The Projects That Change You - The Legacy of Lauren Boss
- Keri Blumer
- 14 hours ago
- 3 min read
Some projects you choose. Some choose you.
Lauren Boss's mom came to me in 2024. Her daughter had passed away in 2022, suddenly. She had just turned 21, gone from sudden cardiac arrest while driving. She had a logo, a small amount of text, and a dream to keep Lauren's light alive through a foundation. That was it. No website structure. No roadmap. Just love and grief and a mother determined to do something with both. I said yes immediately. And then I went to work trying to understand who Lauren was.
I scoured the internet. I found her Instagram, and I fell in love with her spirit. Her feed was full of uplifting, faith-centered content. The kind that makes you stop scrolling. She was a photographer and a skateboard girlie. She loved graphic design. She loved Jesus. And the more I read, the more I saw myself in her.
I spent days going through everything. Pulling photos. Pulling quotes. Reading her words.
She made the piece below herself. I came across it while going through her work, and it stopped me completely. Pressed flowers. A scripture she clearly lived by. The design sense of someone who understood that beauty and faith aren't separate things. She was 21 years old and had more depth and wisdom to life then the most of us.
I cried through most of this project. Not because it was sad, though it was. I cried because I felt her presence with me as I built it. There was a peace in the work that I can't fully explain. I struggled hard with the why. Why her. Why so suddenly. I still don't have an answer to that. I don't think anyone does.
What I could do was try to build something worthy of her.
The website needed to be more than a memorial. It needed to carry her forward. The Lauren Boss Legacy Foundation does exactly that. They place AEDs in community spaces where people gather. They raise funds for CPR training. They host ECG/EKG screening events to catch what too often goes undetected. They spread awareness of sudden cardiac arrest in young people. Because Lauren was not alone, and families deserve to know that.
In Lauren's honor, they also award scholarships to future college students, chosen not just on merit but on the fruit of the Spirit from Galatians 5:22-23:
"But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!"
I champion her parents and everyone who poured into this foundation. Grief is one of the hardest things a human being walks through, and they chose to turn theirs into something that will save lives. That's not small. That's everything.
Three years later, this project still lives with me. It reminds me that the number of days we get is not guaranteed. That every day is a gift. That the work we do, even when it's just a website, can be a vessel for something much larger than us.
If you want to learn about Lauren, support the foundation's work, or just spend a few minutes absorbing her light, I hope you'll visit them.
She was made with love. She lived by giving love. And I share her story with love.
Keri with Studio Magic
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