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Tag Archives: Love
Up by Disney and Pixar
How Pixar makes a floating house lead to a healing journey in one of the greatest animated love stories
Pixar is that magical Emeryville-based animation company that can do no wrong (except, perhaps, for the Cars franchise; otherwise, their output is perfection). In 2009, Pixar released what may be its magnum opus to date: UP. It’s a fun, entertaining romp … Continue reading
Posted in Lending Insight
Tagged Animation, Film Review, Grief, Grief Loss and Bereavement, Healing, Losing a Partner, Love, Marriage, Movie Review, Pixar, Up
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“On the Death of Anne Brontë” by Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte Brontë’s beautiful poem captures the painful grief people experience when they lose a beloved sibling for whom they would have done anything to spare them from the physical and emotional anguish of dying
Charlotte Brontë’s tribute poem to the loss of her baby sister, Anne, serves as an example of the reflections that occur in a grieving person’s mind when they lose someone for whom they deeply loved and cared. Within the span … Continue reading
My Most Unusual Valentine’s Day Ever Resulted in an Epiphany About Life
What the most underrated part of life really is
Boy did I have an unusual Valentine’s Day this year, and it brought to me the most amazing epiphany! This past year resulted in a love not real (that’s the short version), followed by many Valentine’s Day gifts given and … Continue reading
Posted in Sharing Suzette
Tagged Drugs and Rock & Roll, Emotions, Epiphany, Gifts, Life, Love, Plutchick's Wheel of Emotions, SevenPonds, Sex, Unusual Valentine's
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Love Wrought in Living Stones
Taj Mahal: A monument to eternal love and loss
Emperor Shah Jahan loved the Persian princess, Mumtaz Mahal, with such a passion that after her death, he expressed his grief by constructing a memorial so magnificent — it became one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The Taj … Continue reading
Posted in Soulful Expressions
Tagged Agra, Death, Grief, Grief Loss and Bereavement, India, Loss, Love, Marble, Memorial, monument, monument to eternal love, Mumtaz Mahal, Shah Jahan, Taj Mahal, Yamuna
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A Love That Transcends Death : The Letters of Eung-tae
Archeologists discover ancient love letters in a tomb in South Korea
We cherish the death-fated love stories of Romeo & Juliet and Tristan and Isolde — but what about the story of Eung-tae and his beloved, to this day nameless wife? About a decade ago, a 16th century mummy was uncovered in … Continue reading
Posted in Something Special
Tagged Archeology, Death, Eung-tae, Grief, Love, Mummy, Romeo and Juliet, South Korea
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