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Monday Hearts for Madalene
Page Hodel creates beautiful hearts as a tribute to enduring love
It’s an honor for SevenPonds to share with our readers the story of the Monday Hearts for Madalene project, a true account of the power of love in the midst of death.The project’s origins take us to 2005: the moment Page Hodel encountered Madalene … Continue reading
Our Tip of the Week: Regularly Update Your Advance Directive
Updating advance care directives helps avoid medical error and more
Our Weekly Tip: Paperwork takes us out of the moment and seems like a bothersome chore to many people. If you’re not one to dwell on your mortality, writing an Advance Directive can get shuffled to the bottom of your … Continue reading
“Lullabye (Goodnight My Angel)” by Billy Joel
Billy Joel’s touching melody offers us reassurance that death is not the end
If you are one of the many people who have tried to explain death to a child, you can understand the difficulty one faces in finding just the right words. I remember sitting on my bed as a toddler after … Continue reading
Posted in Expressive Music
Tagged Alexa Ray, Billy Joel, Children Learn of Death, Death, Dying, Expressive Music, Goodnight My Angel, Grief, lullaby, Memorial Music, Remembrance, SevenPonds
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Wishing Our Readers a Mythical Halloween Celebration
~ From everyone at SevenPonds
Posted in Inside SevenPonds
Tagged Halloween Celebration, Halloween Pumpkins, Mythical Halloween, SevenPonds
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“My life is an open book. But it is very poorly written and I die in the end.”
-Anonymous
Posted in Laughter is Medicine
Tagged Book, Death, Death Jokes, Dying, funny, Humor, Jokes, Laughter is Medicine, Life, Open, SevenPonds
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