Read More about Grief & Healing

​This will help you begin to form the words to define your own.   I found that most religious-heavy texts angered me as I processed my own grief, but I know that they brought comfort to many other mothers.  Texts with religious sentiments are marked with an (R) below so that you can distinguish between them and decide what is most comforting to you.  
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• BOOKS:
  Sometimes I Cry in the Shower by R. Glenn Kelly
  When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold S. Kushner  (R) (A Summary of this Text can be found here.) 
  Grieving the Child I Never Knew by Kathe Wunnenburg (R)
  Healing Grief​ by Amy Hillyard Jensen
  The Centering Corporation and Grief Digest Magazine have a large collection of books in English and Spanish on prenatal and infant loss.
  Grieving Dads: To the Brink and Back by Kelly Farley
  An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken
  Empty Cradle, Broken Heart  by Deborah L. Davis
  I Will Carry You: The Sacred Dance of Grief and Joy  by Angie Smith
  Always Within: Grieving the Loss of your Infant  by Melissa L. Eshleman
  A Guide For Fathers: When a Baby Dies by Tim Nelson
  Beyond Tears: Living after Losing a Child by Ellen Mitchell
  Healing a Parent’s Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas After Your Child Dies by Alan D. Wolfelt
  Empty Arms: Coping with Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Death by Sherokee Ilse
  To Linger on Hot Coals (anthology) by Stephanie Paige Cole and Catherine Bayly
  Letters to Leia by Angela Williams
  Brona: A Memior by Mara Hill
  Out of the Ashes: Healing in the Afterloss by Benjamin Scott Allen
  
  
• SITES:
  Stillbirthday (Archive of posts about and for dads)
  
  
• PODCASTS:
  Stillbirth Matters (Podcast by Kelly Farley, Author of Grieving Fathers)
  
  
• ARTICLES & POSTS:
  Compassionate Friends: Letter to the Newly Bereaved (*This is a good place to start your reading.)
  Compassionate Friends "We Need Not Walk Alone" Magazine 
  ​ "For Fathers" by First Candle

​            NPR Article, "Deep Grief: Creating Meaning From Mourning"           
            Understanding Grief: Symptoms, Stages, and Coping (Article by SingleCare Team)

• POETRY:
  ​The Beautiful Before by Heather Carnaghan
  After Loss: Turning to Poetry for Grief and Healing (NPR Morning Edition Segment)

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