Author Archives: Kimberly Lane (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

How Does Hospice Improve Quality of Life? An Interview with Sheena Boyd

Sheena Boyd illuminates how hospice services can improve the quality of life for clients with terminal diagnoses

Today SevenPonds speaks with Sheena Boyd, a former UK hospice worker at St. John’s Hospice in central London. Boyd has had 10 years of hospice experience as a day services manager, where she would help clients maintain a quality of … Continue reading

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“Condolence” by Dorothy Parker

Dissecting the strange ways that mourning takes hold of people after the hour of a death.

Brief and charming and full of a spectacular wit, Dorothy Parker’s “Condolence” is the the kind of poem that you would bring to a funeral or memorial service that is acting as as a life-celebration event. The poem invites readers … Continue reading

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Mourning and Celebration of Life in the Burial Rites of Igbo Culture

Today we explore how the tradition of dual burials in Igbo culture affects how life is memorialized and cherished

Funerals in Igbo culture — the culture of one of Africa’s largest ethnic groups — can be a time for both celebration and for mourning. With a life expectancy in the country extending just upwards of 54 years (as of … Continue reading

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 The Machine of Death by Ryan North

The Machine of Death is a collection of short stories that explore the various perspectives on how we may react when confronted with the knowledge of our own death

This book is the result of a writing challenge based around a hypothetical situation that was created by the famous webcomic series ‘Dinosaur Comics,’ created by Ryan North. The scenario is simple: what if there was a machine that could … Continue reading

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“It kills me sometimes, how people die.”

- Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
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“Mama Liked the Roses” by Elvis Presley

A loving song mourning the loss of a beloved mother and appreciating all that she did in life for her son

When it comes to memorial music, it seems that The King is still one of the best around at crooning out heart-wrenching ballads that reach out and grab the soul. In his 1969 song, “Mama Liked the Roses,” Elvis’ gospel … Continue reading

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