Author Archives: Aurora Wells (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

What is the Dougy Center? An Interview with Donna Schuurman

The Dougy Center's Executive Director talks about child and youth peer support, expression, and "post-traumatic growth"
Posted on July 2, 2011 by Aurora Wells (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

For nearly 30 years, The Dougy Center in Portland, OR has provided peer support groups for grieving children, teenagers, young adults and their families. Today, the peer support program they pioneered has served as a model for at least 500 … Continue reading →

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Death XXVII

by Khalil Gibran
Posted on June 28, 2011 by Aurora Wells (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

Then Almitra spoke, saying, “We would ask now of Death.” And he said: You would know the secret of death. But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life? The owl whose night-bound eyes … Continue reading →

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“The Great White Ocean”

by Antony and the Johnsons
Posted on June 21, 2011 by Aurora Wells (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

Swim with me my mama when I dive In the ocean of death, I will cry If I am not with my family You could be my friend eternally Swim with me my sister when I dive In the great … Continue reading →

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“Death is a natural part of life. Rejoice for those around you who transform into the Force. Mourn them do not. Miss them do not. Attachment leads to jealously. The shadow of greed, that is.”

- Yoda
Posted on June 14, 2011 by Aurora Wells (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
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“Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to conquer it.”

- Tagore
Posted on June 7, 2011 by Aurora Wells (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
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Today: Dr. Jack Kevorkian, Pioneer for Physician-Assisted Suicide, Dies at 83

While “Dr. Death” has passed on, his aid-in-dying legacy continues
Posted on June 3, 2011 by Aurora Wells (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

“Dying is not a crime” —Dr. Kevorkian As the topic of aid-in-dying heats up across the nation like never before, it seems fitting that Jack Kevorkian departs us — the man who first sparked the public debate on (so-called) “physician-assisted … Continue reading →

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