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Our Annual Seven Holiday Gifts for Someone Who Is Grieving, 2024 Edition: Gracious gifts that spread love and beauty -
“Making Mobiles” by Karolina Merska: An artist’s manual on how to create beautiful Polish pajaki -
“Hands Up to the Sky” by Michael Franti & Spearhead: A surprisingly upbeat song about acknowledging both loss and the beauty of life
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Tag Archives: Dying
What is a Death Care Midwife? An Interview with Akhila Murphy: Part Two
An expert shares her advice on losing a loved one and her feelings about being a home funeral guide
Today SevenPonds speaks with Akhila Murphy, a trained death-care midwife who has been practicing since 2013. Ms. Murphy’s job is to help families create beautiful personalized home funerals and memorial services for their loved ones. In this second part of our two-part interview, … Continue reading
The Judaic Tradition of Ethical Wills
Ethical wills have been part of Jewish heritage for generations
An ethical will — also known as a “legacy letter” — is a document that bequeaths not material goods, but ideas and values. For Jewish people, ethical wills are a recognized part of how their faith is passed on from … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Perspectives
Tagged Dying, Ethical Will, Heart wills, Israel, Jewish Tradition, Jews, Judaism, Sharing values and traditions, United States
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Changing the Perspective on Childhood Cancer
September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
The month of September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, a time set aside by numerous organizations across the United States to honor the children and families who are touched by this disease. Childhood cancer is a topic about which most … Continue reading
“Death Sets a Thing Significant” by Emily Dickinson
A poem about cherishing what our loved ones leave behind
Even if you’re not a huge fan of poetry, you’ve most likely heard of mid-19th century poet Emily Dickinson. Born in 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts, Dickinson spent most of her life completely isolated from the outside world. Her work was … Continue reading
Our Weekly Tip: Remember Your Loved One with a Celebration of Life
Use balloons and photographs to honor and remember the person who died
Our Tip of the Week: If you’ve lost someone you admired or cared about, chances are that person had similar feelings towards you. While their death may signify a disheartening time for you, it’s likely that they would still want … Continue reading
“No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for.”
-Martin Luther King Jr.
Posted in A Rite of Passage
Tagged alive, Death, Dying, end-of-life, Life, Living, Martin Luther King Jr., Quotes, Quotes about Death, Quotes about Life, Right of Passage, SevenPonds, Unknown
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