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lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death To Children written by Bryan Mellonie and illustrated by Robert Ingpen
Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death To Children tells it like it is
Most children’s books that tackle the issue of death and dying revolve around the grieving process. They usually tell the story of a pet or a grandparent that passes away, and they tend have a uniform message: that the pain caused … Continue reading
Posted in Lending Insight
Tagged Book on Death and Dying, Books on death and dying, Children and Death and Dying, children books about death, children's book, Children's literature, Death, Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way To Explain Death To Children, Literature about Death, Young Children and Death
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How It All Could Be: A Work Book for Dying People and for Those Who Love Them” by Stephen Jenkinson
Stephen Jenkinson's little book offers mighty ideas to rethink dying and grieving in a death-denying culture
Stephen Jenkinson (MTS, MSW) is an author, teacher, spiritual activist, farmer, subject of the film Griefwalker, and former palliative care professional. His 2009 publication, How It All Could Be: A work book for dying people and for those who love … Continue reading
Posted in Lending Insight
Tagged Caregiving, Death, end-of-life, Grief, Lending Insight, Life, Palliative Care, SevenPonds, Stephen Jenkinson
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A Show of Mourning Dresses From the Past
We mourn in our own ways by not even thinking about such attire
When I came across a past installation at The Metropolitan Museum, entitled “Death Becomes Her,” I was astounded by the elaborate dresses – gowns practically! – that mourning widows (from 1815 to 1915) would wear following the death of their beloveds. … Continue reading
Posted in Something Special
Tagged Art, Death, Fashion, Funeral Attire, Funeral Dresses, Funeral Garb, Mourning Clothes, Mourning Dresses, Something special, Style
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In Adelaide’s Memory
A grieving mother finds comfort and purpose in creating clothing for children lost through pregnancy
When Keira found out she was pregnant with identical twin girls, her joy doubled. There were two car seats, two cribs, two minds — Keira’s and her husband’s — coming together to figure out how to help these girls find … Continue reading
”Death, Society and the Human Experience” by Robert J. Kastenbaum
Robert J Kastenbaum's landmark text on the sociology of death and dying
Robert J Kastenbaum’s Death, Society, and the Human Experience is an almost 500 page text divided into 15 chapters that intends to “contribute to your understanding of your relationship with death, both as an individual and as a member of society.” … Continue reading
Art on Death by Edvard Munch
The famous painter pondered life's end through his signature evocative paintings
In addition to his most well-known image, The Scream, the Norwegian painter Edvard Munch created a great deal of art pondering life and death. Through the paintings below, he expressed his own grief and experiences with death and the end-of-life, … Continue reading
Posted in Soulful Expressions
Tagged Art on death, Death, Edvard Munch, Painting, Scream, The Sick Child
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