Category: Books

  • Beyond Tears by Ellen Mitchell

    Beyond Tears by Ellen Mitchell

    There are certain truisms in life. One of them is that it goes against the natural order of things to bury one’s child. However, as bereaved mothers we can no longer believe in natural order. Our comfortable, secure lives, our innocence, all were shattered with the deaths of our children. Now our reality is upside…

  • Heaven Is For Real – Book Review

    Heaven Is For Real – Book Review

    Heaven is real. Can there be more important or beautiful words that any grieving parents could hear? Yeah, there could be better words. “Honey, wake up! You’re having a nightmare,” or “There’s been a big mistake, your son isn’t dead, he’s just been in the witness protection program. But it’s all OK now, so he…

  • Review: life after the death of my son: what I’m learning – by Dennis Apple

    Review: life after the death of my son: what I’m learning – by Dennis Apple

    Several months before his death, Richard was home for the weekend and he was looking at one of my bookcases. On one shelf he spotted a stack of books about seizures and epilepsy. He looked at them and asked me, “Why do you have all these?” “Because you have that little time bomb in your…

  • Good Grief by Granger Westberg

    Good Grief by Granger Westberg

    This little 64 page book is the first book about grief I added to my library. Joanne, wife of Deacon John Shoulta from our church handed it to me at the funeral home during the visitation. It’s so small it fit in the inside pocket of my suit jacket. I think I read it that…

  • Grieving Dad’s Project

    Grieving Dad’s Project

    I stumbled upon this site today. Geared toward grieving dads. Kelley Farley is a bereaved father that’s had two children die. He has decided to write a book to help grieving fathers. His website tells his story and leads to a survey where you can tell yours. He hopes to get enough stories about dad’s…