“What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” ~Helen Keller
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A Brighter Days Grief Center: To provide a private and compassionate space for individuals anticipating or enduring the death of a family member; to offer access to professional services and resources; and to instill hope by providing connection to others through peer-based events and activities. 8925 Aztec Drive, Suite #1, Eden Prairie, MN 55347 952 303 3873.
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Reading Resources
Any books by Elizabeth Kuber-Ross – specificities to different populations.
Loss of a Child by Candi Schmidt Price: I am a mother. I am a bereaved mother. My child died, and this is my reluctant path. It is not a path of my choice, but it is a path I must walk mindfully and with intention. It is a journey through the darkest night of my soul and it will take time to wind through the places that scare me. Read more … A Bereaved Mother
The Five Invitations by Frank Ostaseski
The Grief Recovery Handbook – Has activities throughout, helpful for people to say goodbye, best done with a therapist because it asks the griever to share what they write.
The Sixth Stage of Grief: Finding Meaning by David Kessler
The Year of Magical thinkingly Joan Didions
Winter’s Grace: How Anguish & Intimacy Transform the Soul by K William Kautz. An avalanche took his son. What follows will give you life. Will Kautz has written a love letter to anyone who has suffered a heartbreaking loss. Take a journey into the human soul and experience the hunger and the joy of a tender, compassionate, transformational work that will uncover your humanity and clothe you with wisdom and grace.