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What is the Best In-Home Care? (Interview)
Whether you’re nearing death or living with a terminal illness, Compassionate Community Care believes the best in-home care requires awareness and independenceToday, SevenPonds speaks with Qui “Cho” Quanhong, the Executive Director of Compassionate Community Care (CCC). Since opening its doors in 2001, CCC has been serving San Francisco and the Bay Area with top-notch in-home care services. “There’s a kind of privacy, dignity and independence you want with [your] personal care and assistance,” explains CCC on…
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“Dying to Know, straight talk about death and dying”
After all these years of research I was “Dying to Know” and a book by that name offers “straight talk about death and dying”Dear Tani, I need to thank you for crafting the most important book I have ever read about what truly happens as our bodies move through the natural process of dying. Bless your sweet heart and all your years of dedication to hospice as you sat by the bedsides of so many in their final…
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“If you live to be one hundred, you’ve got it made. Very few people die past that age.”
– George BurnsMore from “Laughter is Medicine”: The Wheel of Doom How to Communicate with a Friend from Beyond the Grave “I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.”
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The Splendid Memorials of Harvey Milk
How tens of thousands celebrated the life of the first openly gay man appointed to public office.The day was November 27th, 1978. After finding the two men herself, The president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Dianne Feinstein, announced to the press, “Today San Francisco has experienced a double tragedy of immense proportions. As President of the Board of Supervisors, it is my duty to inform you that both Mayor Moscone…
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What Happens If Your Grief Never Seems To Go Away?
The term complicated grief may shed light on a common phenomenonWhat does it mean if your grief over a loved one’s end of life never seems to fade? Of course, the stages of grief affect no two people the same, and for most people, grief never truly goes away. It settles in the background of one’s emotional life, and the pain begins to lessen, becoming…
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“Today’s The Day”
A lovely funeral tribute song honoring the love between a daughter and her dying fatherIn 2007, singer-songwriter Lucy Kaplansky released a sweet and reflective song called “Today’s the Day.” This song serves as a lovely funeral tribute for Kaplansky’s father, famous mathematician Irving Kaplansky, who had died the year before, after living a long healthy life until his last year. Lucy Kaplansky wrote the song as a way to…
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Monday Hearts for Madalene
Page Hodel creates the most beautiful hearts in an ongoing celebration of loveIt’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…
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HIV Virus Cure: Can Soy Sauce Save the Day?
Yomasa scientists say soy sauce molecule EFdA has tremendous anti-AIDS drug potentialAccording to Yomasa, a cure for the HIV virus could be nestled in pantries across America. The Japanese recently revealed its findings of a molecule in its soy sauce called EFdA that holds uncanny similarities to current anti-AIDS drugs. It’s not unknown that EFdA is a beloved element of soy sauce and other foods as a…
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On Terminal Illness: The Dad Project by Briony Campbell
Life, death, cancer and what Briony Cambell learned through photographing her dad’s terminal illness“Being a good daughter to my dying dad was tricky,” says photographer Briony Campbell on her 2009 photo series, The Dad Project, which chronicles her father David Campbell’s end of life battle against cancer. The London-based artist was in her final year of study at the London College of Communication when it became clear her…
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