Welcome Launch Team
Thank you for saying yes to being part of the Messy Mourning launch team.
Thank you
Thank you for saying yes to being part of the Messy Mourning launch team.
This book was written for mothers grieving the loss of a child by suicide — mothers walking through a kind of sorrow that can feel isolating, complicated, and impossible to carry alone.
Your support helps this message reach the women, families, churches, counselors, ministries, and grief-support communities who may need hope, companionship, and the reminder that they are not alone.
I’m so grateful you’re here.
A Few Helpful Reminders
This launch team is not about pressure.
You don’t need perfect words.
You don’t have to share your own painful story unless you want to.
You can share quietly and personally.
You can forward information to someone who may know who needs it.
You can help by praying, reviewing, recommending, or simply making the book easier to find.
It is about helping hope travel.
How to Share
When you share about Messy Mourning, please feel free to use your own words. A personal, honest recommendation is often the most meaningful.
You might say something simple like:
“I’m honored to be part of the launch team for Jackie M. Baker’s upcoming book, Messy Mourning: Hope for Mothers Grieving the Loss of a Child by Suicide. This book was written for grieving mothers who need compassion, honesty, faith, and hope. If you know a mother, family, church, counselor, or grief-support community who may need this resource, please consider sharing it with them.”
Or even:
“I’m helping share Jackie M. Baker’s book Messy Mourning, written for mothers grieving the loss of a child by suicide. It’s tender, honest, and deeply needed.”
What You’ll be Helping With
As part of the launch team, you’ll receive emails with simple ways to help share Messy Mourning before and during release. You do not have to do everything perfectly. Every share, review, prayer, recommendation, & conversation matters.
Some of the ways you may be invited to help include:
Sharing about the book on social media
Telling a friend, pastor, counselor, ministry leader, or grief-support group about the book
Leaving an honest review when the book releases
Forwarding launch emails to someone who may benefit from them
Praying for the mothers who will read this book
Helping create word-of-mouth momentum around release week
Launch Team Emails
Please watch your email for simple launch team updates from Jackie.
Each email will include clear next steps, shareable language, and any important links you may need. As release week gets closer, you’ll receive more specific instructions about when and how to leave a review, where to share, and how to help support the book. Make sure to check your spam folders!
Thank You
Thank you for helping carry this message farther than I could carry it alone.
My prayer is that Messy Mourning reaches the mothers who need it most — the ones sitting in deep grief, wondering if anyone could possibly understand.
Your willingness to share may be part of how they find their way to hope.
With gratitude,
Jackie
Download + Share Materials
Below you’ll find a few simple materials you can download & use as you help share Messy Mourning.
These resources are here to make sharing easier — whether you’re posting on social media, forwarding information to a friend, or passing the book along to a church, counselor, ministry, or grief-support community. Please feel free to use any of the materials that are helpful to you.
Playlist + Listening Guide
A Spotify playlist and listening guide offer a gentle companion for early grief mornings, sleepless nights, and tender moments — with songs chosen to bring comfort, honesty, hope, and support.
30-Day Psalms
This 30-day guide through the Psalms of lament offers Scripture-centered encouragement, honest reflection, and space to bring your grief, questions, and tears before God one day at a time.
What Helps
This may be shared with friends, family, or your church community, so they will know what helps (and what can unintentionally hurt) after the loss of your child.
Surviving the Firsts
These worksheets offer gentle space to reflect, process emotions, honor memories, and care for yourself through the difficult “firsts” after suicide loss — one moment, one memory, and one breath at a time.
Messy Mourning Chapter Companion
This companion guide offers reflection questions, journaling prompts, Scripture, and gentle encouragement to help you process grief after suicide loss one chapter at a time, with reminders that your grief matters and you are not alone.
Playlist
A Spotify playlist offering a gentle companion for early grief mornings, sleepless nights, and tender moments — with songs chosen to bring comfort, honesty, hope, and support.
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