Child Loss Grief

Luego de la muerte de su madre, Isabel debe trasladarse a Isla de Pascua, donde vive su padre, un oficial naval que la abandonó en su infancia y a quien odia. Allí descubre el amor en un joven nativo y revolucionario que se impone a los principios del padre.

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.

Have you ever felt the world crumble around you? The unbearable pain, a testament to the deep love you shared with your child who is no longer here. Sheila West understands this pain intimately. In the darkest moments of grief over the loss of a child, Sheila becomes your compassionate guide, providing a book that will help you navigate the unique journey of loss and healing.

Secrets shared can bind hearts, but secrets concealed? That's a tale of its own. The year is 1884. Robert Cooke and his pregnant wife Freya tragically lose their two sons to scarlet fever, sending Freya into self-imposed isolation for the safety of their unborn child. Cut off from each other, their shared grief becomes a silent, destructive foe. A decade later and now a successful businessman, Robert conceives a poignant tribute to his lost sons - a pleasure garden. But in withholding his vision from Freya, he widens the gulf between them.

Living on a farm Millie has a lot going on. Life as a pre-teen brings big, mixed feelings, but with friends, family and the school chaplain, she just might make it through. Millie’s baby brother, Noah, was stillborn 4 years ago. She writes to him in heaven, confiding her anxieties when her parents announce they are going to have another baby. Millie is both excited and scared. What if this baby dies like Noah did? What if something happens to her mum?

I am so sorry for your loss. It must be devastating and worrying to discover that your loved one has gone missing. I cannot imagine the shock. There must be so many questions left unanswered. How do you move forward from the heartache of the whole situation? You feel completely traumatized and paralyzed. This audiobook will give an insight into what happens when someone goes missing. How do you cope with the grief, without losing hope? Miracles do happen too. Understanding your feelings and accepting what has happened.

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.

Der 15-jährige Daniel ist vor allem eins: wütend. Sein Vater ist weg, seine Mutter schleppt einen Liebhaber nach dem anderen an. Doc, ihr neuester Freund, ist der Mann, der Daniels Hund eingeschläfert hat. Trotzdem gewinnt Daniel ihn lieb. Bis zu einem tödlichen Unfall nach einer Party, durch den Daniel ein schrecklicher Verdacht kommt. Kann er seinen Erinnerungen an diese Nacht glauben? Oder spiegeln sie nur wider, was er gerne glauben würde?

Juss wohnt mit seiner Familie in dem kleinen Haus am Fluss. Mit seiner Cousine Amber, die direkt neben ihm lebt, schwimmt er im Fluss, eröffnet in seinem Zimmer ein Museum oder gräbt versehentlich das Skelett von Omas verstorbenem Hund im Garten aus... Für Kinder kann es keinen schöneren Ort geben! Bis eines Tages ein Lastwagenfahrer das kleine Haus rammt und es fast zum Einsturz bringt. Aber Juss und seine Familie wissen, was das Wichtigste ist: zusammenzuhalten und sich umeinander zu kümmern. Gemeinsam gelingt es ihnen, aus etwas Schlimmem etwas Neues entstehen zu lassen.

After the sudden death of their three-year-old son, Cameron Cole and his wife found themselves clinging to Christ through 12 key theological truths - truths that became their lifeline in the midst of unthinkable grief. Weaving together their own story of tragic loss and abiding faith, Cole explores these 12 life-giving truths to offer hope and comfort to those in the midst of tragedy.

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 Lu Spinney's 29-year-old son, Miles, flies up on his snowboard, "he knows he is not in control as he is taken by force up the ramp," writes his mother, "skewing sideways as his board clips the edge and then he is hurtling, spinning up, up into the free blue sky ahead.... " He lands hard on the ice and falls into a coma. Thus begins the erratic loss - Miles first in a coma and then trapped in a fluctuating state of minimal consciousness - that unravels over the next five years.

A Bridge of Hope tells the heart-wrenching story of the loss of Camilla Neff’s first full-term baby girl, Serena Nadine, who died unexpectedly during delivery. With compassion and empathy for grieving parents everywhere, Neff describes the raw emotions and anguish that she faced. She shares the deeply personal journey of wading through the layers of grief and pain that engulfed her, to learning to live again in a new reality after her world was shattered.

After the death of a child, there is no closure. It is like learning how to live with an amputation—you are forever changed and need to learn how to live a new “normal”. Laura Diehl was plunged into that place with the death of her daughter and experienced the deep need to connect with others who had experienced what cannot be put into words. When Tragedy Strikes is the raw account of her journey from deep darkness back into light and life, extending a hand of hope to those traveling on the path behind her who need to rebuild their lives after the death of a child.

Emilia Greenleaf believed that she had found her soulmate, the man she was meant to spend her life with. But life seems a lot less rosy when Emilia has to deal with the most neurotic and sheltered five-year-old in New York City: her new stepson William. Now Emilia finds herself trying to flag down taxis with a giant, industrial-strength car seat, looking for perfect, strawberry-flavored, lactose-free cupcakes, receiving corrections on her French pronunciation from her supercilious stepson–and attempting to find balance in a new family that’s both larger, and smaller, than she bargained for.

February 29th is a date that comes into existence just once every four years. It is also the birthday of Thais - author Anne-Dauphine Julliand's darling daughter - who died of a genetic disease. Thais lived just shy of her fourth birthday. She had a short life but good one. As this special day is about to reappear on her calendar for the first time since her daughter passed away, Anne-Dauphine struggles with how to mark this momentous occasion. She wants to live fully on this special day: Thais would have been eight years old.

The Widow's Survival Guide shows women that they are strong enough to survive and thrive in life after loss. Within The Widow's Survival Guide, Charity Pimentel-Hyams, a widow at 37 with children aged five, three, and one at the time of her husband’s tragic and unexpected death, takes women through the challenges and triumphs of young widowhood.

In late 2016, prompted by the news that his wife was battling cancer and his own pulmonary medical scare, Erick Erickson posted a piece to his website, The Resurgent. Styled as a letter to his young children, the piece, titled "If I Should Die Before You Wake", was a stirring message - and challenge - about how to live a life of purpose and joy. Now, in a time when our country needs healing and a reminder of our values more than ever, Erickson has expanded the project, composing a total of 10 letters, featuring a wonderful mix of the practical, inspirational, and spiritual.

Am I My Mother's Child is a poem about a daughter questioning her maternal lineage while experiencing cruelty from mother.

Big Al and Annie join Fr. Joe Kempf in offering support for those days when life gets difficult. Young and old have to face some tough issues at times. Suffering is a part of life, but we don’t have to suffer alone. The prayers, reflections, and activities lead children and those who accompany them through difficulties toward hope. With hope comes healing. The message in Sometimes Life Is Just Not Fair reminds us that God is and will always be with us.