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Author Archives: Ellary Allis (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
“You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry, don’t worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.”
- Walter Hagen
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Reborn-Art Festival Breathes Life Into A Struggling Region
The Reborn-Art Festival hopes to revitalize an area affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake
On March 11, 2011, the magnitude 9 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami devastated the Tohoku region of in the northeast of Japan. In 2017, musician and producer Takeshi Kobayashi founded the Reborn-Art Festival with the aim of rebuilding the … Continue reading
“The Goodbye Book” by Todd Parr
A children's picture book that addresses loss and grief
“The Goodbye Book,” written by bestselling author Todd Parr, is a children’s picture book that matter-of-factly and simply addresses what it means to lose someone you love. The book features a goldfish who has lost his companion, his green fish … Continue reading
“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”
- Abraham Lincoln
A Poet Picks Up His Late Father’s Dry Cleaning
"Charity" by poet Kevin Young
Poet Kevin Young’s collection “Book of Hours” features poems about the death of his late father interspersed with poems about the birth of his son. The poems are reflections on these seminal events that so dramatically influenced the lens through which … Continue reading
A Walk Down the Dock
A 75-year-old man learns to find peace in the face of death
This is Stephen’s story as told by Ellary Allis. Our “Opening Our Hearts” stories are based on people’s real-life experiences. By sharing these experiences publicly, we hope to help our readers feel less alone in their grief and, ultimately, to … Continue reading
