The resources available at this site are intended to encourage you. You might be someone who has lost a loved one...or you may be a friend of someone who is grieving. This site provides resources for people to encounter grief in a positive and progressive manner.

 
Most people associate the word mourning with a negative, sad, depressing connotation. The word mourning is actually a positive word.
 
The definition of grief is “the internal experience of loss”. This is the tremendous feeling of doom and gloom, the ache in your heart, the lack of sleep, the inability to concentrate and all other emotions you are experiencing.
 
The definition of mourning is “the outward expression of loss”. This is anything you do to honor and acknowledge the life of your loved one. It can be a scholarship in their name, a garden in your yard, a memorial run or walk, a website of their life or even something as simple as continuing to talk about them.
 
Mourning the loss can also be what you do to help yourself through your journey. It can be yoga, walking, scrap-booking, journaling, reading about loss or joining a support group.
 
Beautiful Mourning is about making your journey an active, positive one. All the things we do to mourn our loved one can be beautiful and memorable and life lasting.
 
The Healing Basket is a unique gift to send to someone who may be struggling with loss. It is an active way of working our way through grief. There are 6 different baskets to choose from. They can be sent to mark an anniversary, birthday or just because you want a friend or family member to know you are thinking of them.
 
Mourning Melodies is music that helps us be encouraged, remember, and believe . The music is available on this site through iTunes.
 
The Book Block section is filled with stories for self healing, uplifting accounts of others struggles, information for the bereaved individual and movies. All are available at Alibris through this site.
 
Bereavement Gifts is a section where you can find that special something to give someone on the anniversary or birthday of a loved one, during the Holidays or just because. Gifts are available from Things Remembered and American Greetings where you can send that someone special a card by email or the old fashioned way. Also available are magazines to give or receive through Magazines.com.
 
The Pure Poetry section has poems written by those who have lost a loved one and they have found a way of expressing that loss through words.  Email your words of expression to barb@beautifulmourning.com to be added to our list.