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Tag Archives: Loss of a Loved One
”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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Kazimir Malevich: Reflections on Tragic Loss
"Simultaneous Death in an Airplane and at the Railway" by Kazimir Malevich offers an empathetic vision regarding tragedy
Kazimir Severinovich Malevich (1879-1935) was a geometric “Suprematist” abstract artist whose work helped spearhead the avant-garde movement in Russia and Eastern Europe in the early 20th century. His illustration “Death of the Man on the Airplane and on the Train … Continue reading
Dreams of a Life by Carol Morley
Why did it take three years for Joyce Vincent's family and friends to notice she had died?
Joyce Vincent was 38 years old when she died in December 2003. Not a single human being noticed that she was gone until January 2006. It was only after bailiffs broke into her London flat to collect years of unpaid … Continue reading
Our Weekly Tip: Memory Box for Those Grieving
Creating a memory box can help you work through your grief
Our Tip of the Week: One good thing you can do as you grieve is filter it through a creative outlet. When someone we love dies, the stability of our emotional state takes quite a beating — in one moment … Continue reading
Posted in Practical Tips
Tagged Grief, Grieving, Loss of a Loved One, memorial box, Memory box, memory DIY, Stages of Grief
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“All Things Must Pass” by George Harrison
Music for funerals can be uplifting, as heard in this beautiful tune from the late Beatles guitarist
Letting go is one of the most difficult things in the world, but George Harrison might make it a little easier. His song, “All Things Must Pass,” off of his solo album of the same name is a subtle take … Continue reading
You Take It From Here by Pamela Ribon
A bittersweet novel about a young mother dying from terminal cancer whose major final request for her best friend makes us question how far we would all go for someone we love.
Similar to its predecessors, Beaches and Steel Magnolias, Pamela Ribon’s You Take It From Here chronicles the roller coaster of a journey between best friends Danielle and Smidge, one of whom left their small southern town for LA, while the other … Continue reading
