Note: Although I have visited and personally evaluated all of the sites listed below, I don't re-visit each of them regularly, and I'm not always notified when sites are no longer active.  I would greatly appreciate your feedback on the usefulness of any of the sites listed, and if you should encounter an inactive site, please let me know.  I also welcome your suggestions for additions to these listings. Please send your comments and suggestions to me at TousleyM@aol.com.  Thank you!

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All I Wanted for Christmas Was My Family, by Audrey Stringer
Anniversary Dates: You Can Be Master of Your Emotions, by Ellen Gerst
Anticipatory Grief and the Holidays: 12 Survival Tips, by Harriet Hodgson
BR's 13 (Lucky) Tips for De-Stressing Your Holidays
The Blues ~ Holiday or Anyday
Christmas in Heaven: A Memorial for All Heavenly Loved Ones
Choose Positive Memories During This Season of Hope, by Patrick T. Malone
Comfort Quickies: Self Care While Grieving, by Chris Rothman, PhD
Creating Rituals During the Holidays, by Gail Mitchell
Day of Love Brings Grief to the Surface for Some, by Naomi Carniol
Dear Widow: When Mistletoe and Holly Make You Feel All Blue, by Linda Della-Donna
A Decembered Grief: Living With Loss While Others Are Celebrating, by Harold Ivan Smith
December's Deep Grief by Christine Jette
Declaring Independence from Grief, by Claire M. Perkins
Do the Holidays Feel Like Too Much?  How Caregivers and Families Find Joy in the Season, by Carol O'Dell
Easter: An Egg Story, by
Beverly Chantalle McManus
Easter Reminds Us That We Can Rise From Our Grief, by Pamela Prime
Enjoying Christmas: Ten Tips for Thriving Instead of Surviving, by Nina Bennett
Even This Santa Gives Thanks, by Nan Zastrow
Father's Day When Your Father Has Died, by Neil Chethik
Finding Light in the Darkness: Grieving through the Holidays, by Laura Slap-Shelton
Finding the Magic, by Sandy Goodman
Gifts, Garlands and Grief, by Sandy Goodman
Grief Rituals Can Help on Valentine's Day, by Marty Tousley
GriefShare:
Surviving the Holidays
Handling the Holidays When You're Feeling Blue, by Marty Tousley
Help for the Holidays: Ideas for the Bereaved, by Laura Slap-Shelton
Helping Ourselves through the Holidays
Helping Yourself Heal During the Holiday Season, by Alan Wolfelt
The Holiday Army, by Andrea Gambill
The Holiday Blues: Deep in December, by Christine Jette
Holiday Candle Ceremony
Holiday Healing: Rest, Compassion, Prayer, by Mary Jane Hurley Brant
Holiday Memories from The Compassionate Friends Atlanta
Holidays From the Heart, by Carol Staudacher

How Do We Deal with the Empty Chair? by Marty Tousley
Including Your Absent Loved One in Family Celebrations, by Marty Tousley
Incorporating Loss Into Our Holiday Rituals
Kids and Christmas, by Lynn Crowder
Light A Candle: Online Interactive Ritual
The Longest Night, by Elizabeth Halling
Loss in the Season of Giving, by Laura Slap-Shelton
Managing the Holidays, by Jerry Rothman, MSW, PhD
Memorial Day: Decorate Your Memory, by Sharon Greenlee
Memorial Glass Personalized Ornaments
Online Grief Healing Discussion Groups
Prepare Your Response Plan for Grief Triggers, by Harriet Hodgson
Seven Ways to Make Holidays Meaningful for Children after a Loss, by Suzy Yehl Marta
Simplify Your Christmas (Book), by Elaine St. James
Survival Strategies for the Holiday Season, by Judy Tatelbaum
Surviving Grief During the Holiday Season, by Angela Morrow, RN
Surviving the Tinsel: Grief During the Holidays, by Alice Wisler
Taming the Holiday Blues, by Nan Zastrow
Three C's of Coping with the Holidays, by Ken Doka
Unplug the Christmas Machine (Book), by Jo Robinson & Jean Coppock Staeheli
Valentine's Day Blues and Other Colors, by Laura Slap-Shelton
Valentine's Day: Remembering Our Loved Ones, by Marty Tousley
When Death Steals Your Holidays, by Paul Bennett
A Widow's Many Firsts, by Elaine Williams
Winter Holidays: Ideas for Coping, from Kota Press

The Wintry World of Loss: Grief and the Holidays, by Christine Jette

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