Resources

KEEP IN MIND:

  • Grief is a normal and natural coping response to loss.

  • Everyone grieves differently. Some variables which may affect your grief are; your relationship to to the deceased, how they died, and culture.

  • Grief is also a physical experience that causes fatigue, headaches, stomachaches, and other physical ailments.

  • It is not uncommon to feel anger, fear, guilt, confusion, numbness, anxiety, relief, peace, joy, and a range of other emotions.

  • Grief can make you feel crazy. This does not mean you are crazy.

  • You may feel alone and misunderstood.

  • Grief does not have a timeline.

  • You will experience the grief process unique to you; in your own way and in your own time.

  • You may experience emotions that are confusing and even alarming.

  • Grief becomes more manageable and less intense with faith, time, work, and a caring support system.

  • You will be exhausted from grief.

  • You grieve because you love and love is a part of you. Love changes, but does not end.

Books for adults:

  • A Time To Grieve: Carol Staudacher

  • A Widow’s Guide to Healing: Gentle Support and Advice for the First 5 Years: Kristin Meekhoff and James Windell

  • After the Darkest Hour the Sun Will Shine Again: A Parent’s Guide to Coping with the Loss of a Child: Elizabeth Mehren

  • Death of a Parent: Transition to a New Adult Identity: Debra Umberson

  • Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Deborah L. Davis, Ph.D

  • Healing Your Grieving Heart: Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D

  • I Wasn't Ready To Say Goodbye: Pamela Blair PhD & Brook Noel

  • Lemons on Friday: Trusting God Through My Greatest Heartbreak: Mattie Jackson Selecman

  • Living with Loss, One Day at a Time: Rachel Kodanaz

  • Memories Of My Sister/Dealing With Sudden Death: Linda Rener, MPH, MSN, RN

  • Surviving the Death of a Sibling: Living Through Grief When an Adult Brother or Sister Dies: T.J. Wray

  • The Tender Scar/Life After The Death Of A Spouse: Richard L. Mabry

 

BOOKS for children:

  • A Terrible Thing Happened: Margaret M Holmes

  • Always My Brother: Jean Reagen

  • Badger’s Parting Gifts: Susan Varley

  • I’ll Always Love You: Hans Wilhelm

  • Not the End. A Child’s Journey Through Grief: Mari Dombkowski

  • Saying Goodbye to Daddy: Judith Vigna

  • Until We Meet Again: Susan Jones

  • When Your Grandparent Dies: Victoria Ryan

Books for teens:

  • Common Threads of Teenage Grief: Janet Tyson and Teens Who Know

  • Healing Your Grieving Heart for Teens: 100 Practical Ideas: Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D

  • Help for the Hard Times: Getting Through Loss: Earl Hipp

  • Weird is Normal When Teenagers Grieve: Jenny Lee Wheeler

  • You Are Not Alone: Teens Talk About Life After The Loss of a Parent: Lynne B. Hughes

Some things cannot be fixed. They can only be carried.

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