20161213 - Jen Gibson (HRB)

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H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com Jen Gibson with the family's special picture wall on the second floor of her Crystal Lake home. Gibson reached out to others online to help her cope with the pain of losing her 5-month-old son Eli. She now runs a website, Stories from the Trenches, helping women cope with struggles.

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H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com Jen Gibson describes her book of hopes and dreams filled with notes of conversations she has had with her trench sisiters. Gibson of Crystal Lake, reached out to others online to help her cope with the pain of losing her 5-month-old son Eli. She now runs a website, Stories from the Trenches.

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H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com Jen Gibson, of Crystal Lake, reached out to others online to help her cope with the pain of losing her 5-month-old son Eli. She now runs a website, Stories from the Trenches, helping women cope with struggles, and is forming a not-for-profit to help.

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H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com With a mason jar of coffee at her side Jen Gibson works on her web site, Stories from the Trenches, from her living room in her Crystal Lake home she shares with husband Tim and daughters Sophia and Abby. Gibson reached out to others online to help her cope with the pain of losing her 5-month-old son Eli. She now runs the website, helping women cope with struggles, and is forming a not-for-profit to help others.