Once again, as I was reading through the comments on my blog, I looked up and saw an interesting ad that I just had to check out. I love to write, love to journal, and since grief is foremost on my mind lately, Grief Journal by Linda Lodge Abelson Andreozzi.

Linda's unexpected loss of her husband caused her to begin journaling. As she continued to write through the years, she would use her journals to see how they helped her heal through the trauma. Published by Good Ground Press, Grief Journal helps people write their own grief story.

"Instead of telling people how they should grieve, I tell my story and, even though the reader is invisible... more

I mentioned in an earlier post that I had ordered the Healing Grief Cd from healingjourneys.com. As I was researching which CD to order, I searched the archives and found a letter about grief that I felt Belleruth answered with the utmost caring and wisdom. I will be posting a little more about the actual CD later on and my experience with it. I felt that everyone dealing with grief could benefit from reading the letter. Here it is:

Most of the trite sayings about loss are true, so if I sound sickeningly prosaic, please bear with me. First of all, if you can identify all these feelings of disbelief,... more

I am currently reading Chicken Soup for the Grieving Soul by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen. "Stories about Life, Death and Overcoming the Loss of a Loved One." This book typically is not the sort of thing that I read, but I've been grieving a lot lately and was looking for anything that might help while browsing the stacks at my local library. What I have enjoyed the most are the quotes leading into certain stories. Here are the ones that I have liked reading.

Perhaps they are not the stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy. ~Inspired by an Eskimo Legend

Death... more