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Terminal Sedation at the End of Life: When a person is dying, sedation is sometimes the only way to ease unbearable suffering -
National Donate Life Month Reminds Us To Give: Organ donors can help provide a form of life after death -
How Dare You Die Now!: Acknowledging the anger or pain of an earlier-than-expected death
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Tag Archives: Loss
Our Weekly Tip: Use the Hierarchy of Needs to Overcome Grief
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs pyramid helps you handle the basics first
Our Tip of the Week: When you’ve experienced a loss, it can be difficult to take care of yourself in the aftermath. Failing to take care of your own needs may lead to depression and loss of self-identity in the long … Continue reading
Our Weekly Tip: Use Journal Writing to Deal with Loss
Write down your feelings to process emotions and ease grief
Our Tip of the Week: Journaling can be a powerful way to work through the process of grieving. Often, simply writing down your feelings helps diminish their emotional impact and provides an outlet for feelings of pain, sadness and loss. Journaling … Continue reading
“Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.”
- Norman Cousins
”Rookery” by Traci Brimhall
A collection of poetry that shows death in its most raw, beautiful form
Death can feel so ominous — so frightening — lurking in the corners of life with shadow cat’s eyes. I spent much of my younger life interpreting death as something terrible — something to be avoided and never talked … Continue reading
Posted in Lending Insight
Tagged Book Review, Death, Grief, Grieving, Hope, Hopeful, Lending Insight, Loss, Moving, Peace, Poetic, Poetry, Rookery, SevenPonds, Traci Brimhall
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”Mirror of the Sky” by Trevor Hall
Song about separation finds healing through remembrance
Despite Trevor Hall’s young age, his song “Mirror of the Sky” reflects an old soul. The contemplative lyrics are a dialogue between Hall and his inner self, in which the songwriter asks, “Mirror of the sky, What is on your … Continue reading
Posted in Expressive Music
Tagged Funeral, Funeral Music, Grief, Grief Music, Loss, Memorial Song, Trevor Hall
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“Gone From My Sight” by Henry Jackson Van Dyke
Perfect funeral poem explores the meaning of loss and memory
The poem “Gone From My Sight” by Henry Van Dyke, a mid-19th century American poet, is an evocative and deceptively simple narrative about watching a ship sail out of a harbor into the vast, open sea. The poem opens: I … Continue reading
Posted in The Next Chapter
Tagged American literature, American poetry, Ancestor, Author, Death, Funeral poem, Henry van Dyke, Loss, Memory
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