Child Loss Grief

Losing a pet feels like losing a part of yourself. They weren’t just animals—they were companions, confidants, and family. Their absence creates an empty space, leaving behind quiet moments and loneliness that can be hard to explain. Grieving a pet is deeply personal, layered with emotions like sadness, guilt, and anger. You may feel regretful over the things left undone. Memories bring both tears and smiles as the pain of their absence clashes with the joy they brought.

Twelve-year-old Kwame Powell isn't ready to deal with losing his grandmother, even as he and his family head to Ghana for her celebration of life. He's definitely not ready when he's sucked into a magical whirlpool that leads straight to Asamando, the Ghanaian underworld. There, he comes face to face with his grandmother, who is very much alive, and somehow still...a kid? Together with his best friend, Autumn, and a talkative aboatia named Woo, Kwame must battle angry nature gods, and stop the underworld from destroying the land of the living.

There is a Before and an After for sixth grader Bea Coughlin. Before the shooting at her school that took the lives of her classmates and teacher and After, when she must figure out how to grieve, live, and keep rolling forward. But as her community rallies in a tidal wave of marches and speeches and protests, Bea can’t get past the helplessness she felt in her wheelchair as others around her took cover.

Twelve-year-old Atlas Wade has been trying to forget the memory of his mother by climbing mountains ever since she died when he was nine years old. When his father signs them up for an expedition group hoping to be the first to ever summit the unconquerable Mount Everest, Atlas can't wait for the chance to prove himself to his father, and maybe finally he can leave his mother behind him on the mountain. But this time, Atlas is the one left behind, as well as a young American girl named Maddie and their sturdy yet injured Sherpa, Chodak.

f you’re just looking at this book, it’s no accident—your soul guided you here, and it’s meant for you! You’ll discover all the answers you’ve been searching for about your loved one who has passed on. What happens after we die? Can we still connect with those we’ve lost? I share my own story of reaching my son beyond this life, blending years of deep research with my personal journey to reveal amazing truths about the afterlife. This book is filled with real testimonials, scientific evidence, and events that will clear any doubt you have that death is the end—because ...

A sacred journey through grief, healing, and rediscovering life after loss. For 25 years, John and Carla Miller dedicated their lives to loving and caring for their son, Peter Flint Miller—a special needs child who could not walk, talk, or eat without assistance, but whose life overflowed with joy, laughter, and purpose. Every four hours, around the clock, they fed him, changed him, bathed him, dressed him, and prayed over him. And then, one day, it all stopped. Room to Breathe, Room to Grieve is their honest, faith-filled story of what happens after the caregiving ends—after the ...

Sage's thirteenth birthday was supposed to be about movies and treats, staying up late with her best friend and watching the sunrise together. Instead, it was the day her best friend died. Without the person she had to hold her secrets and dream with, Sage is lost. In a counseling group with other girls who have lost someone close to them, she learns that not all losses are the same, and healing isn't predictable. There is sadness, loneliness, anxiety, guilt, pain, love. And even as Sage grieves, new, good things enter her life—and she just may find a way to know that she can feel it all.

My Disappearing Mother: A Memoir of Magic and Loss is far more than a memoir on the devastation that comes with dementia, a cognitive impairment that affects fifty-five million people worldwide. Finnamore beautifully chronicles her mother's rich and varied life journey, from her birth in Puerto Rico during the height of the Depression to ferrying to the United States, in hopes of a better life. On U.S. soil, her mother, Bunny, started working as a performer for enlisted men, then became a secretary, and eventually a professional clairvoyant.

After receiving a life-changing phone call on July 4th, 2009, Kelly Buckley embarked on the hardest trip of her life. Her son, Stephen, had gone missing while swimming with friends. Within 24 hours, her life turned upside down. Stephen's body would be discovered by search and rescue divers. Amid deep pain and gut-wrenching grief, Kelly began to write on the back of an envelope outside of the funeral home. Rather than writing about the unfairness of Stephen's passing, she makes a decision that will heal not only herself but countless others as well. Kelly vowed to seek out daily moments of ...

One of my goals in doing this project was to show how inadequate it is to say that you are a positive person and see the glass as half full, when something happens to you that can cannot be seen, by any stretch of the imagination, as being positive or good. I wanted to demonstrate how important it is to have a better plan for your life than saying you always look for the good. It's fine to say you always try to see the glass as half full, but you need more than that. You need something to fall back on when the glass is empty and broken. My story is not long. It's more of a short story than ...

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.

The most important question a grieving parent can ask is "is my baby in heaven?" With scriptural authority and the warmth of a pastor's heart, bestselling author John MacArthur examines the breadth of the entire Bible and reveals in this compelling book the Heavenly Father's care for every life. With pastoral compassion yet a focus on candid Biblical truth, Safe in the Arms of God excels at presenting what the Bible has to say on the matter. It provides insights not only to families who have lost small children, but to pastors and Christian leaders who minister to them.

Tragedy, Trauma, and Loss in Teens and Pre-Teens: Healing the Emotional Wounds In today’s complex world, teens and pre-teens are facing unprecedented challenges—ranging from school violence and bullying to social media pressure, family instability, and personal loss. This updated and compassionate guide by Dr. Richard L. Travis offers parents, guardians, and educators a roadmap to understanding how young people experience trauma and how to support their emotional healing. With real-life examples, up-to-date research, YouTube and TED Talk links, and practical tools, this book explores: ...

As a psychologist and child psychoanalyst, Dr. Masur has helped many children recognize and express their feelings after loss. In How Children Grieve, Masur shares her expertise with caregivers of all kinds, giving them the tools they need to help a child or teenager to mourn, to move forward, and to make meaning of terrible loss.

Losing a child is a difficult journey and no parent should have to experience this excruciating loss. These brave parents share stories about their loss and how they work through their grief. Their hope is to provide encouragement and hope to any parent that experiences the loss of a child. We celebrate our children and the impact that they had and continuing to have on our lives.

We live in a grief-illiterate society. After the death of a child we often hear “there are no words.” But there are words. Oil for Your Lantern offers the newly bereaved, and those who love them, a gentle introduction to life after the death of a child, sharing words when we don’t yet have them ourselves. Oil for Your Lantern is a series of thirty essays written by Elizabeth Brady since the sudden death of her son, Mack, from sepsis in 2012. Elizabeth’s essays move both outward and deeply inward, exploring practical, cultural, and spiritual aspects of mourning a beloved child. “...

Grace Anne Orlov died peacefully in her home on Thursday, the 7th. Her husband, John, survives her in body if not in spirit. John studied killers and death, but failed to learn how to live alone after more than forty years of marriage. Along with two daughters, a son, two grandchildren, and a stray bastard, John has a lot to figure out. What he doesn’t know might kill him.

Cover Design by Micheline Birger (2012) This is simply a children's story about loss. Loss and grief. Loss and grief for a child...from a child's point of view. How does anyone cope with the loss of a loved one - much less a child? A child who doesn't know and understand what permanent loss is? What does the loss of a significant person mean in a child's life? It could be a parent, sibling, friend or another family member. This story is about the loss of Sarah's father as seen through the lens of Sarah. Precious:The SuperSonic Angel comes to see Sarah in her hour of deep need. Precious ...

If you know someone who is experiencing deep loss tethered to nightmarish lunacy escorting inconsolable pain. And you're trying to understand what he or she is going through or why he or she doesn't seem to be able to be consoled. Or maybe you, yourself, are one who is experiencing this horror. The Ripple Maker's prose is much like that of "A Pilgrim's Progress." While there is no easy way to gain this insight, The Ripple Maker does offer understanding. This book was written by a man during the first few weeks after losing his son horrifically and suddenly. Being his son's father was the ...

Learning how to cope with the loss of a child is an extremely difficult and painful experience. The author, Lora C. Mercado, lost her son in 2003 due to a congenital heart defect. Throughout this book, she will share with you some of the things that have helped her through this journey of grief and healing, as well as other valuable tips that she has learned through research and other parents who have lost a child.