If you do a music app or some type of music download service that allows you to build a playlist, consider building one that will support your grief journey.

Music can be therapeutic and having a playlist like this can help you grieve appropriately. Yes, listening to some of these songs will bring a tear to your eye but they’ll also help you along in the grieving process.

Music also has a way of reinforcing memories. I once knew a widow who compiled a playlist of her deceased husband’s favorite songs and she found comfort in listening to these songs because she said they kept his memory close to her thoughts.

I am a Spotify user and I put together a “Grief Support Playlist” that I wish to share with you in hopes that it may encourage you to do the same. Music is a powerful tool in helping us handle and deal with emotions and memories. Here is my playlist of 58 songs by title and artist:

• “When I Get Where I’m Going” by Brad Paisley, Dolly Parton
• “Believe” by Brooks & Dunn
• “Who You’d Be Today” by Kenny Chesney
• “Sissy’s Song” by Alan Jackson
• “When I’m Gone” by Joey + Rory
• “Heaven Was Needing A Hero” by Jo Dee Messina
• “Angels Among Us” by Alabama
• “He Didn’t Have to Be” by Brad Paisley
• “If You’re Reading This” by Tim McGraw
• “Cryin’ for Me (Wayman’s Song)” by Toby Keith
• “Go Rest High On That Mountain” by Vince Gill
• “Not A Day Goes By” by Lonestar
• “The Dance” Brooks Jefferson
• “Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)” by Alan Jackson
• “Homesick” by MercyMe
• “You’re Gonna Miss This” by Trace Adkins
• “I Saw God Today” by George Strait
• “The House That Built Me” by Miranda Lambert
• “There Goes My Life” by Kenny Chesney
• “One More Day” by Diamond Rio
• “Five More Minutes” by Scotty McCreery
• “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It” by Darius Rucker
• “It Won’t Be Like This For Long” by Darius Rucker
• “See You on the Other Side” by Ozzy Osbourne
• “Don’t Blink” by Kenny Chesney
• “Remember When” by Alan Jackson
• “Finally Home” by MercyMe
• “I Want To Stroll Over Heaven With You” by Alan Jackson
• “The Good Stuff” by Kenny Chesney
• “If I Die Young” by The Band Perry
• “If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away” by Justin Moore
• “Live Like You Were Dying” by Tim McGraw
• “You Should Be Here” by Cole Swindell
• “Candle In The Wind” by Elton John
• “Tears in Heaven” by Eric Clapton
• “Lead Me Home” by Jamey Johnson
• “Bless The Broken Road” by Rascal Flatts
• “Scars in Heaven” by Casting Crowns
• “Tuesday’s Gone” by Lynyrd Skynyrd
• “Everything Changes” by Stained
• “Time in a Bottle” by Jim Croce
• “Yesterday” by The Beatles
• “Wild Horses” by The Rolling Stones
• “Gone to Soon” by Daughtry
• “See You Again” by Wiz Khalifa, Charlie Puth
• “Autumn Leaves” by Ed Sheeran
• “How to Save a Life” by The Fray
• “Otherside” by Red Hot Chili Peppers
• “Everlasting Arms” by Vampire Weekend
• “Free Bird” by Lynyrd Skynyrd
• “Give Heaven Some Hell” by Hardy
• “Gonna Get There Someday” by Dierks Bentley
• “I Drive Your Truck” by Lee Brice
• “I’ll Be Missing You” by Diddy, 112, Faith Evans
• “Shadow of the Day” by Linkin Park
• “Last Day Of My Life” by Phil Vasser
• “In Color” by Jamey Johnson
• “Death is Not the End” by Bob Dylan

My favorite grief support song in this playlist is “See You on the Other Side” by Ozzy Osbourne. I also think it would be a great song to play at a memorial service. Some of my other favorite songs from this playlist is “Believe” by Brooks & Dunn, “Tuesday’s Gone” by Lynyrd Skynyrd, “You Should Be Here” by Cole Swindell, “Lead Me Home” by Jamey Johnson, and “Scars in Heaven” by Casting Crowns.

Well, this is my Grief Support Playlist with 58 songs. I hope you consider making your own or at least become more intentional about the use of music in your own grief journey.