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Our Annual Seven Holiday Gifts for Someone Who Is Grieving, 2024 Edition: Gracious gifts that spread love and beauty -
“Making Mobiles” by Karolina Merska: An artist’s manual on how to create beautiful Polish pajaki -
“Hands Up to the Sky” by Michael Franti & Spearhead: A surprisingly upbeat song about acknowledging both loss and the beauty of life
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Author Archives: Debra L. Stang (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
“I’m always relieved when someone is delivering a eulogy and I realize I’m listening to it.”
- George Carlin
Customs for Mourning in the Muslim Community
How to help an Islamic friend who is grieving
We live in an increasingly multicultural society. At some point, you will probably have a loved one, friend, or co-worker of the Muslim faith who loses a loved one to death. Knowing Muslim mourning customs can help you be more … Continue reading
“If love would die along with death this life wouldn’t be so hard.”
- Andrew Vachss
Posted in A Rite of Passage
Tagged andrew vachss, Death, Grief, Life and Death, living with grief
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“There Are Two Kinds of Terrible” by Peggy Mann
A 12-year-old boy loses his mother and struggles to bond with his father
Peggy Mann wrote “There Are Two Kinds of Terrible,” a book about a child who loses his mother to cancer, in 1977. Much of the technology and hospital policies have changed since the book was released, but the feelings of … Continue reading
“Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.”
- George Bernard Shaw
Posted in Laughter is Medicine
Tagged death and humor, George Bernard Shaw, Humor, Laughter, Life and Death
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Our Weekly Tip: Use Journal Writing to Deal with Loss
Write down your feelings to process emotions and ease grief
Our Tip of the Week: Journaling can be a powerful way to work through the process of grieving. Often, simply writing down your feelings helps diminish their emotional impact and provides an outlet for feelings of pain, sadness and loss. Journaling … Continue reading
