If you or someone you love is navigating memory loss, know that support exists—sometimes in ways we least expect. Healing can take many forms, and even in loss, new doors can open.

Effie Crockett was invited to help some mothers in the Muskogee Tribe. Once she arrived in camp, Effie laughed at what she saw. The Muskogee Tribe had a custom of cradling their pappooses among the swaying branches of birch trees.