Many years ago, when I created the blog, I listed books that brought me comfort and a different view of death. When I was finally able to function after Laura's sudden death, I strived to read everything I could about losing a child. My books became my friends. Some of them I read over and over. My human friends were not capable of understanding me at the time, which was no fault of theirs. I would never want them to be insightful because if they did that would mean they too suffered a tremendous loss. No one can understand the pain of saying goodbye to a child unless they had to do so.
I am in the process of sorting through the books (my dear old friends) because now my vision is impaired, and I can't read the actual books anymore. I will not discard them! I am deciding which ones to donate and which ones I still want to hold onto for a while longer. They mean that much to me.
The list appears at the foot of the blog, way down the page. While sorting I thought I would take the time to repost the list. I am positive there are many new books on the subject since 2008 but there is always comfort in the old too.
I am grateful for words that heal...
- Comfort: A Journey through Grief, Ann Hood
- Healing after Loss, Martha Whitmore Hickman
- http://www.lucelucina.com
- http://www.theshackbook.com/
- I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye: Surviving, Coping and Healing After the Sudden Death of a Loved One, Pamela Blair
- Journey of Souls, Michael Newton
- Our Children, Our Hearts, Emily Laitmon
- Saved by the Light, Brinkley, Dannion
- Signs from Above, Doreen Virtue & Charles Vitrue
- The Climb by Miley Cyrus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG2zyeVRcbs
- This Thing Called Grief: New Understanding of Loss, Thomas M Ellis
- Unfinished Business, James Van Praagh
- When the Bough Breaks: Forever after the death of a son or daughter, Judith R. Bernstein
