Charlotte Chapter of The Compassionate Friends (TCF)

Library of Books, Video Tapes, CD’s, Cassette Tapes, and Pamphlets (as of 2 / 2 1 / 2012) (Books are grouped into 13 subject areas, then listed alphabetically within each group) Books (# if more than one copy) (Books currently signed out) (Books not signed out and are missing) 1 – Miscarriage / Stillbirth / Infant Death

About What Was Lost – 20 Writers on Miscarriage, Healing, and Hope by Jessica Berger Gross, editor

An Empty Cradle – A Full Heart - Reflections for mothers and fathers after miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant death by Christine O’Keefe Lafser

Angelic Presence – Short Stories of Solice and Hope After The Loss of a Baby by Cathi Lammert and Sue Friedeck

Empty Arms – Coping with Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Death by Sherokee Ilse

I Will Carry You – A Sacred Dance of Grief and Joy by Angie Smith

Jesse – Found in Heaven by Chris Pringle (includes an Audio Book on CD)

Laughter in the Wind by Donna Myers Trunz (after seven weeks, son died of heart failure)

Miscarriage – A Book For Parents by Joy and Dr. Marvin Johnson

Miscarriage – A Man’s Book by Rick Wheat (Book is on order)

Quietus – A Story of a Stillbirth by Jean Gunderson & Donna Harris

Something Happened – A Book for Children and Parents Who Have Experienced Pregnancy Loss by Cathy Blanford and Phyllis Childers

Still To Be Born – A Guide for Bereaved Parents Who Are Making Decisions About Their Future (and a subsequent pregnancy) by Pat Schwiebert, RN and Dr. Paul Kirk

This Little While – Death of a Very Small Infant by Joy and Dr. S. M. Johnson (3)

Too Soon A Memory – A guide for parents suffering a miscarriage by Pat Schwiebert, RN

Waiting With Gabriel - A Story of Cherishing A Baby’s Brief Life by Amy Kuebelbeck

1 When Hello Means Goodbye – A guide for Parents Whose Child Dies Before Birth, At Birth or Shortly After Birth by Pat Schwiebert, RN and Dr. Paul Kirk

2 – General Bereavement

A Guide to Understanding Guilt During Bereavement by Robert Baugher, Ph.D. (2)

After The Darkest Hour, The Sun Will Shine Again by Elizabeth Mehren

Anger – Help or Hindrance? By Joanetta Hendel

Cath – Cathy – Catherine: Poetry by a Bereaved Parent by Mary A. Sullivan Struzik (2 copies but one copy is signed out)

Children Die, Too by Joy & Dr. S. M. Johnson

Creating a New Normal … After the Death of a Child – A guide to coping and informational skills by Sandy Fox

God in the Hard Times by Dale Evans Rogers

Goodbye My Child by Sara Rich Wheeler & Margaret M. Pike

Grandparents Cry Twice – Help for Bereaved Grandparents by Mary Lou Reed

Grief, What It Is and What You Can Do by Joe & Dr. S. M. Johnson (2 copies – 1 is out)

Grievers Ask – Answers to Questions about Death and Loss by Harold Ivan Smith

Heirlooms – A publication of the American Tissue Services Foundation

Mama Mockingbird by Sauni Wood (Sudden Death of a Child) (2 copies but 1 is signed out)

On Death and Dying – What the dying have to teach doctors, nurses, clergy, and their own families by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, M.D.

Pathways by Helen Steiner Rice

Safe in the Arms of God by John MacArthur

Stars of Promise – Meditations for Bereaved Parents by Bereaved Parents

The Bereaved Parent by Harriet Sarnoff Schiff (2)

2 The Crying Handbook by Bob Baugher & Darcie Sims

The Mourning Handbook by Helen Fitzgerald

The Pummeled Heart – Finding Peace Through Pain by Antoinette Bosco

The Shack – Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity by William P. Young (2 copies but both copies are signed out)

Tinsel and Tears – A Holiday Guide by Andrea Gambill

Treasures in Darkness – A Grieving Mother Shares Her Heart by Sharon W. Betters

Understanding Anger During Bereavement by Bob Baugher, Carol Hankins, & Gary Hankins

When The Bough Breaks by Judith Bernstein

3 – Grief Journey / Survival and Hope

A Broken Heart Still Beats by Anne McCracken & Mary Semel

A Grief Observed by C. S. Lewis

A Guide for the Bereaved Survivor by Robert Baugher and Marc Caliji

All the Numbers – A Powerful Story of Tragedy, Grief, and Redemptive Love by Judy Merrill Larsen

Am I Going Crazy by Diana M. Cimador Roscigno

A Mother’s Grief Observed by Rebecca Faber

Anna’s Scrapbook – Journal of a Sister’s Love by Susan Aitken

A Time to Grieve – Meditations for Healing After the Death of a Loved One by Carol Staudacher (2)

A Time To Mourn, A Time To Dance by Margaret Metzgar

Beyond Tears – Living After Losing A Child by Ellen Mitchell

Chicken Soup for the Surviving Soul – 101 Stories of Courage and Inspiration from those Who Have Survived Cancer by Jack Canfield, Mark Hansen, Patty Aubery and Nancy Mitchell, R.N. 3 Children of the Dome – Twenty-eight True Stories of Survival and Hope After the Loss of a Child by Rosemary Smith

Comfort – A Journey Through Grief by Ann Hood

December’s Song – Handling the Realities of Grief by Marilyn Willett Heavilin

Every Step of the Way: How Four Mothers Coped With Child Loss by Anne Dionne, Deborah Kulkkula, Yvonne Lancaster, & Jane Maki

Experiencing Grief by H. Norman Wright

First You Die – Learn to Live After the Death of Your Child by Marie Levine Flowers on a Child’s Grave – Now What by Lisa Epperson

Footsteps Through Grief by Alicia Sims Franklin and Darcie Sims

Forgiving God – A Woman’s struggle to understand when God answers no by Carla Killough McClafferty

From My Son’s Garden – A Story of Growth and Healing by Brenda Hahn Greene

Getting Through The Night by Eugenia Price

Giving Sorrow Words - How to Cope With Grief & Get On With Your Life by Candy Lightner, founder of MADD, and Nancy Hathaway

Good Grief – A Novel by Lolly Winston

Good Grief (a little book) by Granger E. Westberg

Grace for Grief –Daily Comfort for Those Who Mourn by Michael & Brenda Pink

Gratitude in Grief - Finding Daily Joy and a Life of Purpose Following the Death of My Son by Kelly S. Buckley

Grief – Is This Normal by Diana M. Cimador Roscigno

Grief is a Family Affair by Marilyn Heavilin (3)

Grieving the Loss of a Loved One by Kathe Wunnenburg

Healing After Loss – Daily Meditations for Working Through Grief by Martha Whitmore Hickman (2) 4 Healing Grief – Reclaiming Life After Any Loss by James Van Praagh

Helping Children Cope with the Loss of a Loved One – A Guide for Grownups by William C. Kroehn, Ph.D.

Helping the Bereaved Celebrate the Holidays by James E. Miller

Holding Onto Love – Searching for Hope When A Child Dies by Chuck Collins

How Will I Get Through The Holidays by James E. Miller

How To Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies by Theresa A. Rando, PhD

How To Survive The Loss by

I Can’t Stop Crying by John D. Martin and Frank D. Ferris, MD

I Have No Intention of Saying Good-bye - Parents share their stories of hope and healing after a child’s death by Sandy Fox

I Walked a Mile With Sorrow by Mary S. Cleckley

If I Could Just See Hope by Darcie Sims

Later Courtney: A Mother Says Goodbye by Susan Evans

Lean On Me Gently – Helping The Grieving Child by Doug Manning

Letting Go By Holding Tight by Melinda Kramer (2)

Letting Go With Love – The Grieving Process by Nancy O’Connor, Ph.D.

Love Never Dies – A Mother’s Journey From Loss To Love by Sandy Goodman

Markings on the Windowsill – A Book About Grief That’s Really About Hope by Ronald J. Greer

Not Just Another Day – Families, Grief and Special Days by Missy Lowery Throckmorton (2)

Open to Hope – Inspirational Stories for Handling the Holidays After Loss by Dr. Gloria Horsley and Dr. Heidi Horsley (2)

Parting is not Goodbye – Coping with Grief in Creative, Healthy Ways by Kelly Osmont and Marilyn McFarlane 5 Rachael’s Cry – A Journey Through Grief by Richard A. Dew (2)

Remembering: The Death of a Child – Support and Healing; Hope and Inspiration by Robert R. Thompson

Roses in December by Marilyn Heavilin (3 copies but one copy is signed out)

Saving Graces by Elizabeth Edwards

Special Dream – Personal Accounts After the Death of a Loved One by Leullen Hoffman

Stephen’s Moon – A Mother’s Journey Through Grief by Marcia H Carter (3 copies but one copy is signed out)

The Empty Chair – Handling Grief on Holidays and Special Occasions by Susan J. Zonnebelt- Smeenge and Robert C. DeVries

The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood (2 copies but one copy is signed out)

The Other Side of Grief by Darcie Sims and Alicia Sims Franklin

The Remembering With Love Journal – The First Year of Grieving and Beyond by Elizabeth Levang

The TAO of Grief: Holding On and Letting Go by Pick Conner

What on Earth Am I Here For? From the Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren

What the Bible Says about Grieving – published by Barbour Publishing, Inc.

What Will Tomorrow Bring? Positive Thoughts to Encourage You to Believe in Today and to Be Ready for Tomorrow by Deanna Beisser

When a Grandchild Dies: What To Do, What To Say, How To Cope by

When Winter Follows Spring – Surviving the Death of an Adult Child by Dorothy Ferguson

Writing To Recover: The Journey from Loss & Grief to a New Life by Harriet Hodgson

4 – Loss Due to Medical Issues / Special Needs Children

6 As The Eagle Cries – A young woman, misdiagnosed with a bipolar disorder, her accident and subsequent coma by Carol A. Freeman (2)

Do You Know What Your Son Said To Me by Ralph Hiliary Sullivan (2)

Hanna's Gift - Lessons from a Life Fully Lived by Maria Housden (2)

Josie’s Story – A Mother’s Inspiring Crusade to Make Medical Care Safe by Sorrel King

My Papa, My Pal – Parenting a special needs child by Don R. Balusek

Remembering Alexis – Finding Perspective in Love and Loss by Margaret Marshall Rhyne

Tracks of a Fellow Struggler – Living and Growing Through Grief by John R. Claypool

5 – Surviving Child’s Death by Suicide

A Message of Hope – For Surviving The Tragedy of Suicide by Patricia Harness-Overley

After Suicide Loss: Coping With Your Grief by Bob Baugher & Jack Jordan (2)

Do They Have Bad Days in Heaven? Surviving The Suicide Loss of a Sibling by Michelle Linn-Gust

Dying to be Free – A healing guide for families after a suicide by Beverly Cobain & Jean Larch

My Son… My Son… - A guide to Healing After Death, Loss, or Suicide by Iris Bolton

Suicide of a Child – for parents whose child has completed suicide by Adina Wrobleski

Suicide Survivor Handbook – A Guide for the Bereaved and Those Who Wish to Help Them by Trudy Carlson

Understanding Your Suicide Grief (Ten Essential Touchstones for Finding Hope and Healing your Heart by Alan D. Wolfelt, PhD

6 – Vehicular Death

90 Minutes in Heaven by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey (2)

A Journey of Survival – A Journey of Hope – A mother’s journal following the motor vehicle death of her 16 year old son by Karen McCarten

7 Good Night My Son – A Treasure in Heaven by Esther F Smuker

Living Still, Loving Always – Essays of a bereaved parent by Nita G, Aasen

When God Doesn’t Answer Your Prayer by Jerry Sittser

7 – Surviving Child’s Death by Homicide

Coping With Traumatic Death: Homicide by Bob Baugher and Lew Cox

No Time For Goodbyes – Coping With Sorrow, Anger, and Injustice After a Tragic (Homicide) Death by Janice Harris Lord

Who Lives Happily Ever After? (A handbook for families whose child has died violently.) by Sharon Turnbull (2)

8 – Death from Drugs

When a Child Dies From Drugs by Patricia Wittberger & Russ Wittberger

9 – Sibling Grief / Bereavement

No New Baby – for siblings who have a Brother or Sister die before birth by Marilyn Gryte

Straight Talk About Death For Teenagers by Earl A. Grollman

Surviving A Sibling – Discovering Life After Loss by Scott Mastley

Teen Grief Relief – Parenting With Understanding, Support and Guidance by Dr. Heidi Horsley and Dr. Gloria Horsley (2)

Unspoken Grief – Coping With Childhood Sibling Loss by Helen Rosen

When Death Walks In – For Teenagers Facing Grief by Mark Scrivani

10 – Children’s Grief

150 Facts About Grieving Children by Erin Linn (2)

A Child’s View of Grief – A Guide for Parents, Teachers, and Counselors by Alan D. Wolfelt (2 copies but one copy is signed out) 8 Always My Twin – for young children who have experienced the death of their twin sibling by Valerie R. Samuels (author) and Najah Clemons (illustrator)

Children Grieve, Too – Helping Children Cope With Grief by Joy and Dr. Marvin Johnson

Great Answers to Difficult Questions About Death – What Children Need to Know by Linda Goldman

Keys to Helping Children Deal With Death and Grief by Joy Johnson

Supporting Children & Teens Through Grief & Loss: A Guide for Parents by Helene McGlauflin

Water Bugs and Dragonflies – (Explaining Death to Young Children) by Doris Stickney (2 copies but one copy is signed out)

When a Child You Love is Grieving by Harold Ivan Smith

11 – Men’s Grief

A Man You Know is Grieving by James E. Miller and Thomas R Golden

Andy’s Mountain – Fathers Grieve Too - A Journey through Grief by Dwight L. Patton

Into The Valley And Out Again – The Story of a Father’s Journey by Richard Edler

Into the Cave: When Men Grieve by Dr. Ronald G. Petrie

Maci’s Place – The Loss of a Child Through a Father’s Eyes by Michael S. Miller

Men and Grief (DVD) – “Eight men share their experience.” by Shawn & Kris Baugher (2)

Only Spring – A Father’s story of a Child’s Gift of Love by Gordon Livingston, M.D.

Real Men do cry – A Quarterback’s Inspiring Story of Tackling Depression and Surviving Suicide Loss by Eric Hipple

Snapshots – In Memory of Ben by Alan D. Busch

Swallowed by a Snake – The Gift of the Masculine Side of Healing by Thomas R. Golden

When Men Grieve –Why Men Grieve Differently & How You Can Help by Elizabeth Levang (2 copies but one copy is signed out) 9 Will Our Tears Forever Flow – A Father’s Story of Grief and Hope by Ted L Wampler (2 copies but one copy is signed out)

12 – Metaphysical / After Death Communication

Afterlife Agreements: A Gift From Beyond by Chris Mulligan

A Swan in Heaven – Communications Between Two Worlds by Terri Daniel with Danny Mandell

Blessings From the Other Side by Silvia Browne with Lindsay Harrison

Halfway Across the River – Messages of Hope from the other side by Annette Childs, Ph.D.

Heaven is for Real – A little boys astounding story of his trip to heaven and back by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent (3 copies and all copies are signed out)

Hello From Heaven by Bill and Judy Guggenheim (2)

Messages and Miracles by Louis E. LaGrand (2)

Messages from Your Angels – What Your Angels Want You to Know by Doreen Virtue, Ph.D.

Secrets of the Monarch – What the Dead Can Teach us About Living a Better Life by Allison Du Bois

The Afterlife Codes – Searching for Evidence of the Survival of the Soul by Susy Smith

The Afterlife Connection – A Therapist Reveals How to Communicate with Departed Loved Ones by Dr. Jane Greer

The Afterlife Experiments by Gary E. Schwartz, Ph.D. with William L. Simon

The Boy who came back from Heaven by Kevin & Alex Malarky

Tunnel of Light by Richard Dew

We Are Their Heaven – Why the Dead Never Leave Us by Allison Du Bois

We Don’t Die – George Anderson’s Conversations With The Other Side by Joel Martin & Patricia Romanowski 10 13 – Marriage Relationships after a Child Has Died

For Better or Worse – A handbook for couples whose child has died by Maribeth Wilder Doerr (2 copies)

Help Your Marriage Survive the Death of a Child by Paul C. Rosenblatt

Marriage After Mourning by Judy Pearson

Video Tapes

11 Trails of Tears To Healing Hearts – TCF 30th National Conference, July 20-22, 2007, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Men and Grief – Eight men share their experience from 1994 Family Services Bereavement Center, Seattle, Washington (58 minutes)

Sudden/Accidental Death

Dealing With The Death of a Child, TCF (9 minutes)

TCF Annual National Conference/ Walk to Remember “A Time for Healing” (12 minutes)

The Purpose of The Compassionate Friends

“The Nicholas Effect” by The Nicholas Green Foundation Bodega Bay, CA

Living With Grief After Sudden Loss – Picking Up The Pieces

The Bereaved Marriage by TCF Inc. (51 minutes)

National TCF Conferences – Jan Howard (53 minutes)

“The Beginnings” The TCF Story (59 minutes)

Rev. Simon Stephens by TCF Inc. (41 minutes)

This Healing Path, TCF (35 minutes)

Angels, The Mysterious Messengers by Time Life 1994 (92 minutes)

Dealing With The Death of a Child

This Healing Path – Coping With The Death of a Sibling

Cassette Tapes

Learning To Telling Your Story Effectively by Marilyn Heavilin

When A Child is Murdered by Glendalu Burns

Anger by Bill Ermatinger

We Don’t Have To Be Satin’s Slaves by Jeff IJames 12 Hope For Healing: The Grief Relationship Between Siblings & Parents by Pat Langford & Lezlie Peterson

Spiritual Support vs Religious Control by Rev. Glen Busby

What We Can Teach The World When A Child Dies by Chuck Prestwood

The Ever Evolving Grief Process: Five Years and Beyond by Walt Ehrhardt & Helen Robinson

Accidental & Sudden Death by Barbara Williams

Depression and Grief by Dr. Robert Gloor

Depression by Dr. Robert Gloor from 12th National TCF Conference

Use & Abuse of Religion in Grief by Rev. Richard Gilbert

Suicide: The Tragic Aftermath by Adina Wrobleski

Chapter Program Ideas for Helping Members by Mort Schrag

The Meaning of Loss by Joann Jelly

The Message of Hope by Calvin, Jeff, & Marjolene IJames

Pamphlets

Suggestions for Clergy … When A Child Dies

Caring for Surviving Children

Help for Families Affected by Suicide

Let’s Talk About Death and Life

When Your Son or Daughter Has Died

When A Child Dies … TCF Can Help

Understanding Grief … When Your Child Dies

Principles of The Compassionate Friends 13 The Death of an Adult Child

Parents Who Are Now Childless

The Sudden Death of a Child

Stillbirth, Miscarriage, and Infant Death

Suggestions for Teachers and School Counselors

When an Employee is Grieving

Surviving Your Child’s Suicide

Adults Grieving The Death of a Sibling

The Grief of Grandparents

How Can I Help … When A Child Dies?

Understanding Grief … When a Grandchild Dies

Suggestions for Medical Personnel … When A Child Dies

When A Brother or Sister Dies

When A Law Officer Responds to the Death of a Child

Suggestions for Funeral Directors: When A Child Dies

When a Co-Worker is Grieving … The Death of a Child

For First Responders: Dealing With The Sudden Death of a Child

The Grief of Stepparents … When A Child Dies

A Legacy of Love – In Memory of Our Children

Understanding Grief

Is There Anything I Can Do To Help?

You Need Not Walk Alone

14 Help Toward Healing

Hope for Healing

After You Have Been a Victim

Helping Yourself Heal When Someone Dies by Dr. Alan Wolfelt

Helping Children With Funerals by Dr. Alan Wolfelt

Helping A Suicide Survivor Heal by Dr. Alan Wolfelt

Helping AIDS Survivors Heal by Dr. Alan Wolfelt

CD’s

Handling The Holidays by Darcie Sims

TCF Worldwide Candle Lighting - Second Sunday in December at 7:00 PM

* Space Between Breaths – What Loss Can Teach Us About a Life Fully Lived by Luther and Rosemary Smith

* Trails of Tears To Healing Hearts – 2007 TCF National Conference, Oklahoma City

Friday Opening Speaker - Elizabeth Edwards

Friday Banquet Speaker - Bill Hancock

Saturday Banquet Speaker - Rev Simon Stephens (founder of TCF)

Sunday Closing Speaker – Bud Welch

Facilitating Effective Chapter Meetings Workshop by Wendy Resnick

Wet Eyes – Dry Eyes - Understanding the Crying Process Workshop by Bob Baugher

Healing The Grieving Heart – Internet Radio Series With Hosts Dr. Gloria Horsley and Dr. Heidi Horsley

I Believe in You by Suzi Bullock

My Heart Goes Where You Go by Suzi Bullock

15 Natural Relaxation – Audio CD by R. Murali Krishna

Rabbit Hole (3 copies)

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