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  • What Is a Palliative Care Nurse? An Interview with Judith Redwing Keyssar (Interview)Palliative care specialist opens up about health care, consultation, and end-of-life

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    Liz Matsushita

    What Is a Palliative Care Nurse? An Interview with Judith Redwing Keyssar (Interview)
    Palliative care specialist opens up about health care, consultation, and end-of-life

  • Our Weekly Tip: Build a Memorial Website
    Create a lasting obituary for the world to see

    Our Tip of the Week: If making your own website for a loved one seems like a daunting task, let the professionals handle it. When you customize a website template to honor your loved one, you end up with a beautiful memorial piece without breaking your brain in the process. Making a website can be…

    Marissa Abruzzini

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  • What is DNA Banking? (Interview)The DNA Memorial offers the bereaved a chance to keep the DNA of their dead loved ones close and accessible for future medical advances

    What is DNA Banking? (Interview)
    The DNA Memorial offers the bereaved a chance to keep the DNA of their dead loved ones close and accessible for future medical advances

    Today SevenPonds speaks with Jeff Harbeson, the CEO of CG Labs in Ontario, Canada, and the founder of Family Choice Funerals and Cremations, a Virginia-based company with a vision of becoming the only six sigma operating platform and franchise funeral home model in the United States. The Harbeson Group’s innovative spirit is founded on the…

    Julie Gesin

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  • “I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.”
    – Winston Churchill

    Augusta Wise

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  • “A Story Lately Told“Part one of Huston's autobiography reveals a fascinating childhood, difficult father-daughter relationship and the death of Huston's mother

    “A Story Lately Told“
    Part one of Huston’s autobiography reveals a fascinating childhood, difficult father-daughter relationship and the death of Huston’s mother

    It’s easy to understand why actress, model and 70s “It Girl” Anjelica Huston has divided her memoir in two. The first half, A Story Lately Told: Coming of Age in London, Ireland and New York (Scribner, 2013) primarily chronicles her youth in the countryside of Ireland. The second, Watch Me (Scribner, 2014), explores Huston’s coming…

    Mary Frances Knapp

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  • Traditional Romanian Death Customs and Superstitions
    A look into traditional Romanian beliefs about death

    In Romania, the customs and superstitions surrounding death stem from a blend of beliefs with preserved, pre-Christian elements as well as more current and predominantly Orthodox Christian beliefs. The Romanians have many superstitions about when the looming arrival of death will occur, some of which include the unexpected breaking of furniture or mirrors. Others involve…

    Zoë Byrne

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  • Translating Love: The Story of Nelly & Hubert JanssenWellness expert Mary Beth Janssen's mother translated the love letters from her youth -- bringing back many memories

    Translating Love: The Story of Nelly & Hubert Janssen
    Wellness expert Mary Beth Janssen’s mother translated the love letters from her youth — bringing back many memories

    “Death creates greater clarity,” says Mary Beth Janssen. We’re chatting over the phone before she takes her morning train into Chicago. It’s the start of yet another busy day for a woman whose passion for her work feels both inexhaustible and contagious. Renowned for her work as an educator of mind-body health and organic beauty,…

    Mary Frances Knapp

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  • Monday Hearts for Madalene
    Page Hodel creates the most beautiful hearts in an ongoing celebration of love

    Remembering Our Good Times Around The Campfire 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…

    Zoë Byrne

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  • In the Eyes of Others: Jodie CareyA look at Carey’s awe-inspiring art installation confronts the way we consider death and mortality in regards to ourselves and to others

    In the Eyes of Others: Jodie Carey
    A look at Carey’s awe-inspiring art installation confronts the way we consider death and mortality in regards to ourselves and to others

    Born in 1981, Jodie Carey is a London-based artist whose work is well-known for its focus on mortality and the way we perceive and experience life and death (specifically in contemporary Western society). One installation in particular – “In the Eyes of Others” – is often considered to be Carey’s most ambitious and stunning work.…

    Augusta Wise

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  • Our Weekly Tip: Sharing Your Lost Loved One’s Book Passion at the Memorial Service
    Honor his or her memory by bringing his or her favorite tomes to mourners

    Our Tip of the Week: When it comes to planning a memorial service or celebration of life ceremony for a loved one who has died, you strive to honor him or her by displaying tokens of what he or she loved most — whether through the eulogies or decorations. For example, did he or she…

    Zoë Byrne

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