Tag Archives: Death

Our Weekly Tip: Writing the Unsent Letter

Feel better by telling your loved one the things you didn't get to say

Our Tip of the Week: Whether your loved one died suddenly or after a long illness, you may find yourself wishing you had said something to them. One last, “I love you,” perhaps, or an apology for something you did … Continue reading

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“I believe you should live each day as if it is your last, which is why I don’t have any clean laundry because, come on, who wants to wash clothes on the last day of their life?”

-Anonymous
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“I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.”

-Mark Twain
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“Millions long for immortality who don’t know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.”

- Susan Ertz
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“We need scores of things to die every minute in order for us and our way of life to keep on going… Life doesn’t feed on life. Life doesn’t nourish life. Death feeds life.”

- Stephen Jenkinson
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How Can a Family Best Work with a Coroner or Medical Examiner? Interview with Judy Melinek, Part Two

Working with a professional when an autopsy is required

Today, SevenPonds completes our interview with Judy Melinek, M.D., a forensic pathologist who does autopsies for the Alameda County Sheriff Coroner’s Office in California. (Read part one of the interview here.) Dr. Melinek has a bachelor’s degree from Harvard and … Continue reading

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