Recovering From Your Loss

How strange it all must seem…someone you love has died and the world goes on. Please try to remember that this is a time to take care of yourself and realize that recovering from your loss will take time.

At Gleeson-Ryan Funeral Home, we have an extensive print library available to members of our community intended to address most facets of grief and loss. The topics vary from tips to help with holidays to explaining death to children.

As an alternative, in the privacy of your home, we are happy to provide below some links to web sites that we have reviewed and that you may find helpful.

Grief and Loss

•  Hospice Foundation of America
  
•  Memory of... (build your own memorial)
  
•  Center for Loss & Life Transition (Dr. Alan Wolfelt)
  
•  Grief Digest (articles to read)
  
•  Grief, Loss & Mourning 

Widows & Widowers

•  Widow Net
  

Children & Grief

•  Mary's Place for Grieving Children
  
•  A Little Hope...for Grieving Children, Teens and Families
  
•  The Dougy Center for Children & Families 

Loss of a Child

• The Compassionate Friends
  
• Rowan Tree Foundation
  

SIDS & Other Infant Deaths

•  SIDS Network
  
•  A Place to Remember (stillbirth & miscarriage)
  

Suicide

•  BeFrienders
  
•  Surviving Suicide
  

Pet Loss

•  Association for Pet Loss & Bereavement
  
•  Cornell University Pet Loss Support