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Our Annual Seven Holiday Gifts for Someone Who Is Grieving, 2024 Edition: Gracious gifts that spread love and beauty -
“Making Mobiles” by Karolina Merska: An artist’s manual on how to create beautiful Polish pajaki -
“Hands Up to the Sky” by Michael Franti & Spearhead: A surprisingly upbeat song about acknowledging both loss and the beauty of life
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Tag Archives: terminal illness
What Does It Mean to Be Terminally Ill?
A new perspective on terminal illness
Each month Kathleen Clohessy offers a new perspective on living with a terminal illness. With 25 years experience caring for families and children facing life-threatening illness, she uses her extensive personal knowledge and expertise to enlighten our readers regarding the challenges … Continue reading
Caregiving or Caring? Connection Can Be Lost in a Maze of Tasks
Remember to acknowledge the personhood of the loved one in your care as your roles shift
Join SevenPonds each month as Tani Bahti, RN, CT, CHPN, offers practical on-hand guidance to demystify the dying process. As an RN since 1976, Tani has been working to empower families and healthcare professionals to have the best end-of-life experience possible both through education and the … Continue reading
Posted in Dying Well
Tagged Caregiving, End-of-life care, Grief, Hospice, Loss, terminal illness
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Brother’s Keeper by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
A man is accused of murdering his brother, but what unfolds reveals the complexity of life
Delbert and William Ward were brothers, living together in a tiny family farm house in the middle of rural Munnsville, New York. They rarely ventured outside of the family farm, only making the trek into town to sell the crops … Continue reading
Author Jackie Collins Is Remembered for Her Tenacity
In the face of terminal illness, her spry spirit shined through
British author Jackie Collins died this week after a six-year battle with breast cancer, yet there were few people who even knew she was ill. That’s because the famed writer didn’t want her life to be defined by her illness. … Continue reading
Posted in Something Special
Tagged A private battle, Bestseller, breast cancer, Cancer, Death, Hollywood, Hollywood Wives, Jackie Collins, terminal illness
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“Tenth of December: Stories” by George Saunders
George Saunders' Tenth of December reveals a sparkling moment of hope as fates of a young boy and a terminally ill man intersect
It’s no surprise that George Saunders’ Tenth of December: Stories won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2014. The book was hailed by The New York Times Magazine as “the best book you’ll read this year.” “Tenth of December,” the … Continue reading
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Amputee Palliative Physician Discusses What Really Matters at the End of Life
BJ Miller suggests that including life's simple pleasures alongside symptom management is urgently needed in palliative care
In his 2015 Ted Talk, palliative physician BJ Miller asserts that life’s simple pleasures are more powerfully healing on an emotional and psychological level than symptom management as people navigate their final days. He recounts an incident in his early twenties … Continue reading
