As you now know, the journey of grief and loss can be a very long and painful one. ...But you aren't alone!! There are other people who understand!

Unfortunately, so many others have been on the grief journey before us. And they, along with others who understand or "get it", want to help people like us. ...

www.griefshare.org is a wonderful site for people like us! Their website and program seeks to help people with grief of all kinds. ... Their web-site can also help you determine if there is a griefshare support group near you! (Just use the "find a group near you" tool).

There is a link to a large collection of grief and healing resources that are also available through the website www.griefshare.org. Here is the direct link to their main bookstore page:
http://www.griefshare.org/bookstore/


This link will take you directly to some of the top recommended books on grief recovery:
http://www.parable.com/churchinitiative/group.GS-Grief-Recovery.1604.htm

Here are the top recommended books on dealing with the loss of a spouse.
http://www.parable.com/churchinitiative/group.GS-Death-Of-A-Spouse.1607.htm


And for those of you that need this specifically, here are some available resources on the journey of healing after a loss by suicide:
http://www.parable.com/churchinitiative/group.GS-Suicide.1679.htm



** If you haven't checked this web-site out before, I hightly recommend it! It is a fabulous site for people like us -- packed full of many things that you might find helpful and healing along the way!


GriefShare is a friendly, caring group of people who will walk alongside you through one of life’s most difficult experiences. You don’t have to go through the grieving process alone.

GriefShare seminars and support groups are led by people who understand what you are going through and want to help. You’ll gain access to valuable GriefShare resources to help you recover from your loss and look forward to rebuilding your life.

There are thousands of GriefShare grief recovery support groups meeting throughout the US, Canada, the UK, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. ...There’s one meeting near you!

Blessings to each of you are you travel your road of grief to recovery! .. You can make it!! You are not alone!

Bumping this to the top because "familyestates" is a spammer and has no business posting on our forum.