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  • Coping With Election GriefWhile half of Americans are celebrating, the other half are in mourning

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    Rachel Jones

    Coping With Election Grief
    While half of Americans are celebrating, the other half are in mourning

  • Ceremonial Art of the Asmat Depicts Life and DeathThese beautifully intricate wood carvings are on on display at The Met

    Ceremonial Art of the Asmat Depicts Life and Death
    These beautifully intricate wood carvings are on on display at The Met

    For the Asmat of southwestern New Guinea, woodcarving is a tradition that dates back to their cultural understanding of the beginning of time. According to Asmat legend, the first being to exist on earth was Fumeripits, a lone individual who spent his days dancing on the beach. When Fumeripits grew tired of being alone, he…

    Kathleen Clohessy

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  • Our Weekly Tip: Protect Your Family Against Fraud After A Loved One DiesNotify credit cards companies and credit reporting agencies to protect beneficiaries

    Our Weekly Tip: Protect Your Family Against Fraud After A Loved One Dies
    Notify credit cards companies and credit reporting agencies to protect beneficiaries

    Our Tip of the Week: Even when a death is expected, there is always a lot of paperwork and communication that needs to take place when you’re settling a loved one’s estate. Collecting their mail will let you know which bills need to be paid and where they had active accounts. This is particularly important…

    Juniper Quin

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  • “My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying.”- Ed Furgol

    “My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying.”
    – Ed Furgol

    Marissa Abruzzini

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  • “When Someone Has A Very Serious Illness: Children Can Learn To Cope With Loss And Change”Interactive children's therapy book clarifies complicated experiences

    “When Someone Has A Very Serious Illness: Children Can Learn To Cope With Loss And Change”
    Interactive children’s therapy book clarifies complicated experiences

    Published in 1988, Marge Heegaard’s book “When Someone Has A Very Serious Illness: Children Can Learn To Cope With Loss And Change,” remains widely useful today. This 36-page workbook is a collection of chapters or thematic sections that take a child progressively through the thoughts and feelings that often arise when someone in their family…

    Juniper Quin

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  • Mexico’s Day of the DeadSouthern and Central Mexicans honor their ancestors

    Mexico’s Day of the Dead
    Southern and Central Mexicans honor their ancestors

    The Mexican Day of the Dead is actually celebrated over two days, Nov.1 and Nov. 2, in Central and Southern Mexico. Legend holds that at midnight on Oct. 31, the gates of heaven fly open and release the souls of those who died in infancy or childhood to visit their families. That is why Nov. 1  is…

    Debra L. Stang

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  • Immunotherapy drug Keytruda Tops Chemo in Lung Cancer StudyFDA may offer the drug to more patients based on promising results

    Immunotherapy drug Keytruda Tops Chemo in Lung Cancer Study
    FDA may offer the drug to more patients based on promising results

    Researches have stopped a study of Keytruda (pembrolizumab) the immunotherapy drug that former president Jimmy Carter says helped stop the progression of his advanced melanoma, because the medication is so effective that they want to offer it to all the patients in the trial. The study, named KEYNOTE-024, tested Keytruda against a standard platinum-based chemotherapy in 305 lung cancer…

    Ellary Allis

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  • Monday Hearts for Madalene

    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 Rodriguez and fell “instantly, dizzyingly in love with her.” The couple’s first meeting was…

    Suzette Sherman

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  • Walking the Tightrope of Terminal IllnessFinding a balance between hope and despair

    Walking the Tightrope of Terminal Illness
    Finding a balance between hope and despair

    Living with a terminal illness is about living in no-man’s-land. After the initial shock and numbness and dismay begin to abate, there is a resumption of something that feels almost like your former life. Treatments and doctor’s visits and medicines become the new normal, and a strange but nonetheless familiar rhythm begins to emerge. Life…

    Kathleen Clohessy

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  • Art World Responds to Orlando ShootingLess than a week after the Orlando Tragedy, artists speak out

    Art World Responds to Orlando Shooting
    Less than a week after the Orlando Tragedy, artists speak out

    On the night of Saturday, June 11, 2016, Omar Mateen opened fire at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killing 49 people, injuring 53, and irrevocably changing the lives of countless more. Most of the victims were young LGBTQ Latinos and Latinas. This was the largest mass shooting in U.S. history since the Massacre at Wounded…

    Juniper Quin

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