The Brave Butterfly Project: Suicide Awareness
The Color Journey Initiative
Created in Memory of Lee, Lillian Marie, and Every Child Lost to Suicide
đź’› Welcome to the Brave Butterfly
I’m Deborah Berry, founder of the Brave Butterfly Project—
A sacred initiative born from personal tragedy, creative healing, and a spiritual call to serve.
Nearly 40 years ago, I lost my two-year-old son Lee to a drowning. I know the silence that follows grief, the unanswerable questions, and the aching loneliness of losing a child.
In 2022, I began a color journey with Lillian Marie, my dear friend’s daughter—a creative healing project to help her reconnect with beauty, strength, and self-worth. When she passed, yellow butterflies began appearing everywhere. I knew this wasn’t a coincidence.
This was a message.
This was her light.
This was our mission.
And so, in 2025, The Brave Butterfly Project took flight.
A Sacred Alignment
World Suicide Prevention Day – September 10, 2025
– will mark my 63rd birthday.
The heartbeat of this movement—and the day I was born.
This synchronicity is not about loss to me; it is about authentic love.
This date holds deep personal resonance, for I, too, have met with myself at the crossroads of life and death, and hopelessness.
Each year, we recommit to transforming remembrance into action, sorrow into support, and grief into grace.
I officially dedicate this movement and my life’s work…
To Lilly & Lee.
To all the souls who left too soon.
And to those still standing, walking with sacred scars, and choosing love.
✨ Our Mission
To raise suicide awareness through beauty, remembrance, and soul support.
To offer tools that help families move from sorrow to synergy, from silence to self-expression.
Nature-inspired designs that carry meaning and comport:
Healing journals
Remembrance gifts
Keepsakes you can personalize
Emotional support kits
Every item sold helps raise funds to provide emotional support kits and journals for grieving individuals and families. Honoring our brave butterfly children and promoting suicide awareness and prevention.
Our Mission Statement
Every butterfly has a purpose. Every tiger stripe is earned through courage. Every story of loss deserves a space to be heard.
Grief is not something to fix, but something to hold with reverence. Healing is not about becoming someone new; it's about coming home to a sacred love within.
3 THREADS ONE VOICE
A Mother's Grief, A Child’s Light, and the Promise to Keep Listening
The Brave Butterfly Project was born through the sacred weaving of three stories—each one tender, true, and transformative.
A mother, Deborah, who lost her son Lee and spent decades learning to listen through the pain, finding meaning in signs, silence, and soul whispers. (Tea with Kindred Souls and The Dance of the Dandelion).
A radiant young woman, Lilly, bright and sensitive, whose time on earth was brief, yet left an eternal impression on those who loved her.
Her devoted mother, Rachel, whose love and strength now keep Lillian's memory alive, especially through Lilly Day, held every year on August 9th.
Their lives became threads in the same tapestry—one of remembrance, advocacy, and creative healing.
What began as The Color Journey Project—a simple creative act of healing—blossomed into a mission rooted in spiritual connection, emotional truth, and sacred remembrance.
Today, we walk with those navigating life after loss. We hold space for a deeper kind of healing— One that intertwines spirit, nature, synchronicity, and the language of the soul.
Because when we truly listen…
Love keeps speaking.
🌿 Lilly Day at Oasis Beauty
Each year on August 9th, I open the doors of Oasis Beauty Medical Aesthetics not just as a business, but as a sacred space of remembrance, love, and healing in honor of my daughter, Lillian.
Lilly Day is a tribute to her light —
a day dedicated to raising awareness around suicide and offering a soft place for those navigating grief, silence, and transformation. Through beauty, soul support, and remembrance, we invite our community to come together in sacred solidarity. Lillian’s spirit lives in every intention we set, every flower we place, and every story shared. This day is for every heart that’s learning how to keep beating while carrying the weight of loss — and for the beauty that rises through it.
With love, Rachel Meyer,
Founder, Oasis Beauty
Gallery of Remembrance
Personalize Photo and Message - Rachel & Lilly
Golden butterflies for remembrance and alchemy.
White lilies for purity and peace.
White tigers for resilience and earned strength.
Customizable Journals, Cards, Candles, Apparel, and Art - Create and personalize your own emotional support kit.
Every design tells a story. Each product is a Tribute to hope, healing, and awareness.
Brave Butterfly Project Collections
Emotional Support Kits include a Journal, Healing Guide, Meditation, and more.
Available in September 2025, for gifting through this website.
Coming Soon: Family retreat dates for 2026 will be announced on this page.
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The Brave Butterfly Project - The Color Journey Initiative
Deborah Berry
Author and Founder of The Brave Butterfly Project
The Brave Butterfly Project
A sacred initiative for healing and suicide awareness support.
Healing Journals
Support for those grieving the loss of a child.
Support Kits
Tools for navigating the journey of grief together.
Creative Healing
Exploring inner strength through art and expression.
Community Support
Connecting families affected by suicide for shared healing.
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The Brave Butterfly Project
A soul-led mission for remembrance, resilience, and suicide awareness.
Because every light matters. Every loss deserves a voice. Every butterfly leaves a trail of beauty behind.
Brave Butterfly Be the Change, Share the Healing
“Rest in the light, brave butterfly. You are forever in our hearts.”
🌼 Mission Statement:
At Brave Butterfly Project, we create meaningful products that inspire healing, honor lost loved ones, and support families navigating the deep waters of grief and trauma. Every design is infused with intention — a visual affirmation that every butterfly has a purpose and every stripe has a story of courage.
You've earned your tiger stripes. Through powerful symbols like the golden butterfly, the white lily, and the white tiger, we reflect the journey from sorrow to strength, from silence to self-expression, embracing the sacred journey of healing and remembrance.
These are more than just T-shirts, totes, stickers, cards, and gifts — they are wearable reminders of love, resilience, and transformation. Proceeds from each purchase help fund trauma-informed healing programs, brave butterfly support kits, support circles, and creative tools for families who have experienced the unimaginable loss of a child to suicide.
Together, we wear compassion, carry courage, and spread messages that matter — one act of love at a time.
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