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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: MaryFrances Knapp (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
Our Weekly Tip: Decorations for Ash Scattering
Decorate the receptacle of your loved one to create a beautiful, personal memorial experience
Our Tip of the Week: Funerals, memorials, celebration of life ceremonies — they may be difficult to get through, but eventually you will be able to remember these events and take comfort in the love and support that abounded from … Continue reading
“I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close.”
- Pablo Neruda
Posted in A Rite of Passage
Tagged Death, Death and love, Inspirational quote, love quote, Pablo Nerdua, Pablo Nerdua quotes
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The Rebirth of the Luz Cemetery
Pedro Pacheco and Marie Clément modernize the Portuguese cemetery — but don't lose sight of its history
How do you go about updating and displacing an entire cemetery? Architects Pedro Pacheco and Marie Clément completed the task in four years (1998-2002) with their revitalizing design for the Luz Cemetery in Portugal. Their efforts have brought a bright, … Continue reading
Our Weekly Tip: Memory Box for Those Grieving
Creating a memory box can help you work through your grief
Our Tip of the Week: One good thing you can do as you grieve is filter it through a creative outlet. When someone we love dies, the stability of our emotional state takes quite a beating — in one moment … Continue reading
Posted in Practical Tips
Tagged Grief, Grieving, Loss of a Loved One, memorial box, Memory box, memory DIY, Stages of Grief
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Bark Cloth: The Oldest Mourning Garment?
Bark cloth has long been crafted in Borneo to create mourning garments after the death of a loved one
Reflecting on the material items various countries associate with death and dying can be telling on both a ritualistic and practical level (ex. “Western” culture’s penchant for wearing black to funerals; South Korea’s move towards “burial beads” in the wake … Continue reading
Interiors by Woody Allen
Woody Allen paints a beautiful portrait of a dysfunctional family's struggle to create a life of meaning in the face of death
Woody Allen has always included themes of death and dying in his work, but Interiors (1978) is his first take on the subject without the ability to take relief in the comedy genre. That’s not to say classics like Annie … Continue reading
Posted in Lending Insight
Tagged Annie Hall, Death, Depression, Interiors, Interiors Woody Allen, Woody Allen, Woody Allen Death
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