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Free Grounding Guide For Fathers After Child Loss
The First 7 Days™
You do not have to know what to do today.
Seven small places to put your feet while you learn how to breathe in a world that suddenly looks different.
This guide is for the father whose child has died — whether it happened days ago or years ago, and some days still feel like the first week. It will not tell you to move on. It will not tell you everything happens for a reason.
What's Inside
- Seven places to stand, one for each day
- Read it in any order. You don't have to finish it in seven days.
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Your Seven Places to Stand
Seven days. One small place to stand at a time.
| 1 | Day 1 · Today You Do Not Have to Know What to Do Today. “There is no prize for grieving well.” |
| 2 | Day 2 · Fatherhood You Are Still Their Dad. “Your child’s death changed your fatherhood. It did not cancel it.” |
| 3 | Day 3 · Her You Can Care for Her Without Disappearing. “Presence does not require disappearance.” |
| 4 | Day 4 · Grief Grief Does Not Always Look Like Tears. “Sometimes grief doesn’t cry. It just changes what you are willing to live with.” |
| 5 | Day 5 · Faith God Can Handle the Real Version of You. “You don’t have to protect God from your grief.” |
| 6 | Day 6 · Love The Love Is Still Here. “The love does not need somewhere to disappear. It needs somewhere to go.” |
| 7 | Day 7 · Tomorrow Living Today Is Not Leaving Them Behind. “Tomorrow is not betrayal.” |
When you're ready for more than you can carry on your own, the brotherhood is here. ↓
Not today? No problem. The guide is free either way.
Who Wrote This Guide
“Your child’s death changed your fatherhood. It did not cancel it.”
I'm Spence Harris, and I'm The Daddiez Coach. I'm not a grief counselor. I'm not a therapist. I'm Maverick's dad.
I learned Maverick James was my son when he was four weeks old. Thirteen days later, he died from SIDS, one day shy of six weeks old. I was sitting at a stop sign in the hospital parking lot when his mom called back and said two words. He's gone.
I didn't write this from a mountaintop. I wrote it from a hospital parking lot.
I don't know your child. I don't know how long you had, what happened, or what you saw, and I won't pretend my pain gives me ownership of yours. But I know what it's like when everybody asks how Mom is doing and forgets there was a father standing there too.
So this isn't a program. It's seven small places to stand while the ground is still moving. No timeline. No pressure to be strong. Just a father who has stood where you're standing, sitting down beside you for a little while.
Spence Harris · The Daddiez Coach
When You're Ready
Seven days won't carry you all the way. They don't have to.
The First 7 Days is a place to stand, not a finish line.
When you're ready for more, Still His Dad™ is the whole road — ten chapters on fatherhood after the death of a child, written so you don't have to walk it feeling as alone as I did. It will not tell you to move on, either.
Nothing to decide today. Start with the guide.
You do not have to know what to do today.
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Send Me the Free Guide →Please note. The First 7 Days™ is companionship, not grief counseling or emergency support. The Daddiez Coach™ shares education, encouragement, and personal experience. It is not therapy, counseling, or medical care, and it is not legal, financial, or tax advice. Nothing here creates a client, therapist, or attorney relationship. If you feel unsafe or are thinking about harming yourself, call or text 988 (U.S.) or your local emergency number right now. For legal, financial, or mental-health decisions, talk with a licensed professional.
