Tag Archives: Death

“If we wait until our lives are free from sorrow or difficulty, then we wait forever. And miss the entire point.”

- Dirk Benedict
Posted on November 28, 2017 by Debra L. Stang (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
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Why Does Earlier Hospice Care Improve the End of Life?

Palliative care professionals believe terminally ill people wait too long to sign up for hospice
Posted on November 24, 2017 by Debra L. Stang (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

A study performed by the Yale School of Medicine suggests that receiving hospice care earlier in your disease process can improve the quality of the end of your life. Right now, many people are admitted to hospice within a few … Continue reading →

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“Closing in on -30-” Offers a Clear-Eyed View of Life’s Final Months

Mark Mooney describes his last two years
Posted on October 25, 2017 by Debra L. Stang (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

“Closing in on -30-” asks you to think about what you would do if a doctor told you that you only had two years to live. Would you cry? Get your affairs in order? Plan an extravagant trip? When Mark Mooney, … Continue reading →

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“I Have a Rendezvous with Death” by Alan Seeger

A young poet foretells his own death
Posted on October 16, 2017 by Debra L. Stang (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

Poet Alan Seeger wrote “I Have a Rendezvous with Death” sometime during World War I. His premonition proved accurate. Seeger was shot in the stomach and died in 1916 during the Battle of Somme. The first few lines of “I Have … Continue reading →

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“Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.”

- Isaac Asimov
Posted on October 8, 2017 by Lucas Morgan (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
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“If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.”

- Samuel Butler
Posted on October 3, 2017 by Debra L. Stang (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
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