This is a list of books and links that can help you in your journey with grief. If you have a link that you would like to see added please send an email to andromedarayne@gmail.com
Books
"Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of your Baby" by Deborah L. Davis, Ph.D
"Grace for Grief: Daily Comfort for those who mourn" by Michael and Brenda Pink
"Stars in the Deepest Night: After the Death of a Child" by Genesse Bourdeau Gentry
"Empty Arms" Hope and Support for those who have suffered a miscarriage, stillbirth, or tubal pregnancy. By Pam Vredevelt
"Talking With Children About Loss" by Maria Trozzi
"The Next Place" by Warren Hanson
"Help Me Say Goodbye: Activities for Helping Kids Cope When a Special Person Dies" by Janis Silverman
"Good Grief: Exploring Feelings, Loss and Death With Under Elevens: A Holistic Approach" by Barbara Ward
"Good Grief : Exploring Feelings, Loss and Death With over Elevens and Adults : A Holistic Approach" by Barbara Ward
"Tear Soup" By Pat Schweibert
"Empty Arms: Coping After Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Death" By Sherokee Isle
"An Empty Cradle, a Full Heart: Reflections for Mothers and Fathers After Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or Infant Death" By Christine O'Keeffe Lafser
"Free to Grieve" By Maureen Rank
"We were going to have a baby, but had an angel instead" (Children's book) ~Schweibert
"When Hello Means Goodbye" by Pat Schwiebert, RN, and Paul Kirk, MD
"In A Heartbeat" by Dawn Siegrist Waltman
"Waiting with Gabriel" by Amy Kuebelbeck
"Mommy, Please Don't Cry" By Linda DeYmaz artwork by Laurie Show Hein
"Grace for Grief: Daily Comfort for those who mourn" by Michael and Brenda Pink
"Stars in the Deepest Night: After the Death of a Child" by Genesse Bourdeau Gentry
"Empty Arms" Hope and Support for those who have suffered a miscarriage, stillbirth, or tubal pregnancy. By Pam Vredevelt
"Talking With Children About Loss" by Maria Trozzi
"The Next Place" by Warren Hanson
"Help Me Say Goodbye: Activities for Helping Kids Cope When a Special Person Dies" by Janis Silverman
"Good Grief: Exploring Feelings, Loss and Death With Under Elevens: A Holistic Approach" by Barbara Ward
"Good Grief : Exploring Feelings, Loss and Death With over Elevens and Adults : A Holistic Approach" by Barbara Ward
"Tear Soup" By Pat Schweibert
"Empty Arms: Coping After Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Death" By Sherokee Isle
"An Empty Cradle, a Full Heart: Reflections for Mothers and Fathers After Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or Infant Death" By Christine O'Keeffe Lafser
"Free to Grieve" By Maureen Rank
"We were going to have a baby, but had an angel instead" (Children's book) ~Schweibert
"When Hello Means Goodbye" by Pat Schwiebert, RN, and Paul Kirk, MD
"In A Heartbeat" by Dawn Siegrist Waltman
"Waiting with Gabriel" by Amy Kuebelbeck
"Mommy, Please Don't Cry" By Linda DeYmaz artwork by Laurie Show Hein
Links for Memorial Items:
The following two links create very beautiful bracelets in memory of our lost children:
www.clairesfriends.org/bracelets.html
www.shininglightfund.org/about.htm
Photo Restoration:
Free Photography:
Blankets for Lost Babies and Baby Loss Parents:
http://www.foreverwarm.org/
(Summer provides blankets to parents of stillborn infants or infants lost to other reasons for photos and burial. Also the parents can request a blanket as a keepsake)
(Summer provides blankets to parents of stillborn infants or infants lost to other reasons for photos and burial. Also the parents can request a blanket as a keepsake)
Financial Assistance and Burial Items
www.sufficientgrace.net
(Offers support as well as some beautiful items including burial gowns, teddy bears, and memory angel books)
www.tianafund.org/whoweare.html
(Helps with the Financial burden for monuments)
oliviaraine.org/
(Helps with Financial burden of funerals)
Hana'sGift
(A Non-profit org that will help people buy headstones/plaques for any pregnancy loss and any child loss up to a year old. England Based )
(Offers support as well as some beautiful items including burial gowns, teddy bears, and memory angel books)
www.tianafund.org/whoweare.html
(Helps with the Financial burden for monuments)
oliviaraine.org/
(Helps with Financial burden of funerals)
Hana'sGift
(A Non-profit org that will help people buy headstones/plaques for any pregnancy loss and any child loss up to a year old. England Based )
Memorial Websites
Allows you to create a personal remembrance site in memory of your child.
Last-Memories
Memory-of
GoneTooSoon
Legacy.com
Virtual Memories
ilasting
imorial
Missing-You
Remembered
Last-Memories
Memory-of
GoneTooSoon
Legacy.com
Virtual Memories
ilasting
imorial
Missing-You
Remembered
Memorial Shops:
www.uniquechristeninggowns.com/Home/angel
(Makes beautiful Burial Gowns and angel keepsakes)
www.myforeverchild.com/
www.thecomfortcompany.net/
A place to Rememebr
www.october15th.com/ (Also has lots of information)
www.thumbies.com/
www.projectsweetpeas.com
(Makes beautiful Burial Gowns and angel keepsakes)
www.myforeverchild.com/
www.thecomfortcompany.net/
A place to Rememebr
www.october15th.com/ (Also has lots of information)
www.thumbies.com/
www.projectsweetpeas.com
Support:
www.MISSfoundation.org
www.silentgrief.com/
www.compassionatefriends.org/
www.bereavedparentsusa.org/
www.griefwatch.com/
fly.to/OperationAngel
www.nationalshare.org
haloes.homestead.com/index.html
www.abutterflystouch.org/
www.firstcandle.org/
www.babylossandhealing.com/
(My daughter's site is linked from this site in the Links section)
www.stkilian.com/gaps/
www.rememberingyourbaby.org/
www.members.shaw.ca/angelwhispers/
morninglightministry.org/
(Catholic perspective and support for pregnancy & infant loss)
www.elizabethministry.com/
www.ourangelbaby.org/
angelbabieshaven.co.uk/
www.babieswithnec.com/
(For Babies with NEC, Information and Stories and Research)
Ella's Halo
(Ella’s Halo is a non-profit organization that was developed to help improve the quality of extended stays in Twin Cities Neonatal Intensive Care Units)
http://pih-mpls.com/
(Located in Minneapolis, a place that provides holistic measures of healing for the body and emotional needs of a person. Including such things like PTSD. Which baby loss mamas are prone to have)
Neofight
(Indianapolis based organization dedicated to helping families experiencing a perinatal crisis.)
www.silentgrief.com/
www.compassionatefriends.org/
www.bereavedparentsusa.org/
www.griefwatch.com/
fly.to/OperationAngel
www.nationalshare.org
haloes.homestead.com/index.html
www.abutterflystouch.org/
www.firstcandle.org/
www.babylossandhealing.com/
(My daughter's site is linked from this site in the Links section)
www.stkilian.com/gaps/
www.rememberingyourbaby.org/
www.members.shaw.ca/angelwhispers/
morninglightministry.org/
(Catholic perspective and support for pregnancy & infant loss)
www.elizabethministry.com/
www.ourangelbaby.org/
angelbabieshaven.co.uk/
www.babieswithnec.com/
(For Babies with NEC, Information and Stories and Research)
Ella's Halo
(Ella’s Halo is a non-profit organization that was developed to help improve the quality of extended stays in Twin Cities Neonatal Intensive Care Units)
http://pih-mpls.com/
(Located in Minneapolis, a place that provides holistic measures of healing for the body and emotional needs of a person. Including such things like PTSD. Which baby loss mamas are prone to have)
Neofight
(Indianapolis based organization dedicated to helping families experiencing a perinatal crisis.)
Condolences
Condolence Messages
http://www.obituarieshelp.org/condolence_message_samples_hub.html
( Condolence message samples for expressing words of sympathy to someone after the loss of a loved one. Use these condolence messages to help you write your condolences in cards or letters of sympathy.)
http://www.obituarieshelp.org/condolence_message_samples_hub.html
( Condolence message samples for expressing words of sympathy to someone after the loss of a loved one. Use these condolence messages to help you write your condolences in cards or letters of sympathy.)
Special Ways to Remember your Angel
http://www.treasurebeans.com ~
Your Angel's name handpainted on a beautiful riverstone
Vermont Angels ~
Your Angel's name photographed in breathtaking ways
Abiding Hope Collages ~
You angel's name put together in a wonderful collage of words and phrases
Forever Remembered Photo Collages ~
Your Angel's photos put together in an amazing collage
In Our Heart Pendents ~
Photo Pendent made with your angel's photo
Angel Baby Names ~
The meaning of your child’s name written out in remembrance
Angel Wings Boutique ~
Receive a pair of angel wings with your child’s name & photo posted on the site
Angel Wishing Tree ~
Your Angel's name written and tagged to a tree
Babies in the Sky ~
Your child’s name written in the sky
Beyond Worlds Design ~
Words describing your child painted on a canvas
Your Angel's name handpainted on a beautiful riverstone
Vermont Angels ~
Your Angel's name photographed in breathtaking ways
Abiding Hope Collages ~
You angel's name put together in a wonderful collage of words and phrases
Forever Remembered Photo Collages ~
Your Angel's photos put together in an amazing collage
In Our Heart Pendents ~
Photo Pendent made with your angel's photo
Angel Baby Names ~
The meaning of your child’s name written out in remembrance
Angel Wings Boutique ~
Receive a pair of angel wings with your child’s name & photo posted on the site
Angel Wishing Tree ~
Your Angel's name written and tagged to a tree
Babies in the Sky ~
Your child’s name written in the sky
Beyond Worlds Design ~
Words describing your child painted on a canvas
Dealing with the Loss of a Twin
This morning I got a wonderful email from a lady who's husband lost his twin before Christmas. She told me how my site had helped them and wanted to share a resource with me. This resource page has other resources linked on it and I want to share those too.
Dealing with the loss of a twin ~
Article and links
Twinless Twins ~
International Support Groups
Loss of a Twin ~
Personal Stories
Twinlost ~
A Bereavement Resource list
Twinkle Events ~
Lists of Twinless Twin Events
Academia ~
A Science Magazine article focusing on twins and and the affects of loss
