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
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