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    612-822-4611

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Surviving Child Loss: How to Keep Living: Compassionate grief support for parents to manage guilt and impossible dates after losing what you love most

Surviving Child Loss: How to Keep Living: Compassionate grief support for parents to manage guilt and impossible dates after losing what you love most

Fajardo, Jimmy

Paperback

Series: Pathways to Resilience: Guides for Healing and Hope

Death & Dying

ISBN13: 9798170206896
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 27 2026
Pages: 150
Weight: 0.42
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
You never stop being a parent because your child has died.But after child loss, the life you knew can feel impossible to recognize.You may wake up wondering how you are supposed to keep going. You may carry guilt over things you said, didn't say, did, or wish you could change. You may feel anger toward doctors, God, yourself, or the world. And when birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries, or ordinary family moments arrive, grief can return with a force you weren't prepared for.Surviving Child Loss: How to Keep Living was written for parents facing that unimaginable reality.This compassionate and practical guide does not ask you to get over your child, forget, or follow a rigid timeline for grief. Instead, it helps you understand what parental grief can look like and gives you practical ways to move through the moments that feel impossible.Inside, you will discover how to:
  • Understand the physical and emotional impact of losing a child
  • Navigate the first months when simply getting through the day feels overwhelming
  • Recognize and work through the guilt that can accompany parental grief
  • Give yourself a healthy place for anger, including anger toward God, doctors, or the world
  • Protect your relationship when you and your partner grieve differently
  • Support surviving brothers and sisters who are grieving too
  • Understand the unique grief carried by grandparents
  • Respond to hurtful comments and protect yourself from insensitive people
  • Prepare for birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries, and other difficult dates
  • Decide what to do with your child's room, clothing, photographs, and belongings
  • Rebuild your identity as a mother or father after child loss
  • Preserve memories without allowing fear of forgetting to become a prison
  • Give yourself permission to experience moments of happiness without feeling that you are betraying your child
  • Create meaningful ways to maintain an enduring bond with the child you love
  • Recognize warning signs that may indicate you need additional professional support
  • Explore faith, doubt, anger, and unanswered questions without forcing easy answers
  • Return gradually to work, friendships, decisions, and everyday life
  • Honor your child's name, memory, and legacy in ways that support rather than consume your life
Throughout the book, practical chapter tools turn reflection into action.You will find exercises and frameworks such as the Minimum Plan, Emergency Card, Tide Recorder, Fair Trial, Date Plan, Four-Box Method, Ark of Stories, Written Permission, Honest Assessment, and Monday Map.Because grief is not a problem you simply solve.It is something you learn to carry.You can love your child forever and still learn to live again.This book offers a compassionate place to begin.

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