Resources
When navigating the journey of grief it is often helpful to read what others have written, find helpful tools for the day, be inspired by another’s courage or even to sit and listen to the words of music.
These resources are helpful for both the parent who has lost a child as well as others who desire to provide the gift of presence and meaningful support to those who are grieving.
Songs
When I Look to the Sky by Train
Daylight by Maroon Five
In My Head by India Arie
Stars by Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
Halleluiah by Leonard Cohen
Ave Maria by Beyonce
A Mother’s Prayer by Celine Dion
Gone Gone Gone by Phillip Phillips
Just Give Me A Reason by Pink
Lullaby by The Dixie Chicks
I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables
See You Again By Carrie Underwood
Beautiful Boy by John Lennon
Baby of Mine by Alison Krauss
Angel by Beverly Mitchell
Truly, Madly, Deeply, by Savage Garden
Fly by Celine Dion
Small Bump by Ed Sheeran
Holes by Passanger
In the Arms of an Angel by Sarah McLachlan
Slipped Away by Avril Lavigne
Baby Blue by Dave Matthews Band
Sweet Baby James by James Taylor
All that You Can’t Leave Behind album by U2 with It’s a Beautiful Day, Walk On and Stuck
I Will Cary You by Selah
Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Israel (IZ)
Home by Philip Phillips
Who You’d Be Today by Kenny Chesney
Come Wake Me Up by Rascal Flatts
Here Comes Goodbye by Rascal Flatts
I’ll Be Missing You by Faith Evans & Puff Daddy
Far Away by Nickel Back
Let It Be by The Beattles
Real Love by Regina Spektor
I Will Follow You Into The Dark by Death Cab for Cutie
Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton
Lullaby by Billy Joel
Gone Too Soon by Daughtry
Hey Ho by the Luminers
Elizabeth, You Were Born to Play That Part by Ryan Adams
The Sun Goes Down, The Stars Come Out by The Wanted
Carry by Tori Amos
Your Hands by JJ Heller
I Will Wait by Mumford and Sons
If I Die Young by The Band Perry
You Are Goodbye by Holly Conlon
Still by Gerrit Hofsink
Beam Me Up by Pink
I’ll See You Again by WestLife
Smallest Wingless by Craig Cardiff
Borrowed Angels by Kristin Chenoweth
Hug Him Once for Me by Erica McClure
The One Who Knows by Dar Williams with Alison Krauss
A Visitor From Heaven by Twila Paris
My Name by George Canyon
A Thousand Years by Christina Perri
Keep Holding On from the Glee Soundtrack
I Dreamed a Dream from the Glee Soundtrack
Contemporary Christian
With Hope by Steven Curtis Chapman
Desert Song by Hillsong
Just Be Held by Casting Crowns
Praise You In This Storm by Casting Crowns
Amazing Grace by Chris Tomlin
Blessings by Laura Story
Websites
Still Standing
www.stillstandingmag.com
The Miss Foundation
www.missfoundation.org
Scribbles and Crumbs
www.scribblesandcrumbs.com
National Share
www.nationalshare.org
A Bed for My Heart
www.abedformyheart.com
M.E.N.D. (Mommies Enduring Neonatal Death)
www.mend.org
Hope Mommies
www.hopemommies.org
Teeny Tears
www.teenytears.blogspot.com
Faith’s Lodge
faithslodge.org
The WARM Place (What About Remembering Me)
www.thewarmplace.org
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
www.nilmdts.org
First Candle
www.firstcandle.org
Grief Watch
www.griefwatch.com
Molly Bears
www.mollybears.org
American Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Institute
www.sids.org
Compassionate Friends
www.compassionatefriends.org
What’s Your Grief
www.whatsyourgrief.com
The Dougy Center
www.dougy.org
Healing Hearts
www.babylosscomfort.com
Bereaved Parents of the USA
www.bereavedparentsusa.org
SIDS Resources
www.sidsresources.org
CJ Foundation for SIDS
www.cjsids.org
Grieving Parents
www.grievingparents.net
The Grief Toolbox
www.thegrieftoolbox.com
Hello Grief
www.hellogrief.org
Online Articles
The Heart and the Bottle
https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/05/14/oliver-jeffers-the-heart-and-the-bottle/
The Hard Truth About Staying Married After Losing a Child
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/heather-spohr/the-hard-truth-about-staying-married-after-losing-a-child_b_5606847.html
Coping With Grief, Remembering, and Re-member-ing
http://missfoundation.org/support/articles/copingwithgrief
7 Things I’ve Learned Since Losing My Child
https://abedformyheart.com/7-things-since-loss-of-child/
Why You Never Really Stop Greiving the Loss of a Child
http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/parenting/a34389/grieving-the-loss-of-a-child/
8 Experiences a Bereaved Mom Knows
http://www.scarymommy.com/when-forever-ago-feels-like-yesterday/
On Grief as a Connection
http://stillstandingmag.com/2015/07/grief-connection/
Stillbirth: Your Stories
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/health/stillbirth-reader-stories.html?_r=0
An Open Letter to the Loved Ones of a Grieving Mother
http://stillstandingmag.com/2015/06/open-letter-loved-ones-grieving-mother/
The Cap and Gown I’ll Never See
http://stillstandingmag.com/2015/06/cap-gown-ill-never-see/
Let Me Tell You Who I Am Now
http://stillstandingmag.com/2013/07/let-me-tell-you-who-i-am-now/
You Went to a Funeral and Then You Went Home
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/courtney-fitzgerald/you-went-to-a-funeral-and-then-you-went-home_b_5412138.html
A Pregnant Woman Focused on a Healthy Birth, but She Didn’t Know About Stillbirth
Getting Grief Right
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/10/getting-grief-right/
Finding Support When Grieving the Loss of a Child
http://www.healthline.com/health/parenting/loss-of-a-child
6 Things to Never Say to a Bereaved Parent
http://stillstandingmag.com/2014/01/6-things-never-say-bereaved-parent/
How to Help a Grieving Friend: 11 Things to Do When You’re Not Sure What to Do
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-devine/death-and-dying_b_4329830.html
6 Ways to Survive the Holidays Without Your Child
http://stillstandingmag.com/2014/12/6-ways-survive-holidays-without-child/