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Flowers Will Fall(Post)
On Love, Grief, and What Remains By Heather Hattie-Mae Mahaney “Even stillness has weight. When it breaks, petals remember their edge.” When the quiet breaks, flowers will fall.The silenc ...
What to Say to a Grieving Person During a Pandemic(Post)Traditionally, when a loved one dies, we are there to bring them condolences, food, hugs, support, and even caring for children or other tasks. In this era of the pandemic with social distancing, sta ...
THE USE OF LITERATURE TO SUPPORT EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF GRIEVING CHILDREN(Post)During more than forty years in the classroom with elementary children and fifteen plus years with children in a grief support program for families, I have seen children’s lives touched with the use ...
Honor Them(Post)Introduction:A year ago in January of 2016, grief came knocking at my front door and let itself in without invitation, want, or welcome. My brother, only one year older than myself and my only siblin ...
Reflections on Life and Loss: A 90-Year-Old’s Perspective(Post)Nancy Harrison At my age, I’ve learned that the conversations that matter most are the ones about real life - the messy, beautiful, complicated parts that make us human. We talk about fami ...
"Thoughts and Prayers"(Post)“Thoughts and Prayers”….how do you feel about this expression of sympathy?An observation and opinion by Nan ZastrowI was recently asked what my feelings are about using the cliché “Our thoughts and p ...
The "S" Word(Post)I was sitting at my son’s hockey game when I got a text from a client I hadn’t seen in a while. It didn’t take me long to figure out she might be in trouble. I said to her directly, “It sounds like y ...
LIVING IN NEW SKIN(Post)We do not always get to choose what life will teach us; life can be wildly unpredictable. On April 19, 2007, our lives slammed to a halt when our son, Matt, died. He was thirty-five years old, a grad ...
Walking the Camino de Santiago(Post)By Pam Luschei When the movie, The Way, with Martin Sheen came out in 2010, I watched with piqued interest, and then went about my business. It wasn’t until 2022, when a friend asked if I wante ...
Call me if you Need Anything(Post)Dawn Allen Dawn, I’m so sorry for your loss, call me if you need anything. I heard this phrase more times than I can count when I lost my husband Ash to that vicious unrelentless disease called ...
MEETING THE NEEDS OF SENIORS IN RETIREMENT HOMES(Post)After years of teaching, active participation in my church, service in a grief support program, and five years as a citizen of a retirement home, I am aware of the sadness and distress after the deat ...
I Still Exist(Post)CHAPTER SIX “I Still Exist”“Get yourself some girlfriends,” Max said. “That’s all I got to say. We did everything, I mean everything together, and now he’s gone.” I was at my first College Board Adva ...
PIECED TOGETHER(Post)Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall All the kings horses and all the kings men Couldn’t put Humpty together againThe image of this old children’s rhyme stuck in my mind a ...
Month One After the Loss of Your Spouse(Post)You just never get over some grief. You learn to live with it by your side. It changes (thank God) and the intensity diminishes with time, but it never goes away completely. Grief is unique to every ...
The Jars(Post)By Soledad Morillo Belloso Grief is a pain that does not disappear, it only changes its form. Sometimes it is a gale that sweeps everything in its path. At other times it is a whisper, an echo that c ...
O Christmas Tree—Why Should I Adorn Thee?(Post)10 Reasons Why You Should Consider Decorating a Tree When GrievingWe dragged the tubs of Christmas ornaments from the basement just like we always did before he died. They sat on the living room floo ...
What Would You Give(Post)What would you giveTo not feel this pain?How much is it worthNot to have to explain?What price would you payTo not shed a tear?What value placed onNot feeling this fear?To feel no more guiltFor no mo ...
BROKEN OPEN(Post)* Photo by Cheri ThomasRecently, I was asked to say a “few words” to other bereaved parents. My first thought was how does one say a few words when someone loses a child?There are either “no words”, ...
What Helps When Grieving(Post)Grieving after the death of a loved one can take away all of your energy and can leave you feeling isolated from those around you. You just can’t seem to connect with colleagues, people from your com ...
A Father's Day Letter to my Twins(Post)Dear Casey and Rebecca,Thirteen years have passed since your dad’s death, a lifetime for the two of you since you weren’t even three years old when he died of brain cancer. You were far too young at ...
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Shattered Heart, Shattered Life
$17.99A Journey of Hope, Healing, and Finding Inner Peace after the Death of a Child About Shattered Heart, Shattered Life: • Supportive Information for Bereaved Parents• Healing Activities and...$17.99 -
The Brightest Star
$10.95For Children Grieving the Death of a Parent Molly and her mommy and daddy loved going to the beach. They would find shells and splash in the water, but their favorite thing to do was to wait until it...$10.95 -
Fuego En Mi Corazón, Hielo En Mis Venas
$9.95Fuego En Mi Corazón, Hielo En Mis Venas: Un diario para adultos jóvenes que experimentan una pérdida (Fire in My Heart - Spanish) This is a journal for young adults and teenagers...$9.95 -
Care Package: For Death of a Parent 4 up
$21.00This care package for children who have a parent die includes the book, I Heard Your Parent Died, Love Never Stops memory book and From Sad to Glad workbook. This care package is for children ages...$21.00 -
Reactions: A Workbook to Help Young People Who Are Experiencing Trauma and Grief
$9.95From the inside of the book: When someone close to you dies suddenly, or when you or someone else gets hurt, like shot or stabbed, you may experience different reactions. Reactions occur...$9.95 -
When Something Terrible Happens: Children Can Learn to Cope with Grief
$10.95This book was designed to use the art process to teach children who have witnessed or experienced a traumatic event some basic concepts about trauma and provide an opportunity to learn about and...$10.95 -
You Are the Mother of All Mothers: A Message of Hope for the Grieving Heart
$25.95A beautifully written book for all mother’s whose child has died. Angela writes from the heart and lets mothers know that they are not alone in this battle. Every page is filled with support,...$25.95 -
The Goodbye Book / El libro del adiós (English and Spanish Edition)
$8.99From New York Times bestselling author Todd Parr comes the bilingual edition of this poignant and reassuring story about loss. With his colorful illustrations, playful humor, and...$8.99 -
Too Soon A Memory: A Guide for Parents Suffering a Miscarriage
$5.95Too Soon A Memory: A Guide for Parents Suffering a Miscarriage Gives practical information for a couple facing grief following a miscarriage.Written in the style of When Hello Means Goodbye, this...$5.95 -
When Someone Very Special Dies
$10.95Children Can Learn to Cope with Grief This book was designed to teach children death education, to recognize and express feelings of grief, encourage open communication, and help adults discover...$10.95 -
Un Tiempo Para Decidir, Un Tiempo Para Sanar: Para los padres que están tomando decisiones difíciles del bebé que aman. (A Time to Decide, A Time to Heal - Spanish)
$7.95Information on factors in the decision-making process, continuing the pregnancy, interrupting the pregnancy, taking control, the hospital experience, couples healing together-healing apart, the days...$7.95 -
Fire in My Heart, Ice in My Veins
$11.95REVISED 2023! A Guided Grief Journal for Teenagers and Young Adults Young adults and teens can: Write letters to their loved one Copy down meaningful lyrics or write their own songs and...$11.95 -
Miscarriage: A Book For Parents
$4.00When you have a miscarriage you have a very real and powerful grief. It may be one of your first encounters with death. It is certainly something you never forget. This book deals with feelings,...$4.00 -
Children Die, Too
$5.00Children Die, Too: For Parents who are Experiencing the Death of a Child Living after the death of a child is not done according to a fixed pattern of emotions. The various feelings and experiences...$5.00 -
A Thousand Pounds
$15.95Finding the Strength to Live and Love under the Weight of Unbearable Loss Awarded 1st Place in the 2023 Catholic Media Association's awards for Grief and Bereavement books!A Memoir of...$15.95 -
Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss (hardcover)
$24.95Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss NEW 25th Anniversary Printing! Some cooking requires that you measure ingredients exactly. But making soup is different. Soup making is an...$24.95 -
Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss (softbound)
$15.95Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss Some cooking requires that you measure ingredients exactly. But making soup is different. Soup making is an art, and you are the artist...$15.95 -
For Bereaved Grandparents
$7.95Revised 2023 Grief is the normal reaction to a loss. Actually, we experience grief throughout our lives. A pet dies. A friend moves away. Our children go off to college. We lose a job. We...$7.95 -
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On Grieving the Death of a Father
$10.00$14.996 in stock! NEW edition coming soon. Whether a father was beloved or feared, the loss and grief is a process--one that sometimes begins before the physical loss has occurred. Drawing on his own...$10.00$14.99 -
When Hello Means Goodbye
$9.95When Hello Means Goodbye: A guide for parents whose child dies before birth, at birth, or shortly after birth This sensitive booklet is a help to families during the early days of their grief. It...$9.95