Resources
Books about grief to help you on your journey
Angell, James W. O Susan: Looking Forward with Hope after the Death of a Child. Pasadena, CA: Hope Publishing House, 1990.
Apple, Dennis L. Life After the Death of My Son: What I’m Learning. Kansas City, MO: Beacon Hill Press, 2008.
Bernstein, Ph.D., Judith R. When the Bough Breaks: Forever after the Death of a Son or Daughter. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1998.
Cooke, Tony. Life After Death: Rediscovering Life After the Loss of a Loved One. Tulsa, OK: Faith Library Publications, 2003.
Alcorn, Randy. Heaven. Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 2004.
Deffner, Donald L. At The Death Of A Child: Words of Comfort and Hope. St. Louis, MO: Concordia Publishing House, 1993.
Graham, Billy. Death and the Life After. Nashville, TN: Word Publishing, 1987.
Jeremiah, David. Discover Paradise: A Guidebook to Heaven, Your True Home. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 2009.
Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth. On Life After Death. Berkeley, CA: Celestial Arts, 1991.
Levine, Marie. First You Die: Learn to Live after the Death of Your Child. Silver Thread Publishers, 2004.
Libby, Larry. Someday Heaven. Sisters, OR: Questar Publishers, Inc., 1993.
Lutzer, Erwin W. One Minute After You Die: A Preview of Your Final Destination. Chicago, IL: Moody Press, 1997.
Marx, Robert J. and Susan Wengerhoff Davidson. Facing The Ultimate Loss: Coping with the Death of a Child. Fredonia, WI: Champion Press, Ltd., 2003.
Mehren, Elizabeth. After the Darkest Hour The Sun Will Shine Again: A Parent’s Guide to Coping with the Loss of a Child. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1997.
Mitchell, Ellen. Beyond Tears: Living after Losing a Child. New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 2004.
Munday, John with France Wohlenhaus-Munday. Surviving the Death of a Child. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1995.
Noel, Brook and Pamela D. Blair, Ph.D. Naperville, IL: I Wasn’t Ready To Say Goodbye: Surviving, Coping and Healing after the Sudden Death of a Loved One. Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, Inc., 2008.
Piper, Don with Cecil Murphey. Heaven Is Real: Lessons on Earthly Joy - from the Man Who Spent 90 Minutes in Heaven. New York: Berkley Publishing Group, 2007.
Piper, Don with Cecil Murphey. 90 Minutes In Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life. Grand Rapids, MI: Fleming H. Revell, 2004.
Rando, Ph.D., Therese A. How To Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies. New York: Bantam Books, 1991.
Rosof, Barbara D. The Worst Loss: How Families Heal from the Death of a Child. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1994.
Sanders, Ph.D., Catherine M. How to Survive the Loss of a Child: Filling the Emptiness and Rebuilding Your Life. New York: Three Rivers Press, 1998.
Sanders, Ph.D., Catherine M. Surviving Grief…and Learning to Live Again. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1992.
Spies, Karen. Everything You Need To Know About Grieving. New York: Rosen Publishing Group, Inc., 1993.
Stanley, Charles. A Touch Of His Peace: Meditations on Experiencing the Peace of God. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1993.
Terveen, John Luke. Hope for the Brokenhearted: God’s Voice of Comfort in the Midst of Grief and Loss. Colorado Springs, CO: Cook Communications Ministry, 2006.
Triplett, Wayne. This Little Light Of Mine: The Inspiring Story of Kevin Triplett…Carrying His Cross of Cancer. Lincoln, NE: iUniverse, Inc., 2008.
Welshons, John E. Awakening from Grief: Finding the Road Back to Joy. Little Falls, NJ: Open Heart Publications, 2000.
Westberg, Granger E. Good Grief. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress, 1977.
Wiersbe, David W. Gone But Not Lost: Grieving the Death of a Child. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 2008.
Wright, H. Norman. Experiencing Grief. Nashville, TN: Broadman and Holman Publishers, 2004.
Ziglar, Zig. Confessions of a Grieving Christian. Nashville, TN: Zig Ziglar Corporation, 2004.
Helpful grief websites
General
Bereaved Parents of the US
P.O. Box 95
Park Forest, IL 60466
708–748–7866
www.bereavedparentsusa.org
The Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation National Office P.O. Box 498 Kensington MD 20895–0498
800–366–CCCF 800–366–2223
www.candlelighters.org
CaringBridge
1715 Yankee Doodle Road, Suite 301
Eagan, MN 55121
651–452–7940
www.caringbridge.org
The Compassionate Friends
P.O. Box 3696
Oak Brook, IL 60522–3696
1–877–969–0010
www.compassionatefriends.org
Crisis, Grief, and Healing
The First interactive grief web site
Tom Golden LCSW
PO Box 83658 Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878 301–670–1027
golden@webhealing.com
www.webhealing.com
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
MADD National Office 511 E. John Carpenter Freeway Suite 700 Irving, TX 75062
800–GET–MADD (800–438–6233)
www.madd.org
Mothers in Sympathy and Support (MISS)
P.O. Box 5333 Peoria, AZ 85385 623.979.1000 (local and international) 1–888–455–MISS (toll free in U.S.) www.missfoundation.org
Chronic and Terminal Illness
Center for Attitudinal Healing
CorStone
33 Buchanan Drive Sausalito, CA 94965 Phone 415.331.6161
www.corstone.org
Exceptional Cancer Patients (ECaP)
522 Jackson Park Drive
Meadville, PA 16335
1–814–337–8192
www.ecap-online.org
Grief Share (Internet Resource) PO Box 1739 Wake Forest, NC 27588 Phone: 800–395–5755 www.griefshare.org
Make Today Count
Executive Director C/O Mid-American Cancer Center 1235 East Cherokee Street Springfield, MO 65804 800–432–2273 (Voice-Toll-free) www.health.gov/nhic/NHICScripts/Entry.cfm?HRCode=HR0081
National AIDS Hotline
American Social Health Association
P.O. Box 13827
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
1–800–342–AIDS
National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) 1731 King Street, Suite 100 Alexandria, Virginia 22314 703–837–1500
www.nhpco.org
Infant Death
Association of SIDS and Infant Mortality Programs
8280 Greensboro Drive, Suite 300
McLean, Virginia 22108
1–800–930–7437
http://www.asip1.org
The National Sudden and Unexpected Infant/Child Death and Pregnancy Loss Resource Center
Georgetown University Box 571272 Washington, DC 20057–1272 1–866–866–7437 toll free
www.sidscenter.org
The Pregnancy and Infant Loss Center
1415 E. Wayzata Boulevard #30
Wayzata, MN 55391
612–473–9372
www.home.mend.org
Remember Me
Kim B. Church
P.O. Box 129
Purlear, NC 28665 E-mail: kim@craigchurchministries.org 336–973–0315 www.craigchurchministries.org
Resolve Through Sharing
Bereavement Services Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation 1900 South Avenue, Mailstop ALEX La Crosse, WI 54601
1–800–362–9567 ext. 54747
www.bereavementprograms.com
SHARE (Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support, Inc.)
National SHARE Office
St. Joseph Health Center
300 First Capitol Drive
St. Charles, MO 63301–2893
1–800–821–6819
www.nationalshare.org
SIDS Alliance First Candle
1314 Bedford Avenue, Suite 210 Baltimore, MD 21208
800–221–7437
www.sidsalliance.org
Suicide
American Association of Suicidology
5221 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20015 Phone: (202) 237–2280
http://www.suicidology.org
Friends for Survival, Inc.
P.O. Box 214463
Sacramento, CA 95821
916–392–0664
www.friendsforsurvival.org
Murder
National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA)
510 King Street, Suite 424
Alexandria, VA 22314 24 hours a day, 7 days a week 1–800–TRY–NOVA (1–800–879–6682)
www.trynova.org
National Victim Center
National Center for Victims of Crime 2000 M Street NW, Suite 480 Washington, DC 20036 202– 467–8700 www.ncvc.org
Parents of Murdered Children
National POMC 100 East Eighth Street, Suite 202 Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 Toll Free: 1–888–818–POMC
www.pomc.com
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