Recommended Grief Resources

By Fred Colby

The greatest fears I had during my grieving was that I was losing control, going crazy, and might make decisions that would harm me, my family, and my friends. This included suicidal thoughts which scared the hell out of me. I was desperate to find answers. Quickly, I found those answers would be hard to find, as resources for widowers are minimal and often of dubious value.

2021, ISBN# 978-1732115941

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By AJ Coleman

After supporting his wife Cory in her fight against brain cancer, and inevitably losing her in that fight in 2009 (when their daughter was just one-year-old), AJ Coleman has dedicated his life to raising his daughter and helping others overcome painful challenges.

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2022, ISBN# 979-8218039226

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By Linda Feinberg

Support guide for young widows and widowers, advice and shared experiences.

1994, New Horizon Press

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By Thomas R. Golden, LCSW

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By Abel Keogh

Dating a Widower is your 101 guide to having a relationship with a man who’s starting over. It also contains over a dozen real life stories from women who have gone down the same road you’re traveling. It’s the perfect book to help you decide if the man you’re seeing is ready for a new relationship—and whether or not dating a widower is right for you.

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By Abel Keogh

Men and women grieve differently. Though both feel the pain and sorrow that come with losing a spouse, widowers start dating much sooner than widows—usually within the first year of their wife’s passing. While there’s nothing wrong with dating again that quickly, widowers often get into relationships before they’re emotionally ready to take that step. That causes problems for them and the women they are dating. This book looks at the success stories and learning experiences of Joe Biden, Thomas Edison, Peirce Brosnan, and Paul McCartney.

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By Allen Klein

Work through the depression of grief and loss with resilience: Losing a loved one is never easy. Allen Klein knows how it feels―just like you, he's lost many loved ones in his life. Inspired by Klein's experience with the loss of his wife, Embracing Life after Loss will help you to recover from grief and loss―just like Klein did.

2019, Mango , ISBN# 978-1642500066

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By Herb Knoll

With Deborah Carr Ph.D. and Robert L. Frick.

2017, ISBN# 1541344065

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By Rachel Kodanaz

Living with Loss offers daily encouragement to individuals and families who have recently lost a loved one. The short entries are easy to read and give realistic, practical advice to guide readers through the day. By providing tools and suggestions that offer hope, optimism, introspection, and self-discovery, this book enables readers to embrace the happy days of life with their loved one and gently guide them through their grief.

2013, ISBN# 978-1938486319

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By Warren Kozak

For anyone struggling with the loss of a spouse—anyone whose world has been turned upside down in a way they’ve never encountered before—here is something that could help. Waving Goodbye is a candid, honest, and approachable guide to dealing with the death of a spouse written by a very ordinary guy who has lived through the ordeal.

2024, ISBN# 979-8888453384

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By CS Lewis

A sensitive and powerful story of the author’s grief experience after the death of his wife. Lewis reflects on the fundamental issues of life, death and faith in the midst of loss. This book acknowledges how one can lose all sense of meaning in the universe and eventually regain his or her bearings.

1961, The Seabury Press, New York

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By Therese A. Rando, Ph.D., BCETS, BCBT

Whether the death was sudden or expected, from accident, illness, suicide, homicide, or natural causes, Dr. Rando will help you learn to: • Understand and resolve your grief. • Talk to children about death. • Resolve unfinished business. • Take care of yourself. • Accept the help and support of others. • Get through holidays and other difficult times of the year. • Plan funerals and personal bereavement rituals.

1991, Bantam Books, New York

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By Donald L. Rosenstein, M.D. and Justin M. Yopp, Ph.D.

On a mid-October evening, a group of fathers gathered around a conference table and met each other for the first time. None of the men had ever thought of himself a "support group kind of guy" and each felt entirely out of place. In fact, nothing about their lives felt normal anymore.
The Group: Seven Widowed Fathers Reimagine Life chronicles the challenges and triumphs of seven men whose wives died from cancer and were left to raise their young children entirely on their own. Brought together by tragedy, the fathers - Neill, Dan, Bruce, Karl, Joe, Steve, and Russ - forged an uncommon bond. Over time, group meetings evolved into a forum for reinvention and transformed the men in unexpected ways. Through the fathers' poignant interactions, The Group illustrates that while some wounds never fully heal, each of us has the potential to construct a new and meaningful future.
Rosenstein and Yopp, co-leaders of the support group, weave together the fathers' stories with contemporary research on grief and adaptation. The Group traces a compelling journey of healing and personal discovery that no book has ever captured before. The men's touching efforts to care for their families, grieve for their wives, and reimagine their futures will inspire anyone who has suffered a major loss.

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2018, Oxford University Press, ISBN# 0190649569

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By Jerry Sittser

Written by a man whose mother, wife, and young daughter were killed in motor vehicle accident. “The experience of loss does not have to be the defining moment of our lives. Instead, the defining moment can be our response to the loss.”

1995, 2004, Zondervan Publishing, Grand Rapids, Michigan, ISBN# 0-310-25895-2

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By Jan Warner

Grief Day by Day offers supportive readings and exercises to help you move through life after loss, one day at a time. Grief is complex. It is ever changing and may come to us differently on any given day. Grief Day by Day offers reflections and practices that address the day-to-day feelings that accompany the ever changing process of grief. In Grief Day by Day, Jan Warner draws on her own extensive experience and the experiences of the 2 million followers on her Grief Speaks Out Facebook page to offer hope in its most practical form. This book does not look to offer a solution to grief. Rather, it provides supportive, useful guidance to help you create a life in which peace, and even gratitude, can coexist with your grief. Inside the pages of Grief Day by Day you’ll find: 365 Daily Reflections that include quotes, meditations, and other musings on grief Weekly Themes that capture common feelings and experiences such as: Loneliness, Things Left Unsaid, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Guilt, and Intimacy 52 Healing Exercises that help you process your feelings at the end of each week and develop skills for coping with grief as it arises There is no “right way” to grieve, and there is no right way to use this book. Whether you follow it page by page, or select that which seems most relevant to you at the moment, how you use this book is less important than why you are using it. You’re using this book because you have chosen to honor your experience, to make a home for your grief, and to find a new way of living on the bridge between loss and life.

2018, Althea Press, ISBN# 9781641521314

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By Eric Washington

The door opened, and I was asked to come in. Walking as slow as I could possibly walk, I walked through the door and looked over at the large refrigerators for the deceased and saw one drawer opened. As I got closer, I could see my son's beard sticking out of the body bag. I froze, didn't and couldn't breathe, staring at my boy. Got closer and noticed he still had a breathing tube in his mouth, then I rubbed his cold face. He had such a peaceful look on his face, like he was relieved or at peace. Still in shock, I started talking to him but got no answer. I don't know how long I stayed in that room, but it felt like forever. I said my goodbyes, crying, weeping, "I love you forever, son," and then it hit me. "How am I going to tell my daughter?"

2023, ISBN# ‎ 979-8885055857

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