Founder, Diana Stoneberg lost her only son, Wolfgang 23, on April 15, 2018.

He was a geologist, killer guitarist, and like many, loved life and most of all Earth.

Diana, a lifelong filmmaker and recent realtor, acquired 2 acres up on Mingus Mountain in Arizona. In February of 2024, she went up to the north side of her land, armed with a rake and a shovel, and began to dig.

She wasn’t quite sure what she was going to do with the land, but she knew she wanted to create a space for others who had lost children.

The labyrinth came about as a result of the many rocks she had from her son’s collection, along with the numerous boulders on the land.

As she created the labyrinth, a number of other areas began to develop:

• A Fire Pit
• A Wishing well
• Trails to meditation benches
• A “tree of names” to the west of the labyrinth, where the children’s names are inscribed on metal disks.
• A brick path where people can paint the names of the children on a single brick.

Future projects include:

• A chapel where people can meditate and reflect.
• A greenhouse to grow flowers as remembrances.
• And numerous meditation benches ,located all around the property.
• Clear land, lay gravel near street for parking lot
• Metal arch and metal front gate
• Hardscape along the main path and around the labyrinth
• Paths cleared to allow access to benches
• 10 x 12 cement slab for the chapel
• 10 x 10 cement slab for the greenhouse
• Insert on the wishing well and a rain barrel catch to fill
• Tool shed for tools, supplies and misc maintenance items
• Weed abatement supplies and application
• Wind phone

Diana is shooting a film about the evolution of the Sanctuary and continues to add to the experience for all who are on the path of grief.