Resources: Books
We look forward to sharing with you books we would personally recommend as they have supported us through our grief journey, including why and what stage of grief they best supported us. Remember, your grief journey is an individual one and we had to “try-on” many options to find what fit for us. If you find the book is eliciting strong emotions and not providing support or comfort, put it down and try another. Through our journey we’ve put down many books to try again and will continue to do so.
Loved Baby - 31 Devotions Helping you Grieve and Cherish Your Child After Pregnancy Loss
We recommend this book for a mom looking for a Christ-centered devotional with real insights from other mom’s on child loss. I will admit, it took me a while to be ready to read this. In the early days of my grief I wasn’t ready to have empathy or compassion for other moms in this situation. However, as time has passed, I’ve appreciated the vulnerability and honesty this book provides.
Buy the bookTear Soup - A Recipe for Healing After Loss
We recommend this book for families or friends supporting those who are grieving. Grieving often takes interesting twists and turns and this children’s book shares the unexpected nature of grief, validates the lifelong nature, and reminds you it’s OK to eat tear soup.
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You are Not Alone - Love Letters from Loss Mom to Loss Mom
We recommend this book for families or friends supporting those who are grieving. Grieving often takes interesting twists and turns and this children’s book shares the unexpected nature of grief, validates the lifelong nature, and reminds you it’s OK to eat tear soup.
Buy the bookHealing a Parent’s Grieving Heart - 100 Practical Ideas After Your Child Dies
We recommend this book for any point of your grief journey. After your child dies, you may struggle to find meaning in many things you once enjoyed. We struggled to find passion in our work, to find joy in social interactions, and felt empty without our sweet baby girl. Currently included in the memory boxes, this book gives a grieving parent 100 easy ideas to find the desire to learn to live again.
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From Father to Father: Letters from Loss Dad to Loss Dad
So much of what is written is for a mother, but the world often forgets the father is grieving too. We love this book because it shares the heartache of a father to remind every other dad they are not alone.
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