Tag Archives: Loss

Short Story: “Breaking the News,” by Vladimir Nabokov (1935)

Friends struggle with how to break very bad news in this story of the moment before grief
Posted on May 24, 2013 by Liz Matsushita (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

A prominent 20th-century author and one of the great masters of language, Vladimir Nabokov wrote his share of epic, seminal novel-length works, including Lolita, Pale Fire, and Ada, or Ardor. But in the short story “Breaking the News,” first published … Continue reading →

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How Do We Respond to Trauma in the Workplace? An Interview with Wilma Bass

If a crisis were to strike your workplace, what would you do?
Posted on May 4, 2013 by Dana Sitar (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

Wilma Bass is the President of Trauma Outreach Associates, a Bay Area based company that provides crisis recovery services to business and organizations to help them “return to normalcy and productivity” after a trauma — like death, violence, or natural … Continue reading →

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My Girl by Howard Zieff

"When your dad's an undertaker, your mom's in heaven, and your grandma's got a screw loose... it's good to have a friend who understands you."
Posted on March 7, 2013 by Dana Sitar (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

  After a more-than-twenty-year hiatus, I put on the movie My Girl this week, and I wasn’t prepared for how moved I would be by the end. My memories of the clips I’ve seen throughout my life promised a cheesy film about … Continue reading →

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Mourning and Transformation — Sifting for Gold

A mourning father tries to make sense of his experience through an academic analysis of grief.
Posted on February 19, 2013 by Dana Sitar (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

The following is an analysis by Jimmy Edmonds of a recent thesis “Mourning and Transformation — Sifting for Gold” by Fiona Rodman (MA University of Middlesex), a psychotherapist, and a dear family friend. Jimmy interprets some of Fiona’s ideas as they … Continue reading →

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How Did SevenPonds Come to Be?

We revisit our beginning
Posted on February 17, 2013 by Suzette Sherman (Founder, SevenPonds)

It’s been two years at SevenPonds since we launched our first blog post and it’s hard to believe we have arrived at our second anniversary already! What a wild ride it has been. I cannot begin to express how heartwarming … Continue reading →

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Tammy Bears Memorialize Loved Ones and Comfort You While You Grieve

These custom-made teddy bears use the clothing of loved ones you've lost to create a unique memento.
Posted on February 9, 2013 by Dana Sitar (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

Shortly after my grandpa passed away, my grandma, always the glue that holds our extended family together, presented my cousins, siblings, and me with hand-crafted teddy bears built from Grandpa’s most notable outfits: his “old man jeans” and his flannel … Continue reading →

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