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Tag Archives: Grieving
“Wake Me Up When September Ends” by Green Day
This mournful song acts as a reminder to cherish our loved ones while we have them
The iconic modern-punk band Green Day is no stranger to writing and performing mournful and nostalgic ballads. As we’ve seen before, their early song, “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life),” has served as an inspiration to many who play it … Continue reading
Turn Me into Dirt and Flowers
Seattle-based architect, Katrina Spade, hopes that her Urban Death Project will provide communities with a meaningful and ecological option for their bodies after death
Growing up in a family whose idea of a vacation was constructing a chicken coop or putting shingles on a house, it’s no surprise that Katrina Spade chose architecture as a career. Her collaboration with Jamie Corn has produced playful … Continue reading
Our Weekly Tip: Turn Your Grief to the Sun
Release your grief when a loved one dies with a simple group gesture
Our Tip of the Week: The stages of grief vary in their nature for everyone, but at some point, the need for expression of that grief becomes vital, whether those surviving the loved one are aware of it or not. … Continue reading
Posted in Practical Tips
Tagged Dealing with death, Grief, Grieving, Release of grief, Stages of Grief, weekly tips
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Our Weekly Tip: Your Grief, Your Clean Slate
Create a chalkboard wall as a place of self-expression during the stages of grief
Our Tip of the Week: A chalkboard wall opens up a new creative space in your home — something that can be especially useful for those in the stages of grief. Write down words of frustration or inspiration, a loved … Continue reading
An Undying Love: “Around Her” by Marc Chagall
How the tragedy, joy and beauty of Marc Chagall and Bella Rosenfeld's romance was immortalized in the artist's work
Bella Rosenfeld met Marc Chagall in the summer of 1909 on a visit to St. Petersburg. Marc was an aspiring artist, in the throes of creating his now famous oeuvre. Bella, the daughter of a successful jeweler, was in the … Continue reading
Posted in Soulful Expressions
Tagged Around Her, Autour d'elle, Bella and Marc, Bella Rosenfeld, Chagall, Chagall death, Grief, Grieving, Marc Chagall, Mourning
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”Everything I Own” by Bread
This heart-wrenching ballad captures what it feels like to lose a parent
Music has the uncanny quality of reaching inside of us and yanking out the emotions no human being could ever touch. As a teenager, I remember sitting in the passenger’s seat of a car with my mother. We had watched … Continue reading
Posted in Expressive Music
Tagged Bread, Cancer, David Gates, Death, Death and Dying, Everything I Own, Family, Grief, Grieving, Loss of a Loved One, Lung cancer
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