It is a common misconception that pre-school children are not capable of experiencing grief in the same way that older children do. Grief in Young Children challenges this assumption, demonstrating that although young children may not express grief in the same way as older children, they still need to be supported through loss.
A mother's death can make a shambles of schedules, priorities, agendas, commitments, and, sometimes, even our most important relationships. Drawing on his experience of loss, as well as those of others, the author guides readers through their grief, from the process of dying through the acts of remembering and honoring a mother after her death.
Because our relationships with our animal companions are unlike human relationships, the death of a pet is like no other loss that we will experience. This book draws on the wisdom of "Ecclesiastes", and interviews with many pet lovers to guide the reader through the initial loss of a pet to the dawning of new hope and reassurance.
The loss of a baby is one of the most acute losses a person can experience. The authors address both miscarriage and stillbirth and the grief implications of each. They offer comfort to mothers, fathers, and families who must find ways to recognise their bond with the child who died and then move forward with their lives.
Poetry offers potent medicine for healing the heart. As a teacher of mindfulness and writing courses, retreats, and webinars for more than a decade, beloved poet, editor, and writer James Crews has seen again and again how poems can initiate a deep dive into our own experience, and how reflecting on poetry can open the floodgates of feeling. ......
For more than fifty years Good Grief has helped millions of readers find comfort and rediscover hope after loss, offering valuable insights on the emotional and physical responses persons may experience during the natural process of grieving. This new hardcover edition makes a thoughtful gift for anyone experience ......
Spirography is a coming-of-age memoir about the bond between a father and daughter, their intertwined illnesses, and the enduring love that persists even after death. This memoir follows author Cara Stoddard's intersecting experiences of cancer, grief, and sexuality, rooted in the suburban Midwest of the late twentieth century--where idyllic lake ......
Discover New York's poignant memorials through powerful photographs capturing everything from fleeting tributes to enduring monuments The photographs in Here Down on Dark Earth document the many ways New Yorkers express their intertwined feelings of loss and remembrance. The famous and the unknown, the rich and the poor, meet the same fate, but ......
A daughter's story of unresolved grief and a family's hard-won healing When her husband Bill died in 1969, Tina Presnell gathered her three children. "We won't talk about this," she said. "It will be easier that way." In 2012, several years after her mother's death, Barbara Presnell recovered her father's World War II belongings: a scrapbook, news ......
