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What is a Death Care Midwife? An Interview with Akhila Murphy
An expert shares her advice on alternative ways to personally memorialize your loved one
Today SevenPonds speaks to Akhila Murphy, a trained death-care midwife who has been practicing since 2013. Murphy’s job is to help families create beautiful personalized memorial services for loved ones inside their own homes. In this first part of our … Continue reading
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“There are no happy endings. Endings are the saddest part. So just give me a happy middle and a very happy start.”
- Shel Silverstein
Types of Death and Altered Levels of Consciousness
SevenPonds explains cellular death, coma, persistent vegetative state, brain death and cardiac death
There are many ways that the body — or parts of the body — can die. Some are caused by illness or injury, and others are just natural ways in which the body develops and changes over time. Additionally, changes … Continue reading
Changing the Perspective on Childhood Cancer
September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
The month of September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, a time set aside by numerous organizations across the United States to honor the children and families who are touched by this disease. Childhood cancer is a topic about which most … Continue reading
“Death Sets a Thing Significant” by Emily Dickinson
A poem about cherishing what our loved ones leave behind
Even if you’re not a huge fan of poetry, you’ve most likely heard of mid-19th century poet Emily Dickinson. Born in 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts, Dickinson spent most of her life completely isolated from the outside world. Her work was … Continue reading
