Grief Lending Library

The book highlights 100 ways to offer tangible, helpful, and meaningful support to those who lost a loved on to suicide. In this book the author draws on her expertise as a clinician as well as her personal experience with how suicide has effected her, and the importance in community.

• Sudden & Traumatic Death

• Suicide

While we often speak about the psychological and emotional impact grief may have on us, we often overlook how grief may effect our bodies. This book dives into the scientific research and personal stories on how grief can take a toll on cardiovascular, endocrine, and immune systems and our long term wellbeing.

• General

Ages 4-12. A gentle story exploring, through a child's eyes, the grief of a person who they’ve had a complicated relationship with. Acknowledging that this grief is valid, whether impacted by unresolved conflicts, substances, or painful memories. Expressing that it is okay to have mixed emotions.

• Children

• Complicated Relationship

This book addresses confronting the reality of loss while you feel the brokenness and the guilt of living on. It also points to the hope of the gospel and relying of Christ for peace and trust during broken times.

• Sudden & Traumatic Death

• Suicide
• Relgious

This book is designed to be a comforting space to help you process loss, honor memories, and begin to heal at your own pace after the death of a pet. It recognizes the immense pain that comes with it, and validate emotions that you are feeling

• Loss of a Pet

Ages 3-8. Grief is more than sadness. This children's book helps kids to make sense of their big emotions and express them during times of loss and change.

• Children

Ages 4-8 years. This is a story of a little boy who, when his little brother Matty dies, is left with a hole in his life. This hole is in everything, like his chair at dinner and in his bed. When he decides to explore inside the hole one day, he confronts his sadness and how much he misses Matty. When talking to his friend about this hole, he eventually finds comfort and fills his hole with memories.

• Children

• Sibling Loss

Ages 6-8 years. Since the stormy day of her dad's funeral, Anna stays under her umbrella where she feels safe. She never puts away her umbrella, no matter the weather. However, when she notices another little boy getting wet, she invites him under her umbrella with her and things start to change for her.

• Children

Ages 3-6. Sam is so excited for his baby brother TJ to be born, but TJ never comes home from the hospital. Sam wonders where TJ went, and learns that he is in Heaven with God.

• Children

• Death of a Baby Sibiling