Dealing with the loss of a loved one...expressing your grief...knowing what is "normal"...these questions deal with very personal emotions and experiences. The following links may be helpful in your personal journey through this very trying experience. If you find these helpful or if you are aware of a site that you might like for us to take a look at, please feel free to e-mail us your recommendations.

Your experiences, your emotions...whatever they may be, are valid emotions. Please know that you are not in this alone. The Owen Funeral Home Bereavement Staff is here to help you in anyway we can.

American Association of Suicidology - Site for families of suicide victims

Association for Pet Loss and Bereavement - A site full of support through links, chat rooms and resources for grieving pet owners.

Bereavement Magazine -A Magazine of Hope and Healing.

Children with AIDS Project - Information, education and services for children with AIDS.

Celebrate a Life - This site offers the opportunity to share stories about those people who have had an impact on your life.

The Compassionate Friends - A national nonprofit, self-help support organization which offers friendship and understanding to families who are grieving the death of a child of any age, from any cause.

Consoling Parents Support Group - Parent-to-parent support for people who've experienced the loss of child through miscarriage, stillbirth or early infant death. Meets the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month, Beargrass Christian Church, Room 202, 4100 Shelbyville Road, Louisville, KY (St. Matthews)

Counseling For Loss & Life Changes - The purpose for the development of this Website was to give grieving people throughout the internet community a place to access information, exchange ideas, and share their own personal experiences in regards to the grieving process.

Courier Journal Newspaper Obituary Page

The Dougy Center - A national center for grieving children and families and an internationally know model for providing persupport groups for grieving children, teens, and families.

The Fernside Organization - A site for children who grieve the loss of someone special.

Funeral Planning - "It's My Funeral and I'll Serve Ice Cream If I Want to."

Grief and Loss Organization - This free, noncommercial website was designed for adults of all ages and includes valuable information for spouses, adult children, friends, co-workers and employers of the deceased.

Let's Say Thanks - This website has been created to allow people to send postcards to our military personnel serving overseas. It only takes a moment.

National Organization Parents of Murdered Children - For families who have lost children through murder and violent crime

SA/VE: Suicide Awareness/Voices of Education - Education and information about suicide and suicide prevention. Outreach and grief support for those who have lost loved ones to suicide.

SHARE International - Site for those whose lives are touched by the tragic death of a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth or newborn death.