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KAAN Architecten’s New Visitor Center at the Netherlands American Cemetery: A new edifice adds to the cemetery site while enhancing its original purpose: Honoring America's wartime dead -
“Prayer” by Lizzie West: Singer-songwriter reminds us that our loved ones live on in the sun and rain -
Rutgers Health Study May Improve End-of-Life Care: Medicare data analysis finds that people typically follow one of nine paths
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Tag Archives: Grief
Dying Around the Holidays
Reframing the memory of death on a special day
“Please don’t let him die on my birthday!” “If he dies on Christmas, I will never be able to celebrate again!” It’s hard enough that someone we love is dying. It can seem even worse when they are dying … Continue reading
Song About Loss: “Ordinary World,” by Duran Duran
Duran Duran's hit single details the intricate grieving process
1993 single “Ordinary World” is an homage to loved ones who have died. The song serves as a remembrance of foregone times, and details the occasional yearning for those times that everyone experiences when dealing with the death of a … Continue reading
“If we wait until our lives are free from sorrow or difficulty, then we wait forever. And miss the entire point.”
- Dirk Benedict
“This Thing Called Grief: New Understandings of Loss” by Thomas M. Ellis
The short book provides insightful ways to deal with loss and grief
“This Thing Called Grief” by Thomas M. Ellis is a treatise on loss and grief. It is a short yet powerful book comprised of tips and helpful ways to understand and deal with the messiness that is grief. Mr. Ellis … Continue reading
“My Heart Will Go On” by James Horner and Will Jennings
The theme song of "Titanic" offers hope and inspiration
It was the winter of 1997, and the surprise hit in movie theaters was “Titanic.” Almost as popular as the movie was the hit song, “My Heart Will Go On.” The song is basically a love letter from a woman … Continue reading
Dogs Comfort The Bereaved in Funeral Homes
Our four-legged friends can help to ease grief
Dogs have been known to comfort us in our greatest times of need. And now, funeral directors across the nation have begun to utilize our furry friends’ sympathetic nature. Therapy dogs have been commonplace in hospitals, nursing homes, hospice centers … Continue reading
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Tagged Bereavement, Canine, Comfort, Dogs, Funeral home, Funeral Homes, Goldendoodle, Grief, Lhasa Apso, Man's Best Friend
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