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The profound challenges and trauma of grief often leave us with desperate, unanswered questions, fear and isolation. Will our children be forgotten? How does one survive this unthinkable trauma? Will I ever be 'normal' again? Why do people stop speaking of them? It is during this time that many of us seek answers, comfort and guidance in books authored by those who have experienced the death of a child. We Are Not Alone. Through the generous donations of our members, TCF has acquired an inventory of books that are now available for you to borrow for a 3-month period. Simply fill out the Borrow This Book form and the book will be mailed to you; also included will be a postage-paid large envelope for the return. You must be a registered member with our chapter to borrow a book. Books will be loaned on a first-come, first-served basis; names will be put on a waiting list if the book you select is currently loaned out. If you are interested in donating book(s), please CONTACT US; a Lovingly Remembered label will appear with your child's name on the inside cover. We are thankful and grateful to all our members for your ongoing support and donations! THE LESSONS OF LOVE Melody Beattie #2019.6-31 Rediscovering our passion for life when it all seems too hard to take. "...grieving is inherently and mysteriously connected to loving deeply. It's a book about opening the heart, living from the heart, trusting the heart. It's a learning to live again book..." Borrow This Book A MOTHER'S GRIEF Thirty Years On Betty Madill #2019.6-1 If my writing the 'ins and outs' of my journey helps any other bereaved parent to find a way forward in their grief, then her life and death would count for something to be remembered long past her 3 years and 3 months. Borrow This Book A SIMPLE GIFT OF COMFORT Healing Words For Difficult Times Jane Kirkpatrick #2019.6-2 With the gentleness of a front porch conversation, words of comfort are offered to ease the pain you face today. Hold close these gifts of meditations, Scriptures, and stories created for your difficult journey. Borrow This Book ADVENTURES OF A PSYCHIC Sylvia Browne #2019.6-3 Sylvia Browne brings you an entirely new perspective on life, death, psychic phenomena and the 'other side'. Borrow This Book AFTER THE DEATH OF A CHILD Living With Loss Through The Years Ann K. Finkbeiner #2019.6-4 How parents move through their grief, get on with their lives, but never let go of their children...it can be of value for bereaved parents who can be helped by it to understand their pain and sorrow and to understand the different ways fathers and mothers grieve... Borrow This Book BLOOD BROTHERS Lisa Solis DeLong #2019-6.5 Not many people experience the death of a child; fewer yet face the possibility of having to it twice. Blood Brothers is Lisa DeLong's story of what it has been like to have two sons with leukemia, a lifetime apart. As she struggles to understand how a loving God could allow this to happen, she searches for a way to keep her marriage, her family, and her own sanity together...Blood Brothers will speak to your heart and allow you to see how with faith, great triumph can come from unimaginable tragedy. Borrow This Book CROSSING OVER The Stories Behind The Stories John Edward #2019.6-6 I don't subscribe to coincidence, so I believe you are reading this book because you are seeking a higher understanding of life after death, most likely because you have had a difficult loss in your life and want to know about the possibility of spirit communication. But it's vital to understand that connecting with the other side cannot take the place of the natural grieving process. You still must confront and accept the physical loss of that person. As beneficial as it might be to connect with a loved one on the other side, it is imperative that you honor yourself and that loved one by grieving for them properly. Only after you have accepted the loss can true healing begin. Borrow This Book DEADLINE, A Novel Randy Alcorn #2019.6-7 "Doc's shoulder jammed into Jake as he swerved the Suburban sharply to the right, cut between a telephone pole and billboard, then careened into a ten-foot high embankment. Sometime between the sound of Doc's last cry and the sickening crunch of bent metal from the car's first roll, jake lost consciousness. The last sensation he felt was that of being crushed between the two men he had known since childhood..." Gresham, Oregon author Randy Alcorn's bestseller Deadline is a dramatic and vivid novel of substance, filled with hope and perspective for every reader who longs to feel purpose in his life. Borrow This Book EMBRACED BY THE LIGHT Betty J. Eadie #2019.6-8 The incredible account of one woman's near-death experience...she was given a message to share with others that has filled hundreds of thousands with hope and a renewed desire to love. Embraced By The Light recounts the people she met, the truths she learned, and the magnificent realities of the spirit world. Borrow This Book EMPTY CRADLE, BROKEN HEART Surviving the Eeath of Your Baby Deborah L. Davis, Ph.D. #2019.6-9 The heartache of miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant death affects thousands of U.S. families every year. Empty Cradle, Broken Heart offers reassurance to parents who struggle with anger, guilt, and despair after such tragedy. "As the mother of a stillborn son, I find this book to be the best I've found to date (and I've read at least 20!)" ~J. Walter, Pennsylvania "The best book on this subject. I did a huge amount of reading after I lost my baby, and I can tell you that this book is head and shoulders above anything else I've read on this subject." ~A. Douglas, Canada
FINDING HOPE WHEN A CHILD DIES What Other Cultures Can Teach Us Sukie Miller, Ph.D. #2019.6-10 "Why did my child die?" and "Is my child suffering now?" are questions that all people, of all cultures and backgrounds, ask....Dr. Miller turns to the beliefs and healing stories of other cultures to present a unique perspective that is both surprising and comforting....she offers hope to those seeking meaning in what seems senseless, and heartening possibilities for returning to wholeness, even if we feel life cannot ever be the same. Borrow This Book FIRST YOU DIE Learn to Live After The Death of Your Child Marie Levine #2019.6-11 " First You Die" chronicles the mother's harrowing and painful journey after the death of her only child and the daily steps of courage and strength it took to begin to live again and realize the incredible healing gift her son left behind. It is a mus read for any parent who has ever lost a part of their soul." ~James Van Praagh, author of Talking To Heaven Borrow This Book
FOR ONE MORE DAY, A Novel Mitch Albom #2019.6-12 For One More Day is the story of a mother and a son, and a relationship that lasts a lifetime and beyond. It explores the question: What would you do if you could spend one more day with a lost loved one? Borrow This Book GO TOWARD THE LIGHT Chris Oyler #2019.6-13 Ben, a hemophiliac, was seven years old when he was diagnosed as having AIDS, which he contracted through a blood infusion. This is the story of a very special child, and of his family, and how they dealt with what was happening to Ben. Told by his mother, it is also a story of love, hope and courage in the face of tragedy...and of the amazing good that came forth in people, as well as the prejudices that had to be overcome. Above all, it is the deeply affecting and inspiring story of how a mother and father helped their boy to die - without pain or fear or the feeling that he was betraying them... Borrow This Book GRIEF TO GRACE My story of tragedy, loss and recovery Lori Koos #2019.6-14 How does someone cope with the knowledge that she almost killed her son with her own truck? How does someone recover from guilt after her little girl's life is cut short because of a silly mother-daughter game? How does someone overcome flashbacks of a head-on collision? These were the questions I had to ask after three separate automobile acidents shattered my world. The emotional pain they inflicted on me was unrelenting, causing me to cry out, "Lord, when will bad things stop happening to me?" I didn't think I could endure the wounds caused by these tragedies, but God helped me walk through the dark valley and back into the light. He can do the same for you. Borrow This Book HEALING GRIEF Reclaiming Life Aafter Any Loss James Van Praagh #2019.6-15 "Grieving is a natural process of life; we will all experience a loss of some kind during our lives, whether it is the death of a loved one, the loss of our home or job, the death of a pet, the devastation of divorce, or the anguish of unfulfilled dreams. It is through our losses that we can transform ourselves and find new meaning to life." James Van Praagh, who possesses an extraordinary ability to communicate with a heavenly realm beyond our physical world, has changed the lives of millions of people who have lost loved ones...reveals how the devastating sorrow of a loss can transform our lives into incredible opportunities for growth and bring about a sense of renewal and focus to our lives. Borrow This Book HEALING IS A CHOICE Stephen Arterburn #2019.6-16 In Healing Is a Choice, author Stephen Arterburn outlines ten choices crucial to receiving healing. Embracing these choices means rejecting the lies we often tell ourselves. These are not hoops God requires you to jump through to earn your miracle, they form, instead, the journey He desires for you. He can -and will- walk with you. But you must put one foot in front of the other. I am asking you to give up your life as you know it so that you can find the life God has for you. Take hold of your future today and make the choices that will lead to your healing.~Stephen Arterburn Borrow This Book HEAVEN AND EARTH James Van Praagh #2019.6-17 We all have questions about our lives, our souls, and loved ones who have passed on. Now we can find the answers. World-renown spiritual medium James Van Praagh reveals the techniques that anyone can use to contact 'the other side'. Combining his own experiences with the testimony of others who have been touched by their spirit guides, Van Praagh encourages us to embark on our own journey of discovery, teaching us to - recognize and listen to our own inner voices
- alter our awareness to make contact with the spirits of the departed
- interpret our dreams as messages from beyond
- use our inherent psychic gifts to help and heal others Borrow This Book
HOW TO SURVIVE THE LOSS OF A LOVE Melba Colgrove, Ph.D. Harold H. Bloomfield, M.D. Peter McWilliams #2019.6-18 Featured on Oprah, more than 2,000,000 copies sold. How to Survive the Loss of a Love is the most directly helpful book on the subject of loss ever written. Clear, simple, comforting, inspiring - it gieves the reader what he or she needs at each step in the process of recovering from a loss. Borrow This Book LESSONS FROM THE LIGHT Extraordinary Messages of Comfort and Hope from the Other Side George Anderson & Andrew Barone #2019.6-19 In the twenty-five years he has worked with the bereaved to communicate with lost loved ones, premier medium George Anderson has garnered a worldwide reputation for his astonishing abilities. Now, for the first time, Anderson offers a vivid and intimate account of his spiritual communications. He defines all that he has experienced and directly answers the many questions most commonly asked about the ultimate path to the Infinite Light. They are messages of hope and love as extraordinarily beautiful as they are eternal. Borrow This Book LETTERS FROM SUMMERLAND A Bridge Between The Worlds Marian Young Starnes #2019.6-20 What a beautiful glimpse we are given into life on the other side of the doorway called 'death'...Surely our human fears of the great unknown are much lessened and even gently dissolved in these communications from James, Marian's departed husband, as their love forms a ranibow bridge between "Here" and "There". We are assured that joy, love, peace, understanding and continued learning and service are the happy prospects that lie ahead for us all. ~Rev Canon Carolyn B. Chrisite, Ft. Wayne Ministries Borrow This Book LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE A Psychic's Tour of the Afterlife Sylivia Browne #2019.6-21 Filled with stunning revelations and stories of those who have visited The Other Side, this uplifting book is the ultimate guide to finding peace in the afterlife. Borrow This Book LIVING WITH GRIEF When Illness Is Prolonged Edited by Kenneth J. Doka, Ph.D. With Joyce Davidson #2019.6-22 This book was produced as a companion to the Hospice Foundation of America's fourth annual national bereavement teleconference. Borrow This Book ON CHILDREN AND DEATH Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, M.D. #2019.6-23 How children and their parents can and do cope with death. Based on a decade of working with dying children, this compassionate book offers the families of dead and dying children the help - and hope - they need to survive. In warm, simple language, Dr. Kubler-Ross speaks directly to the fears, doubts, anger, confusion, and anguish of parents confronting the terminal illness or sudden death of a child. Borrow This Book ON LIFE AFTER DEATH Elisabeth Kubler-Ross #2019.6-24 After studying more than 20,000 people who have had near-death experiences, Dr. Kubler-Ross has discovered that they report remarkably similar experiences - regardless of the subjects' age, religious background, or nationality. This essay details what we can expect at death, notably that "the dying experience is almost identical to the one at birth. It is a birth into a different existence." Borrow This Book ONE LAST TIME A Psychic Medium Speaks To Those We Have Loved And Lost John Edward #2019.6-25 This is the remarkable true story of psychic medium John Edward and the compelling account of hismost important readings, how they helped heal the scars of grief and gave way to more fulfilling livesfor the living - lives where loved ones never cease to love you, and never really die... REUNIONS Visionary Encounters With Departed Loved Ones Raymond Moody, M.D. #2019.6-26 If you believe that communicating with those on the other side is impossible, or that only professionally trained psychics can cross that boundary, the evidence in this provocative book will surprise you. Dr. Raymond Moody, bestselling author of Life After Life and the first medical professional to explore near-death experiences, shows that it is possible - not even difficult - for all of us to make contact with our loved ones virtually whenever we choose, without the help of a medium. SURVIVING GRIEF And Learning To Live Again Catherine M. Sanders #2019.6-28 An insightful, compassionate acount of the grieving process that helps us through the pain and isolation experienced with the loss of a loved one...Thrown into a state of emotional chaos we experience rage, guilt, anxiety, and intense sadness all at once...According to Dr. Sanders, grieving, like any other natural regenerative process, must be allowed to run its proper course if we are ever to regain our equilibrium and continue on with our lives...To help us better understand the process, she describes the five universal phases of grief: Shock, Awareness of Loss, Conservation and The Need to Withdraw, Healing and Renewal, and guides us through each. Borrow This Book TALKING TO HEAVEN James Van Praagh #2019.6-29 James Van Praagh enjoys an extraordinary gift - he can communicate with the spirits of men, women, children and animals who have died. Possessed of the rare ability to bridge the gap between the physical and spiritual worlds, he provides comfort to those who have lost loved ones and brings back powerful messages from the other side. Now, in his remarkable, inspiring book, this nationally acclaimed medium shows us what lies beyond our visible world and answers our most profound questions about life after death. It will forever change the way you feel about the world beyond. THE BLESSING OF A BROKEN HEART Sherri Mandell #2019.6-30 Koby Mandell was just thirteen-years-old on May 8, 2001, when he and his friend cut school to go hiking. Their bodies were found the next day. The boys had been brutally stoned to death in a cave in the heart of the Judean desert. The extreme cruelty of this act of terror shocked the world. How does a family cope with the loss of a child through such horror? Koby's mother Sherri has penned this absorbing, deeply painful and yet strangely beautiful account of her loss, sharing her thoughts and emotions as she moves through the first stages of mourning. Struggling to find a way to carry on, she embarks on a journey of discovery and growing faith as she endeavors to understand her pain in the context of 3,000 years of Jewsih history and tradition. The Blessing of a Broken Heart is at once heartbreaking and life-affirming, shor through with immense pain and yet also with immense beauty and courage. Borrow This Book THE ROAD TO FORGIVENESS Hearts Shattered by Tragedy, Transformed by Love Bill & Cindy Griffiths #2019.6-32 Cindy Griffiths lost her daughter and mother the instant a drunk driver careened into their van on a Nebraskan highway one morning. What followed for Cindy and her husband, Bill, were grief's darkest days as they ached to cope with their loss. Yet in the midst of their pain, they did something nearly unfathomable: the Griffiths forgave, then befriended, the woman who had killed their loved ones. The Road to Forgiveness is an intimate account of how Bill and Cindy, empowered by God's grace, reached out in forgiveness and love when bitterness and hate seemed a more likely response. A powerful testimony of the Lord's ability to transform tragedy into good, their story will not only move you, it will also challenge you to consider the life-changing impact of forgiving people in your life. WE ARE NOT FORGOTTEN Messages of Love and Hope From the Other Side George Anderson Joel Martin & Patricia Romanowski #2019.6-33 What happens when we pass on? Is the transition the same for everyone? Do we age or mature on the other side? Where, physically, is the other side? For every bereaved soul who has ever had questions about the existence of God, the meaning of life, or the wondrous possibilities of eternity, George Anderson has the answer: Death is not the end....Anderson's astonishing, fully documented explorations into the nonphysical realm of life after death have resulted in extraordinary messages of love, hope, understanding and forgiveness from spirits eager to teach us about the nature of human existence, both here and there, to guide us across the bridge from one world to the next, and to prove to us that love - and life - is truly everlasting. Borrow This Book LIFE AFTER LIFE Raymond Moody Jr., M.D. #2019.6-36 The astounding bestseller that offers tru experiences of those people declared clinically "dead"...descriptions so similar, so vivid, so overwhelmingly positive that they may change mankind's view of life, death and spiritual survivial forever. "It is research like Dr. Moody presents in his book that will enlighten many and will confirm what we have been taught for two thousand years - that there is life after death." ~From the foreward by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, M.D.
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