What do you say when someone you know has suffered the tragedy of losing a baby? What tools are available for parents to help them cope? Footprints on Our Hearts addresses these questions and others with both sensitivity and empathy. Interviews with parents of stillborn babies, as they describe their initial feelings, are followed by discussions about how they managed afterward. Professionals offer both practical and emotional advice on funerals, keepsakes, postpartum emotions, and grieving for the entire family, among other topics. This well-produced video, complete with a pamphlet of additional resources, would also be equally valuable in a church, medical, or public library (if they can afford the steep price). Highly recommended. A companion volume, At a Loss for Words, aimed more towards working with women who've suffered miscarriages, is also available. Aud: P. (E. Druda)
Footprints on Our Hearts
(1997) 60 min. $79.95. Paraclete Press. PPR. Color cover. ISBN: 1-55725-191-6. Vol. 12, Issue 6
Footprints on Our Hearts
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