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Tag Archives: Death
“Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be.”
- Robert Browning
Posted in A Rite of Passage
Tagged Aging, aging gracefully, Death, Death and Dying, Dying Well, Living Well, Right of Passage, Robert Browning, SevenPonds
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“The Tenth Good Thing About Barney” by Judith Viorst, Illustrated by Erik Blegvad
A child learns about death after the loss of a pet
“The Tenth Good Thing About Barney,” written by Judith Viorst and illustrated by Erik Blegvad, teaches children about death by discussing the death of a pet cat. The story is told from the point of view of a male narrator … Continue reading
Posted in Lending Insight
Tagged cats, Children and Death, Death, Funerals, Grief, Heaven, Loss, The Tenth Good Thing About Barney
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Disney’s “Coco” by Lee Unkrich
Pixar's Best Animated Film of 2018 is a matter of life and death
Every Pixar computer-animated film takes on a new artistic challenge. In “A Bug’s Life” the audience views the world the way an insect would – from the ground up. “Inside Out” metaphorically animates how the interior landscape of our minds function. … Continue reading
“Duck, Death and the Tulip” by Wolf Elbruch
An elegant picture book about death
“Duck, Death and the Tulip” is a beautifully illustrated picture book about death and afterlife by German author and illustrator Wolf Elbruch. In the tenderly told story, a duck meets and forges a friendship with Death, a character with a … Continue reading
Woman Has Photos Taken of Herself in Wedding Dress after Death of her Fiance
A touching way to memorialize a relationship that was cut short by death
Nikki Salgot was planning a lovely wedding to Wayne State University police officer Collin Rose. They were going to be married on October 14, 2017. Then, less than a year before the big day, Collin died when he was shot … Continue reading
How Long Can We Achieve Youthfulness and Defy Death?
Outsmarting mortality makes for big business and bigger questions
In 2003, Zoltan Istvan almost tripped on a landmine in Vietnam working as a reporter for National Geographic. His brush with death convinced him to quit journalism and eventually devote his life to transhumanism or the belief that emerging technologies … Continue reading
