Related Resources

Pain, Grief and Sadness of Recent Bereavement may be healed, relieved through the Support Groups, Comforting Resources compiled on this web page.

  • Bereaved Families Online Support Center "Bereaved helping the bereaved learn to live with grief. We can help the healing begin."
  • GriefNet Another excellent source of Web resources for those dealing with death, dying and bereavement. Created by a clinical psychologist.
  • Survivors of Suicide "Time heals all wounds" is not necessarily true for survivors of suicide. Time is necessary for healing, but time is not enough. Shared feelings enrich and lead to growth and healing."
  • Parents of Suicides The Parents of Suicides mailing list provides an electronic support group for parents whose children have died of suicide.
  • Journey of Hearts This website is for anyone who has ever experienced a loss or a significant life event that changed their life forever.
  • Widow Net-- A large selection of Web resources for those who have lost a spouse. Information on everything from finances to support groups to picking out a memorial.
  • The Fallen Wall -- Features memorials of unsolved homicides and missing persons.Information about each case is given -- in hopes that these crimes will be resolved

For someone to talk with about a grief experience:

  • Grief and Healing Discussion [GAHD] -- A place to help and be helped. You can read and post personal articles.
  • The Compassionate Friends --is a self-help organization offering friendship and understanding to bereaved parents.
  • Straight from the Heart - a link directly to a woman's heart who has experienced the loss of many close family members and who is now able to call herself a survivor. Janet Moon is offering her heart to you should you find yourself with the need to talk, to share, to communicate with someone who truly cares.
    Memorials for her loved ones...
  • Several newsgroups:
    • alt.support.grief -- Open newsgroup forum. "A warm and compassionate place ... where we all share the common bond of our grief."
    • or the soc.support.pregnancy.loss-- for pregnancy loss
    • If you cannot connect to these newsgroups directly via these links, ask your Internet provider how to access a newsgroup.

Support for those experiencing the loss of a child:

  • ZOOM - For Bereaved Parents. -- This homepage is a memorial to Michael Chadwick. There is extensive info on grief there. -- "In this life we cannot do great things......We can only do small things with great love." --Mother Theresa
  • Pregnancy & Infant Loss Mailing List -- The Discussion Area for Pregnancy & Infant Loss Related Issues
  • M.E.N.D.-- (Mommies Enduring Neonatal Death)
  • You've Got to Have Heart-- (survival story of hope and belief ) Dallas Texas based support group for families who have lost an baby to miscarriage.bimonthly newsletters representing 7 different countries.
  • Cherubs The Association of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Research, Advocacy, and Support

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