Helen Keller wrote:  "When it seems that our sorrow is too great to be borne, let us think of the
great family of the heavy-hearted into which our grief has given us entrance, and inevitably, we will
feel about us, their arms, and their understanding."

Over the years, Farside Chapel has mined bereavement and grief recovery resources to help the
"heavy-hearted".  Grief is not always associated with death and dying, it can take form through all
types of causes. Some people's lives are abruptly altered through the loss of a job; loss of income;
loss of self-esteem; illness; enormous medical bills; divorce; natural disasters that destroy homes
and change the course of people's lives forever.   

Children are less likely to know how to express their grief; they can feel very upset, stop eating,
lose emotional control.  They may be reacting to any number of family or community issues.
The younger they are, the fewer coping skills acquired.  Sybling rivalry, bulling, abuse, estranged
relationships, divorce, and illness of loved ones are just a few of the possible causes of grief in
children.

At any age, unresolved grief can lead to discouragement and desperation.

If you are thinking about...
Suicide, read this first

Suicide Prevention:
The Save Organization

HELP

On-Line Grief Support ~ Library

American Association of Christian Counselors ~ Search

COMMEMORATE

Christian On-Line Memorial

Garden Memorial Stones

USDA Forest Service ~ Healing Trees Project

Design a Memory Box

Start a Tribute Scrapbook

Chronicle Progress with a Grief Journal

UNDERSTANDING

Mommies Enduring Neonatal Death:  Mend On-Line

Helping After Neonatal Death:  Hand On-Line

Grief Support after the Death of a Child:  Compassionate Friends

Infant Loss Grief Poems

MEMORIALS

Donate in Memory of Your Baby:  First Candle

Tribute On-Line Infant & Stillborn Babies

Keepsakes & Jewelry

RESOURCES

Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss

How to guide children and teens through times of divorce, death, and crisis with the Rainbows approach.

For Widows/Widowers/Orphans:

The Ted Lindeman Outreach Foundation was founded to help young families who find themselves in the horrible
position of tragically or unexpectedly losing a spouse.

Young Widows Unite

BOOKS & OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Courage to Grieve

Guide to Grieving and Bereavement

Bereavement Magazine

Articles via The Grief Recovery Institute