Adult Grief

When Jarrett J. Krosoczka was in high school, he was part of a program that sent students to be counselors at a camp for seriously ill kids and their families. Going into, Jarrett was worried: Wouldn't it be depressing, to be around kids facing such a serious struggle? Wouldn't it be grim?

Tense and emotional... ...extremely candid poetry. Why does poetry ask probing questions, evoke deep emotions, and elude monolithic explanations? This book is a time capsule of a young man searching for solutions while offering none. These poems represent a maturing mind attempting to understand life and one person's place in it. Poems are photographs of literature where the observer can extract more words from it with each viewing. A must-read for adolescents and young adults! Get it now.

Drowning in Their Storm: A Parent’s Survival Guide to Loving an Addicted Adult Child You’re not just watching them spiral. You’re sinking with them. And no one talks about what that’s doing to you. You’ve begged. Pleaded. Bailed them out. Covered the truth. Given second, third, tenth chances. And still—nothing changes. Now you're exhausted. Angry. Afraid. And wondering, “How much more can I take?” This book is for you. Drowning in Their Storm is not just a story—it’s a lifeline. A raw, real, and compassionate guide for parents caught in the emotional wreckage of ...

The award-winning memoir When All That's Left of Me Is Love is poignant and powerful. Linda Campanella provides an intimate look inside her family and her heart as she relives the joy-filled year and long good-bye leading to her terminally ill mother's death. In the process, she comes to terms with the permanence of her loss and finds comfort in profound gratitude for many unexpected gifts.

When tragedy strikes, Ava Thompson finds herself grieving in her dad's basement. That is, until he reminds her fate's given her a second chance at life. Determined not to waste whatever time she has left, Ava packs her bags for sunny San Diego to finish off her final semester of college. There she befriends charismatic Jack Miller, who’s dealing with his own grief. Ava and Jack soon discover they have far more in common than meets the eye, even down to the date their grief began. As the past slowly catches up to her, Ava accepts Jack’s invitation to a grief support group. Surrounded by ...

Cody never thought he would be able to find someone else after the death of his fiancé, Ash. He knew the scar on his heart from being rejected from Ash’s family was very prominent on his heart. He never expected a Chicago reporter to walk in to make him hopeful for love again. The only problem was Andy had a love scar of his own. Andy, now living with his sister, walked into a coffee shop looking for a cup of coffee only to be given a chance of a new romance. Would Andy be able to give his heart to Cody after he found his first love with another man in bed or would he continue to keep up...

This is the third volume in the series "Helping You through Loss and Bereavement", which is also the title of the first book in the series, the second being " Practicalities around Death and Bereavement". In this volume you will find advice on how to write a eulogy, with examples of eulogies for various family members; Parent, Grandparent, Wife, Husband, Partner, Child and Friend. In addition you will find poems by highly respected authors, written for the deceased, and also about the bereaved person coping with grief and death, which can be used as part of a eulogy or reading during a ...

Navigate the Aftermath of Loss in 'Freestyling Grief' - A Raw and Unconventional Guide to Survival and Growth “Love is the best thing. It's egalitarian & free. Its only conditions are emotional maturity and reciprocity.” - Melinda Herndon (American Adventurer and Author of Novel ToMe & Freestyling Grief) In “Freestyling Grief ” by Melinda Herndon, traditional grief stages are challenged as the author shares her raw and personal journey after losing her husband. Driven by a desire to offer fresh survival strategies, Herndon navigates through denial, anger, and depression, shedding ...

Some girls call their mother their best friend. Marisol Martin? She could never relate. She and her mom were forever locked in an argument with no beginning and no end. Clothes, church, boys, no matter the topic, Marisol always felt like there was an unbridgeable gap between them that they were perpetually shouting across, one that she longed to close. But when her mother dies suddenly, Marisol is left with no one to fight against, haunted by all the things that she both said and didn’t say.

"Dear Children" is a compilation of poems and beautiful love letters from a mother to her children. The author, puts into words and captures in time this special reminder for her children. She hopes they will never forget how much they are loved now and even in her absence. May you, the reader, feel love on every page no matter who you are or where you are. With love, From a mother’s heart.

A deeply moving story about heartbreak, betrayal, restored friendship, and young love. Where does the illusion end and reality begin? Laine always has everything under control: her grades, her boyfriend, her job. But she can’t control her dad’s health and when it deteriorates to the point he’s hospitalized in a coma, everything else falls apart too. By the time she meets Jax in the hospital waiting room, she thinks she has little left to lose. Except her dad. Together they fear their dads’ deaths. Together they take a chance on life. Alone, Laine realizes she never really had any ...

A young adult contemporary novel about love, loss, and finding yourself after everything changes. Indie Adams never imagined her world could fall apart so quickly. One moment, she had it all- her best friends, a picture-perfect relationship, and a future she was certain of. The next, everything shattered. Left reeling from heartbreak and grief, Indie feels like she is standing still while life moves on without her. The only person who does not expect her to have all the answers is Chase Sutton, the quiet photographer who sees her in ways no one else does. But moving forward means letting go...

Until the accident, Melanie had only experienced passion with Sam. And then deep grief. But it's been over a year since his death and she's met a man who promises security and safety, just what she thinks she wants. Then, when her usually routine flight home over the Cascade Mountains becomes anything but, and she and Alex, her pilot, are thrown together in a fight for survival, Melanie is no longer sure what she wants. During cold nights in the mountains, she finds warmth and shelter in his arms. But how can Alex ever give her the security she craves outside of them? And there is man, a ...

Failed father, failed husband, and failed scholar, Charles Hayden hopes to put his life back together with a new project: a biography of Caedmon Hollow, the long-dead author of a legendary Victorian children’s book, In the Night Wood, and forebear of his wife, Erin. Deep in mourning from the loss of their young daughter, they pack up their American lives, Erin gives up her legal practice, and the couple settles in Hollow’s remote Yorkshire mansion.

The summer after senior year should have been a time for Cam to party and hang out with his friends. It should also have been a time for him to win back the love of his life, Allison Tandy, who'd dumped him so brutally the year before. But it quickly becomes clear that this summer is going to be worse than a failure for Cam. It's going to be a tragedy. Ally is left comatose after a terrible car crash, then Cam tears his ACL in a basketball accident. The operation leaves him in agony, confined to his couch and ruminating over the fact that his ex may not survive.

In this third and final book of the series, a terrible tragedy has befallen the witches of Tanglewood. They have lost one of their most beloved family members. Racked with grief, Nat jumps into The Goddess Stories book to find her in his own history and bring her back to the world. The problem is that Nat has not returned. With the absence of the goddess, a terrible storm has taken over. It is a force greater than anything Camille can manage, and it threatens to destroy their world. Natalie, his anchor child, has no choice but to go after Nat and bring him home. She travels through time, ...

Modern Loss is all about eradicating the stigma and awkwardness around grief while also focusing on our capacity for resilience and finding meaning. In this interactive guide, Modern Loss cofounder Rebecca Soffer offers candid, practical, and witty advice for confronting a future without your person, honoring their memory, dealing with trigger days, managing your professional life, and navigating new and existing relationships.

Seventeen-year-old Katie Price has a rare disease that makes exposure to even the smallest amount of sunlight deadly. Confined to her house during the day, her company is limited to her widowed father and her best friend. It isn't until after nightfall that Katie's world opens up, when she takes her guitar to the local train station and plays for the people coming and going. Charlie Reed is a former all-star athlete at a crossroads in his life - and the boy Katie has secretly admired from afar for years. When he happens upon her playing guitar one night, fate intervenes and the two embark on a star-crossed romance.

Brynn Haper's life has one steadying force - Rachel Maddow. She watches her daily, and after writing to Rachel for a school project - and actually getting a response - Brynn starts drafting emails to Rachel but never sending them. Brynn tells Rachel about breaking up with her first serious girlfriend, about her brother Nick's death, about her passive mother and even worse stepfather, about how she's stuck in remedial courses at school and is considering dropping out. Then Brynn is confronted with a moral dilemma.

A tale of grim realism, “The Fugu Feast” was originally published in On the Premises magazine (November 2012). This dark short story offers an inside look at a fictional suicide camp.