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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: Kelly Larsen (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
“Alone” by Sara Teasdale
Sara Teasdale's poem views life as lonelier than death
As I was reading Sara Teasdale’s “Alone,” I was struck by how much it reminded me of a line from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which I wrote about in this post. In the book, Dumbledore tells Harry, “‘Do … Continue reading
Posted in The Next Chapter
Tagged Alone, Death, Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling, Life, Sara Teasdale
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“Death, in itself, is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where.”
-John Dryden, from "Aureng-Zebe"
Posted in A Rite of Passage
Tagged Aureng-Zebe, Death, John Dryden, Quotes about Death
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“The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” by Junot Diaz
Junot Diaz's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel manages to put death in a beautiful light
***This post contains spoilers*** As its title suggests, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao tells the life story of a young individual, up until his death. In fact, Junot Diaz‘s 2007 novel contains many deaths, but I’m going … Continue reading
“Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!'”
-Mavis Leyrer
Posted in Laughter is Medicine
Tagged Death, Life, Mavis Leyrer, Quotes about Death, Quotes about Life
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“Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.”
-Herman Melville
Posted in A Rite of Passage
Tagged Death, Herman Melville, Herman Melville Quotes, Life, Quotes about Life
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“The Lake Isle of Innisfree” by William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats inspires readers with "The Lake Isle of Innisfree"
When I took my “Literature in the 20th Century” course at my university, the professor of the class called William Butler Yeats’s “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” one of the most beautiful poems she had ever read; an article … Continue reading
