[Reviewed and updated September 18, 2022]
Blogs are becoming increasingly popular and effective as yet another way for the bereaved to process their grief. Below I've featured four blogs that I think are especially helpful, developed by mothers whose children have died. (As you can see, some of these bloggers have turned their blog entries into books, or have based their blogs on books they've already written.)
If you've discovered a blog (or book) you would recommend to other bereaved parents, or if you're a parent who's written a blog (or book!) yourself, please feel free to tell us about it in the Comments section beneath this post.
I Have No Intention of Saying Goodbye – Offered by bereaved mother and author Sandy Fox, whose 27-year-old daughter Marcy was killed in an automobile accident, this blog is meant "to help bereaved parents move on with their lives." Sandy’s first publication, I Have No Intention of Saying Goodbye, lets parents open their hearts and share stories of hope and healing after a child's death. Her second and most recent book, Creating a New Normal . . . After the Death of a Child, has more than 80 articles on coping techniques to help the bereaved parent, including a huge resource section.
Gratitude in Grief is a blog journal created by Kelly Buckley to document her journey in the first year of grief following the accidental drowning death of her son Stephen on July 4, 2009. “One thing has helped me breathe, and that is finding at least one little thing to be grateful for each day, in spite of the pain,” says Kelly. She writes in hopes of helping others to find their “one little thing” as well. Her latest book, Just One Little Thing is an evolution from and a revision of her first book, Gratitude in Grief: Finding Daily Joy and a Life Purpose Following the Death of My Son, which was published early in 2010.
Grief + Creativity – Founded after the death of their son Dakota in 1999 by commercial artists Hawk and Kara LC Jones (aka Mother Henna), KOTA (Knowing Ourselves Through Art) supports bereaved parents and those who care for them after the death of a child, by “exploring the art of healing” – encouraging the use of art in creative, healing ways.
Your feedback is welcome! Please feel free to leave a comment or a question, or share a tip, a related article or a resource of your own in the Comments section below. If you’d like Grief Healing Blog updates delivered right to your inbox, you’re cordially invited to subscribe to our weekly Grief Healing Newsletter. Sign up here.
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Blogs are becoming increasingly popular and effective as yet another way for the bereaved to process their grief. Below I've featured four blogs that I think are especially helpful, developed by mothers whose children have died. (As you can see, some of these bloggers have turned their blog entries into books, or have based their blogs on books they've already written.)
If you've discovered a blog (or book) you would recommend to other bereaved parents, or if you're a parent who's written a blog (or book!) yourself, please feel free to tell us about it in the Comments section beneath this post.
Sunshine In a Blue Cup – In the span of 36 months, Diana Doyle experienced the death of her mother, her sister and her four-year-old daughter. Today Dee uses her blog “ to write about my everyday comings and goings which I find to be miracles and how my family and friends have become one of my survival tools and give me a reason to smile again . . . I want it to inspire others to realize that you can face any challenge and survive...even become a better person sometimes because of hardship. I want to remind people to look at the joy the little things in life can bring you.”
Grief + Creativity – Founded after the death of their son Dakota in 1999 by commercial artists Hawk and Kara LC Jones (aka Mother Henna), KOTA (Knowing Ourselves Through Art) supports bereaved parents and those who care for them after the death of a child, by “exploring the art of healing” – encouraging the use of art in creative, healing ways.
Your feedback is welcome! Please feel free to leave a comment or a question, or share a tip, a related article or a resource of your own in the Comments section below. If you’d like Grief Healing Blog updates delivered right to your inbox, you’re cordially invited to subscribe to our weekly Grief Healing Newsletter. Sign up here.
Related:
- Child Loss: Supporting A Sibling in Grief
- Disaster Falls: A Family Story
- Does Child Loss Destroy A Marriage?
- "Follow The Child": Book Review via Seven Ponds
- Follow the Child: Planning and Having the Best End-of-Life Care for Your Child
- Helping a Grandparent Who Is Grieving
- Just Playing House
- Loss of A Child: The Pain That Never Ends
- Mother Struggles to "Accept" The Death of Her Son
- Mourning a Sister's Only Child: Where Do I Fit In?
- Now You See the Sky
- Surviving A Child's Homicide
- When An Adult Child Dies: Resources for Bereaved Parents
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