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“Prayer” by Lizzie West: Singer-songwriter reminds us that our loved ones live on in the sun and rain -
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Mary Oliver’s “Heavy” Speaks to the Weight of Grief: The poet eloquently conveys the dizzying effect of loss
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Author Archives: Gabriella Zink (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
”Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves.”
-Rabindranath Tagore
More from A Rite of Passage: Memorial Music: “The Show Must Go On” by Queen Memorial Music: “Dreams Old Men Dream” by the Cold War Kids Memorial Music: “Will You Miss Me when I’m Gone?” by The Carter Family
Posted in A Rite of Passage
Tagged Art, Death and Dying, end-of-life, Grief, Leaves, Life, Memorial Flowers, Poetry, Quotes, Quotes about Life
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“I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.”
-Winston Churchill
More from Laughter is Medicine: There are three kinds of death in this world Morty’s Play that funky music
Posted in Laughter is Medicine
Tagged after-life, Comedy, Death, Death With Dignity, Humor, Laughter, Life, Quotes about Life, Winston Churchill
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Cryonics: the future of burial
Entering the futuristic burial of cryonics
Exploring different cultures, and different beliefs when it comes to burials and end of life, is endlessly intriguing. Among modern individuals, there is a cultural trend called cryonics. Cryonics is the process of freezing someone who has died, with hopes … Continue reading
“Our death is not an end if we can live on in our children and the younger generation. For they are us; our bodies are only wilted leaves on the tree of life.”
–Albert Einstein
More from A Rite of Passage: “Dying is an art, like everything else. I do it exceptionally well. I do it so it feels like hell. I do it so it feels real. I guess you could say I … Continue reading
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What is a Chaplain? An Interview with David Franzblau
David Franzblau talks about Chaplains and how they help those who are terminally ill.
Today, SevenPonds speaks with David Franzblau, a Chaplain currently working at Seton Medical Center in Daly City, California. He will answer a few of our questions about being a chaplain and will offer some tips that anyone can do. Gabriella: … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Advice
Tagged Buddhism, Chaplain, Dying, end-of-life, Grief, Health, Hospital, interfaith, Patient, Religion, terminal illness
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Elizabethtown by Cameron Crowe
“Deep, beautiful, meloncholy of everything that happened” Claire Colburn
Films are exits from reality. They allow you to escape into your own fantasy—but they can offer more than just that. Films are a way of broadening our perspectives and of learning things that we have yet to experience. … Continue reading
Posted in Lending Insight
Tagged Cameron Crowe, Cremation, Elizabethtown, end-of-life, Grieving, Grieving Guidance, Humor, Kirsten Dunst, Loss, Loss of Father, Orlando Bloom
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