The Compassionate Friends

The Compassionate Friends

Through a network of over 600 chapters with locations in all 50 states, as well as Washington DC, Puerto Rico, and Guam, The Compassionate Friends has been providing support to bereaved families after the death of a child for four decades. Learn...
Healing Together As A Couple

Healing Together As A Couple

As a couple, you have lost your child and now each of you is feeling your own pain. The pain of saying good-bye before your child has had a chance to grow up. In addition to your child having died, you have lost the future for that child – all your hopes and dreams....
A Father’s Grief

A Father’s Grief

One cannot lose someone they love without feeling sad, angry, anxious, or even depressed. When a baby dies everyone involved grieves — fathers as well as mothers. One does NOT have a choice in the matter. The choice however, is HOW one chooses to grieve and what...
What does Grief feel like?

What does Grief feel like?

Following a death or loss, you may feel empty and numb, as if you are in shock. You may notice physical changes such as trembling, nausea, trouble breathing, muscle weakness, dry mouth, or trouble sleeping and eating. Learn...
What does Grief feel like?

Types of Grief and Loss

When a person or family is expecting death, it is normal to begin to anticipate how one will react and cope when that person eventually dies. Many family members will try to envision their life without that person and mentally play out possible scenarios, which may...