For Bereaved Parents

Rare Bird: A Memoir of Loss and Love On an ordinary September day, twelve-year-old Jack is swept away in a freak neighborhood flood. His parents and younger sister are left to wrestle with awful questions: How could God let this happen? Can we ever...

Raw and Unspoken: A Memoir of Private Pain and Sorrow At age twenty-five, Chris loved being a dad, and he loved people, cars, Chevys, motorcycles, beaches, and the sun. But on a Friday afternoon, all of that ended when he was killed in a motorcycle crash...

Helping Children and Young People Cope with Change Through Nature Life is full of changes; they happen all the time. Some changes are harder to cope with than others.' Seeds of Hope Bereavement and Loss Activity Book uses nature to help children...

Tincture of Time, The: Restoration After the Death of a Child After almost two decades of grieving the loss of her son Peter, Marie again shares how life continues to change after losing a child. In essays and stories she tells how time has impacted her...

Breathe: A Memoir of Motherhood, Grief, and Family Conflict Kelly Kittel never questioned her Mayflower Society mantra—“Family is the most important thing”—until the day her fifteen-month-old son was run over by her...

Empty Branch: A Memoir Finding Hope Through Lament Marilyn's health was deteriorating, then the week after she lost her career, two soldiers in dress uniform knock on her door telling her the worst news about her son, David, serving in Iraq. Empty Branch...

Your New & Meaningful Life After Loss Will I survive? Will I ever be happy again? These are questions that Harriet Hodgson asked herself after she was left to raise her twin grandchildren, while grieving for four family members, including her...

Just A Touch Away CD Instrumental, mindful music that relieves stress. Add to your playlist the entire, “Just A Touch Away” album or just several selections. Then enjoy the peaceful, nurturing compositions when you want to relax, reflect and...

Loving Connections It is written for all those who have ever loved another with the depths of their heart. It describes the continuing connections of such love between those who have passed to the other side and those who have been bereaved. In this...

Making Lemonade: Choosing a Positive Pathway After Losing Your Sibling There are many things that you think you might be prepared for in your life, losing your sibling is not one of them.  In December of 1996, Zander Sprague’s sister was...

At age four, author Jennifer Martin's son, Kelly, was diagnosed with a rare inherited metabolic disorder, mucopolysaccharidosis, or MPS, which caused multiple complications throughout his life. He lived until the age of twenty-three, when he died of a...

A Guide to Pregnancy After Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Loss Trying Again lessens the uncertainties about pregnancy after miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant loss by providing the facts to help you determine if you and your partner are emotionally...