Keep a journal (or two). You can use any notebook for this. Write down your thoughts, emotions, fears, and conerns. You can draw pictures or write poetry, songs, or stories about the person you lost or about an experience that is making you deeply sad.
Finish the sentence
In your Grief Journal, finish the following sentences:
The thing that makes me saddest is ...
If I could talk to the person who died, I would ask/say ...
Since the death of ________, my family doesn't ...
My worst memory is ...
If I could change things, I would ...
One thing I liked to do with the person who died was ...
When the person died, I ...
Since the death, my friends ...
After the death, school ...
When I am alone ...