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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
Posted in A Rite of Passage
Tagged before life, born, Death, Death Quotes, Dying, End of life fear, end-of-life, Fear, Infinity, Mark Twain, SevenPonds, Suffering
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“Millions long for immortality who don’t know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.”
- Susan Ertz
“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
The Painter Who Followed the Light
Thomas Kinkade celebrates life and portrays death through his art
Growing up, the Thomas Kinkade store in Staten Island Mall served as a landmark to me and my family. Some of my most distinct childhood memories are of roaming those aisles of paintings for hours, while my mom and aunt … Continue reading
How Can a Family Best Work with a Coroner or Medical Examiner? Interview with Judy Melinek
A medical examiner shares Information about death investigations
Today, SevenPonds speaks with Judy Melinek, M.D., a forensic pathologist who does autopsies for the Alameda County Sheriff Coroner’s Office in California. Dr. Melinek has a bachelor’s degree from Harvard and medical degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. She … Continue reading
