Author Archives: Cara Olexa (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

Cancelling Holiday Plans with Older Family Members

As the COVID-19 pandemic surges, how do families have challenging conversations about cancelling or curtailing holiday plans?
Posted on November 27, 2020 by Cara Olexa (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

The holiday season is in full swing, and the COVID-19 pandemic is surging across the country. Many families are curtailing or cancelling holiday plans with older family members and other loved ones who have risk factors for serious cases of … Continue reading →

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“Time, which is so often an enemy in life, can also become our ally if we see how a pale moment can lead to a glowing moment, and then turn to a moment of perfect transparency, before dropping again to a moment of everyday simplicity.”

- Peter Brooks
Posted on November 12, 2020 by Cara Olexa (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
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“The Worm at the Core” by Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg and Tom Pyszczynski

The knowledge that we’re going to die is always gnawing. How do we survive it?
Posted on November 6, 2020 by Cara Olexa (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

  “The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life,” coauthored by Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg and Tom Pyszczynski, is a book for now. As we enter November, the United States is falling off the precipice of … Continue reading →

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Refunds for Prepaid Funeral Services During COVID

Funeral homes may offer refunds for prepaid funeral services affected by the pandemic
Posted on October 30, 2020 by Cara Olexa (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

The COVID-19 pandemic has complicated nearly every part of life, including funerals, burials, and other memorial services. Prepaying for funeral services has benefits and drawbacks, but over the years it has increased in popularity as more people try to plan … Continue reading →

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“Dressing” by Sarah Ruhl

Sarah Ruhl’s “Dressing”
Posted on October 19, 2020 by Cara Olexa (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

We all have wounds we press harder to ease the ache. Again and again in her plays, essays, and poems, Sarah Ruhl celebrates the life of her father and grieves his death from cancer in 1994. In her book “44 … Continue reading →

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