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With His Mother In A Retirement Home, Michael Spends His Last Night In His Childhood Home
I share the most beautiful Facebook essay I’ve ever read on aging, loss and unacknowledged grief

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June 5, 2014

Suzette Sherman

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Suzette Sherman (Founder, SevenPonds)

June 6, 2014

Michael thanks so much for allowing me to share this. What a wonderful short essay on life and loss. Good wishes to you for the future.

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With His Mother In A Retirement Home, Michael Spends His Last Night In His Childhood HomeI share the most beautiful Facebook essay I’ve ever read on aging, loss and unacknowledged grief

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7 Articles Not to Be Missed

The Timing of Death Finding Meaning in the Mystery

Composting Bodies is Now Legal in 14 States Honoring Earth Day with a new kind of return to nature

“Hand to Earth” Book Review: Andy Goldworthy makes art in the natural environment Goldsworthy’s work using natural, found resources can serve as inspiration for incorporating art into loss

A Unique Way to Mourn: Photo Shoots with Cardboard Cutouts The therapeutic company of life-sized cardboard cutouts of dead loved ones

Groundbreaking Study on the Risks of Formaldehyde Released Study calls into question the long-standing use of formaldehyde in the funeral industry

The Bizarre Phenomenon of Terminal Lucidity This curious and profound experience stumps scientists to this day

I Had to See My Mother Dead at the Crematorium and No, It Wasn’t Macabre Seeing her — and, later, her bones in the retort — was one of the most meaningful experiences of my life