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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)
Three Suicides Last Month Connected to School Shootings
The burden survivors bear when friends and family die in a mass shooting can lead them to thoughts and acts of suicide
How would you feel if you had to bury a friend or family member who had been killed in a school shooting? What if you had been one of the lucky ones who survived the actual event? The burden of … Continue reading
“The Triple Fool” by John Donne
A lament by a fool for love, coming to terms with its betrayal
When someone breaks your heart, a loved one dies, or great loss of another nature befalls you, people often say the grief feels like a physical pain. Modern medicine has found that ache and grief can be so extreme as … Continue reading
Our Monthly Tip: Share Plant Cuttings that Speak of the Person Who Died
A meaningful keepsake or thank you gift for memorial service attendees
Our Tip of the Month What better way is there to honor the life of a departed loved one than by sharing a cutting of a plant they once nurtured or admired? Offering this personalized keepsake at a wake or … Continue reading
“When Death Becomes Life” by Joshua D. Mezrich, M.D.
Mezrich's "Notes from a Transplant Surgeon" examines the past, present and future of organ transplants
“When Death Becomes Life” by Joshua D. Mezrich focuses on three compelling aspects of the century-old practice of human organ transplantation: its history, the author’s experiences as a surgeon, and ethical questions the operations raise. Through each lens, the procedure … Continue reading
Congressional Bill Seeks to Protect Undocumented African American Burial Grounds
A national database for long lost graves is also in the works
Almost 50 years ago, a Joni Mitchell lyric protested against decisions to “pave paradise to put up a parking lot” in the name of progress. Replacing a natural habitat with new construction becomes even more problematic when it is discovered … Continue reading
