Ringing in 2025!

May your new year bring you love and inner peace
Posted on January 1, 2025 by Suzette Sherman (Founder, SevenPonds)

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Losing Her Constant

A woman loses her father: an ever-present force of strength and stability in her life.
Posted on December 29, 2024 by Jeanette Summers (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
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Nancy’s father, Dave, after a day of hunting

This is Nancy’s story, as told by Jeanette. Our “Opening Our Hearts” stories are based on people’s real-life experiences with grief and loss. By sharing these experiences publicly, we hope to help our readers feel less alone in their grief, and ultimately, aid them in their healing process. In this post, we tell the story of a woman who has lost her father .

When Nancy was a girl, she and her father often went fishing in Ann Arbor, Michigan. They wandered through the woods together — touched the petals of the plants and flowers they discovered there, chased live fish and tadpoles in the springs, picked up snakes and bugs with their bare hands.

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Sky Lanterns Bear Wishes and Remembrance into Night Sky

Festival provides a unique way to celebrate the new year and release deep emotions
Posted on December 27, 2024 by Mitch Lobrovich (Blog Writer) SevenPonds
Sky lanterns rise above Little Everglades Ranch at The Lights Fest event.

Sky lanterns rise above Little Everglades Ranch at The Lights Fest event in Florida.
Credit: Suzette Sherman

There’s something about the glow from a candle that evokes a feeling of warmth and serenity. And when that feeling is multiplied by a mass of glowing sky lanterns rising like a constellation of stars, that sensation becomes pure magic.

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”The Snow Sister” Directed by Cecilie Askeland Mosli

A heart-shattering Christmas movie about loss, family trauma and letting go
Posted on December 26, 2024 by Caitlin Manner (Blog Writer) SevenPonds
Two children - one girl in a lovely red coat and a boy in a blue puffer coat - walk through a wintery, snowy forest together

“The Snow Sister” Movie Poster
Credit: Netflix

“The Snow Sister,” a Norwegian film based on the bestselling children’s book of the same name by Maja Lunde and Lisa Aisato, has recently started streaming on Netflix for the holidays. Like many Christmas movies, this film is rich with traditional holiday imagery, thanks to the Nordic winter wonderland in which it’s set. There is even a perky little curly-headed girl named Hedvig, whose love of the holiday would infect anyone with the Christmas Spirit. But if you’re looking for your next feel-good holiday flick, this is not it. “The Snow Sister” is a heavy, grief-laden story about a young boy who is struggling to help his family survive the profound sorrow in which they’ve become entirely engulfed after the death of his sister. 

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First the Wealth Gap, Now the U.S. Has a Growing Health Gap

Discover why the U.S. health gap is growing and how improving healthspan can enhance quality of life for Americans
Posted on December 26, 2024 by Aaron Weaver (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

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Americans are living longer than ever before, but those added years often come with a significant tradeoff: declining health. According to a recent study by researchers at the Mayo Clinic, the health gap, or the gap between lifespan and healthspan — the years lived free from serious illness or disability — has widened significantly in the United States. The findings reveal a troubling trend. While life expectancy has increased, the quality of those added years has not kept pace, leaving many Americans to endure prolonged periods of disease and disability.

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Warm Wishes for Those Who Celebrate Hanukkah

A Happy Festival of Lights!
Posted on December 25, 2024 by Suzette Sherman (Founder, SevenPonds)

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