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Links
Capturing Memories
Association
of Personal Historians - a group whose members are
dedicated to helping people preserve their life stories and
memories.
Bereavement
Magazine Articles - select "Memorials"
in the Topic area, leave the others blank, and it will show
a list of articles on remembering a loved one.
Memories
– an activity to help children cope with grief
Memory
Box Artist Program - provides memory boxes for families
of infants who pass away in the hospital so they can take home
memories of their baby
Your
Family Legacy - includes ideas on preserving and
displaying your memories
Miscellaneous
Sites Relating to Loss
Families
can be Together Forever - the name Memories are Forever
is taken from a saying of the LDS Church - Families are Forever.
This page tells a little about what that means.
I
Miss My Dad - a website for anyone to post a message
to a father who has died.
Jeffrey
Vasquez - my favorite artist's site; if it weren't
for my dear husband, this site wouldn't be here today!
Make
A Child Smile - a site that features three children
with life-threatening illnesses every month and encourages you
to send the children cards to help cheer them up.
Mom's
Cancer - a poignant story about three adult children
helping their mother - and themselves - deal with her diagnosis
of lung cancer.
Grief
Support
Bereavement
Magazine - a magazine and web site offering grief
support, books, and other products
Bereaved
Parents of the USA - has chapters throughout the
US to help families through the grief of losing a child
Beyond
Indigo - provides grief support, products, and services
to individuals who are grieving and the companies that assist
them
Bruderhof
Grief Companion - includes numerous articles about
going through the grief process from a Christian perspective
Compassionate
Friends - gives families grief support after the
death of a child - has chapters throughout the world
The
Dougy Center - helping children deal with the grief
of losing a loved one - based in Oregon, but has published a
number of excellent books
GriefNet.org
- an internet community of people dealing with grief, death,
and major loss
Hospice
Foundation of America - grief resource page
Kids
Aid - a safe place for kids to share and to help
each other deal with grief about any of their losses
YoungWidow.org
- interactive website and non-profit organization dedicated
to young widows and widowers
Personal
Historians
Your
Life Your Story - a content driven site with lots
of information to help you record your own life story and memories
Story
Circle Network - a network of women who are looking
to explore their lives and souls by exploring their personal
stories
StoryCorps
- building places where people can go or take friend to record
their stories - just $10/hour
Bereavement Gifts
Acknowledgements
- sells bereavement boxes - as opposed to bereavement baskets
- that you can later use to store keepsakes and other special
mementos
The
Comfort Company - has a variety of memorial gifts
to choose from, but their tear bottles are especially beautiful
Connie's
Corner - makes bereavement quilts and other memory
products using photographs transfered onto fabric
Hoping
Skills Company, LLC - offers sympathy kits to help
children and adults cope with grief and loss
Free Sites - thanks
to the following sites who are helping us spread the word about
the free bereavement quilt offer:
TheFreeSite.com
FreebieDot.com
About.com
Freebies
Cool
Freebie Links
If
you have any questions or concerns, or are even just looking
for a little guidance or help in what to do, please e-mail
me.
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