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
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Memorial Stones
USDA
Forest Service ~ Healing Trees Project
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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:
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Loss Grief Poems
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