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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: Laura B Hayden (Blog Writer, Sevenponds)
“Bullets into Bells” edited by Brian Clements, Alexandra Teague and Dean Rader
Poets and citizens respond to gun violence in an attempt to find common ground
Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her husband Captain Mark Kelly write in the foreword of “Bullets into Bells,” …” people in public service do not begin their careers thinking that gun violence prevention would be their life’s work.” Neither do poets, … Continue reading
How do Child-life Specialists Help Children Cope with Illness and Death?
A conversation with Kelsey Mora, a child-life specialist who empowers children and adolescents to better understand and cope with life's most challenging events, Part Two
In this second part of a two-part interview, SevenPonds continues its conversation with Kelsey Mora, a certified child-life specialist (CCLS) at Advocate Health in Chicago and chair of their system-wide pediatric and perinatal bereavement support group. Her work as a CCLS provides in-person support … Continue reading
“I love to think that animals and humans and plants and fishes and trees and stars and the moon are all connected.”
- Gloria Vanderbilt
How do Child-life Specialists Help Children Cope with Illness and Death?
A conversation with Kelsey Mora, a child-life specialist who empowers children and adolescents to better understand and cope with life's most challenging events, Part One
In this first part of a two part interview, SevenPonds speaks with Kelsey Mora, a certified child-life specialist (CCLS) at Advocate Health in Chicago and chair of their system-wide pediatric and perinatal bereavement support group. Her work as a CCLS … Continue reading
“Seasons of Love” by Jonathan Larson
What moments add up to your days, your years, your life?
The morning the musical “Rent” was about to make its off-Broadway premiere, its creator, 35-year-old Jonathan Larson, died unexpectedly of an aortic dissection. The show, a rock-opera based on Puccini’s La Boheme, did go on that night— but not in front … Continue reading
Posted in Expressive Music
Tagged Jonathan Larson, La Boheme, Rent, Rent Live, Seasons of Love, the musical
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