Our Story

Sebastien entered the world at 26 weeks of gestation, perfectly formed and healthy to the delight of his mother, Audri Cabness. Upon his early arrival, he was intubated to help him breathe, and then placed in an incubator. Suddenly and without warning, he died three days later. His mother left the hospital childless and without an explanation for his death. Her search for answers led her down a long, heart-wrenching and eye-opening road- to find that her beautiful baby boy did not have to die. Since then, she has been determined to serve Sebastien in life and death, so that neither will have been in vain.

Sebastien and his mother shared brief and fleeting moments together, but her cooing, melodic voice brought his perfect, toothless smile, a smile that will be etched in her heart forever. These moments frozen in time live on in the hearts and minds of the parents, family, and friends left behind. This is why Audri created Sebastien’s Smile Foundation in her precious son’s memory- to help alleviate the pain of perinatal infant loss experienced by grieving parents worldwide.