Counties). To learn more about our efforts visit us at footprintsontheheart.org, Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram.
On February 24th, 2022 I was given the most devastating news a parent can hear. My baby girl, Madison Louise Taylor, was not compatible with life outside the womb. I had no idea where to even begin with moving forward. We chose to carry her to term, as we were told my body could support her. I got in contact with Khristie from Footprints on the Heart just a few months later. She helped me prepare myself for Madi's delivery. She walked alongside me from the moment I spoke with her. She sent me encouraging messages, a playlist of songs to help lift me up, and just listened when I needed someone to talk to. On June 17, 2022 Madi was born sleeping peacefully. She never knew anything but love. She was surrounded by a room full of people who's lives she touched, including Khristie and Nichole from Footprints on the Heart and Kasey Jones who volunteers with them as their photographer. Because of these 3 women I have tangible keepsakes of my angel baby! They spent hours with us gathering clay hand and feet print, photos, ink hand and feet prints, helped my oldest daughter give Madi her first bath, and just loved on our entire family during the hardest day of our lives. Still to this day they check in on us and help us with our grief. Footprints on the Heart also helped us plan a celebration of life service and provided us with an urn for our angel's ashes, since we chose cremation. Other families choose burial, and Footprints on the Heart provides caskets for those families. I am forever grateful for their ministry and all they've done for me and my family. They do it all out of their hearts and at no cost to families, like mine. They are more like my family now!
Feb 11th 2012, I had a stillborn little girl. At that time there were no resource, nursing education, or any advisement of any sort to navigate the emotions or the process of what to do with her body. As a nurse now, we are not taught how to handle these types of situations. Everything was new and I had to figure it out on my own. Since then footprints on the heart was formed. I've been involved with their foundation before and have seen the work they do with family's that are in the same position I was years ago. One of the founder's is on call 24/7 to the point of missing family events to go serve a family with a new loss. They suport emotionally any hour of the day and help navigate the funeral process making easier on the parents and allowing the family the proper time to handle the grief that comes with the territory of a lost child. I just wish there was a foundation around like this when I lost my daughter. I couldn't count how many times I've referred a family to this organization.
FOTH is an amazing non profit that has changed my life and the lives of many others. They serve families that have experienced the unimaginable loss of a child 0-2 years. They step in and help each family create tangible memories, navigate grief and the future without their little one. Khristie is truly like an angel to these families.
This organization is truly a blessing to families who are trying to navigate through some of the darkest days of their lives. The love, compassion, and support is amazing. Truly thankful for all they do!
Footprints on the heart has been such an amazing organization and helped me during some of the most difficult times in my life. Losing a baby is so hard but FOTH has made things a little easier by sending a wonderful care package including a beautiful necklace that I wear in memory of my angel baby.
Footprints on the Heart came into our lives on October 16, 2019 at a life changing event....the birth of our son Caeman Emerson Campbell. Caeman was born still (and yes we knew he would be before delivery). Our doctor asked us if we would like them [FOTH] to come and be there for support after delivery. At first we were hesitant because we knew nothing of this blessing from Heaven ministry. We are so grateful that we decided for them to come. By the time I got out of the operating room (I had a c-section) they were already there! They helped us to make memories with our son that we will NEVER get back. From holding him, bathing him, my husband getting to change his first (and only) poop diaper and getting to keep our sweet boy with us in our room so we could have some much more needed time with him. The tons and tons of pictures they took and gave to us will forever be cherished. They
have stayed with us from the birth of Caeman, through the funeral and are still walking with us through this new journey we are on with our sweet rainbow baby, our baby girl Camryn (currently I am 30 weeks pregnant after loss). I feel like they have become more like family and we are so thankful God put them in our lives at the time he did, given the circumstances.
Footprints on the Heart has been so great to honor several of my family members babies gone too soon. Each year the annual candle lighting allows us to remember my nieces/nephews we lost to miscarriage, as well as 2 of my cousins nephews that were lost to stillbirth... It helps to keep their memory alive. They also allowed me to tell their story as another way to keep their names alive. Khristie goes above and beyond for each family, and strives to remember each baby lost by name.
The epitome of a group having heart and being selfless. Everyone I have meet working with FOTH has been there with an open heart and serving spirit.
FOTH has been there for many people I know over the past few years and each of them has said what a tremendous blessing it was. Losing a child is too horrible to imagine; knowing that others are there to help parents suffering is a great blessing.
My daughter passed in March of 2018. FOTH was by my side every step of the way. Khristie guided me through my emotions and reassured me that what I was feeling was normal. She has gone out of her way to connect me with other mother's who share a similar story. They have given me the opportunity to heal by volunteering with their team. I have seen the blessings they bring and look forward to watch them serve our community.
From the first time I reached out to Footprints on the heart, it has been a great experience. They have a great organization to help families after the loss of their child. I wish they were around when my daughter passed in 1999. They are so caring and attentive to all the families, volunteers, and supporters. Although I live 700 miles away, i do my best to support them as much as I can. Thank you again Footprints on the Heart for everything you do.