"Grandparents Cry Twice: Help for Bereaved Grandparents" is a book about grandparents' dual sorrow when a grandchild dies. They cry for their lost grandchild and they also cry for the terrible grief they see their own child having to bear. The author, Mary Lou Reed, writes of her experiences when her beloved grandson, Alex, died. Through her personal story she touches the universal in all grandparents' grief.
Chapter One
My Grandsons Life and Death describes the joy felt from the birth and life
of a beloved grandchild, and the agony of his illness and death at
two-and-a-half years.
Chapter Two
Our Familys Grief tells of the grief, confusion, anger and familys
struggle to continue functioning following a grandchild's death.
Chapter Three
My Search For Help documents the authors frustration with the lack of
applicable information for grandparents grief.
Chapter Four
The Grief Process summarizes theories of various authorities about grief and
how relevant they are for parents and grandparents.
Chapter Five
Helping Myself presents information the author learned from experience,
study, and correspondence with other grandparents.
Chapter Six
Helping Our Grieving Child suggests the needs of, and various methods of
helping the grieving parent, child of the grandparent.
Chapter Seven
Siblings Grief and Needs discusses the multiple and diverse needs of, and
how to help a family's surviving children.
Chapter Eight
In Memory: Memorials and Healing Rituals offers suggestions and examples of
memorials and personal rituals.
Chapter Nine
How Others May Help/Hinder gives examples and ideas of how those surrounding
a grieving family may assist or harm.
Chapter Ten
Finding My Way summarizes the author's travel through, learning from, and
the outcome of her grief journey.
Epilogue
Appendix I: Selected Poems
Appendix II: Resources
Bibliography
Index
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