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New Resources for Widows and Widowers Helpful books for the first days of loss and the journey forward.
For transparency, the following books are listed as optional grief support resources for widows and widowers.
The First Days and Stronger-Together were written by Charles Foster, Founder and Executive Director of Surviving From Loss, based on his years of walking alongside those who have experienced the loss of a spouse.
Please note: These books are personally authored and sold by Charles Foster. They are not owned, sold, or fulfilled by Surviving From Loss, Inc.
Purchases are not donations to Surviving From Loss, are not required for participation in any Surviving From Loss class, group, or event, and are not tax-deductible charitable contributions. Surviving From Loss does not receive royalties, commissions, or other financial proceeds from these book sales.
To order, please use the individual book links below. No purchase is required by SFL
When you click an order link, you may be directed to Charles Foster’s author website or to a third-party bookseller outside the Surviving From Loss nonprofit website.
When you click an order link, you may be directed to Charles Foster’s author website or to a third-party bookseller outside the Surviving From Loss nonprofit website.
The Surviving Spouse Club
The Surviving Spouse Club offers encouragement, understanding, and hope to widows and widowers grieving the loss of a spouse.
The word club is used because when someone loses their husband or wife, they become part of a group they never asked to join. Life changes in ways they could not have imagined. Friendships may remain, but relationships often feel different. The familiar rhythm of life is interrupted, and what once felt normal no longer feels the same.
Everyone grieves in their own way and in their own time. After the loss of a spouse, grief can affect nearly every part of life: time, relationships, memory, reasoning, perception, focus, confidence, and daily routines. Along with the sorrow often come fear, loneliness, exhaustion, and uncertainty about what to do next.
Grief is real. It is not a weakness, and it is not something to be rushed. It is the heart’s response to deep love and deep loss. In many ways, grief is love searching for a place to go.
This book offers practical tools, gentle guidance, step-by-step encouragement, and helpful cautions for the journey ahead. It was written to help widows and widowers understand what they are experiencing, take one step at a time, and find hope as they begin learning how to live after loss.
The Surviving Spouse Club Resource Guide and Workbook
The Surviving Spouse Club Resource Guide & Workbook
Have you ever thought about what you would do if you lost your spouse?
Would your world feel turned upside down?
Would you feel lost, lonely, confused, or afraid?
Would you wonder how to keep going?
Would you feel as though half of your life was suddenly missing, while the world around you expected you to move on?
The answers often seem easy to people who have not walked in your shoes. The loss of a spouse is unlike any other loss. Everyone grieves differently, but many widows and widowers face similar struggles: fear, confusion, loneliness, unfinished responsibilities, and the overwhelming question of what to do next.
The Surviving Spouse Club Resource Guide & Workbook was created to help surviving spouses face those difficult days with more clarity, confidence, and support.
Widower Charles Foster understands this need firsthand. When his wife died, he discovered that much of the information she carried for their family was no longer easily available. He was left with two children, a business, household responsibilities, and many decisions to make while grieving the loss of his wife. His grief became even more complicated because he had to search for answers during one of the most painful seasons of his life.
Nothing creates fear quite like the unknown. When important information is missing, insecurity rises. Decisions become harder. The needed answers may exist somewhere, but finding them after a loss can be stressful, costly, and exhausting.
This 8.5 x 11 resource guide and workbook was designed to help reduce that confusion. It provides practical tools, important information prompts, step-by-step guidance, and helpful reminders to assist surviving spouses as they continue forward after loss.
For married couples, this workbook can also be used before a loss occurs. Working through it together can strengthen communication, build trust, reduce future uncertainty, and provide peace of mind. Preparing ahead is not about fear; it is an act of love.
The main purpose of this workbook is to help a surviving spouse cope with loss while having access to the information needed to continue life. It cannot remove the pain of grief, but it can help reduce confusion, ease fear, and provide a practical path forward.
You were not meant to walk through grief alone.
The book resources provided below for your convenience are written by Virgil Fry. These books are personally authored and sold by Virgil Fry. Purchases of these materials are not donations to Surviving From Loss and are not tax-deductible. To order, click on the book cover.
Hospital chaplain Virgil Fry weaves together poems, prayers, and reflections on faith confronted by sufferings deep questions. Both of theses books were gleaned from many years of ministering at the bedsides of hospital patients and to those who are grieving. Disrupted and Rekindled are comfort-giving, inspirational gift books for those dealing with illness, those who have lost a loved one, and for all those who care for sufferers.Five sections:I. Stormy Seas; When Health Is Threatened; II. In the Wilderness; When Answers Arent Clear; III. Sharing the Trail & Being a Caregiver; IV. In the Valley of the Shadow When Grief and Losses Prevail; V. Green Pastures Times of Reflection and Thanksgiving.
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This beautiful hardcover book is an excellent inspirational gift for anyone who is struggling with illness or dealing with illness in a loved one. The author’s insight into why bad things happen and how to deal with them is a comfort to those afflicted.
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We provide these resources as helpful tools for those walking through grief. When you click on a book or resource link, you may be redirected to the author, publisher, retailer, or another third-party website to complete your purchase.
Surviving From Loss, Inc. does not receive any financial benefit from the sale of these materials. Purchases are not donations to Surviving From Loss and are not tax-deductible.