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  • “All The Ways Our Dead Still Speak”In this book, a sixth-generation funeral director reconciles his family’s past with his present

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    Mitch Lobrovich

    “All The Ways Our Dead Still Speak”
    In this book, a sixth-generation funeral director reconciles his family’s past with his present

  • “My Dad’s Hands”A man remembers something special about his father

    “My Dad’s Hands”
    A man remembers something special about his father

    On June 18 of this year, the third Sunday of the month, the United States celebrated Father’s Day. Father’s Day was first observed throughout Catholic Europe on March 19 during the Middle Ages. As time passed, people began to celebrate Father’s Day on and off in March or May in different parts of the world.…

    Debra L. Stang

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  • The Stunning Pebble Art of Nizar Ali BadrA Syrian artist captures the devastating effects of war in heartbreaking detail

    The Stunning Pebble Art of Nizar Ali Badr
    A Syrian artist captures the devastating effects of war in heartbreaking detail

    Nizar Ali Badr is a sculptor who lives and works in Lattakia, Syria. For over three decades, he has collected pebbles from the Mediterranean seacoast at the foot of Mount Zaphon and turned them into miniature sculptures depicting scenes from his homeland. During years past, he glued the tiny, richly colored pebbles to cards to…

    Kathleen Clohessy

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  • How Can We Protect Seniors from Elder Abuse? (Interview)An interview with Helen Karr, an attorney who specializes in advocating for the elderly: Part Two

    How Can We Protect Seniors from Elder Abuse? (Interview)
    An interview with Helen Karr, an attorney who specializes in advocating for the elderly: Part Two

    In the second portion of this two-part interview, SevenPonds speaks to Helen Karr, a former supervisor of beauty salons who now advocates for the elderly community. At age 65, Karr went back to school to become an attorney after hearing about and witnessing the mistreatment of her elderly customers. Now retired at 83, Helen Karr has…

    Kristen Capano

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  • A New Study Links Fried Potatoes and Early DeathResearchers look for connections between fried foods and mortality

    A New Study Links Fried Potatoes and Early Death
    Researchers look for connections between fried foods and mortality

    The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has some bad news about French fries. A recent study by the National Research Council in Padova, Italy, found a possible link between fried potatoes and early death. According to the study, people who eat fried potatoes, such as French fries, hash browns or potato chips two or more times per…

    Marissa Abruzzini

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  • “Serving Life”A documentary film about an inmate-staffed hospice program in one of the roughest prisons in the U.S.

    “Serving Life”
    A documentary film about an inmate-staffed hospice program in one of the roughest prisons in the U.S.

    Angola State Penitentiary in Louisiana has a long held and justly deserved reputation as one of the roughest prisons in the United States. With over 5,000 inmates and 1,000 prison employees, it is the largest maximum security correctional facility in the nation. Seventy-one percent of inmates are serving life sentences. According to Louisiana’s draconian justice…

    Antal Polony

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  • Secular Funerals and Rituals Are Becoming More CommonRituals help atheists, agnostics and the otherwise religiously unaffiliated move through grief

    Secular Funerals and Rituals Are Becoming More Common
    Rituals help atheists, agnostics and the otherwise religiously unaffiliated move through grief

    As global projections predict a rise in religious affiliation among people worldwide, the percentage of religiously affiliated Americans continues to drop. The Pew Research Center has found that a growing minority of Americans, particularly Millennials, are religious “nones” — atheists, agnostics and those who don’t identify with any organized faith. The Center’s study, “The Changing Global Religious Landscape” revealed…

    Ellary Allis

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  • Can a Palliative Care Team Help Families Cope?Study examines the role of palliative care in the ICU

    Can a Palliative Care Team Help Families Cope?
    Study examines the role of palliative care in the ICU

    Over the last several years, healthcare providers have used palliative care to treat pain and discomfort in patients with serious illnesses. Unlike curative care, which aims to make the person “well,” the goal of palliative care is to make patients and their loved ones more comfortable. Palliative care can also help families of seriously ill…

    Debra L. Stang

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  • Movies Are an Unexpected Grief Healing ToolMore than entertainment, they offer the power to heal

    Movies Are an Unexpected Grief Healing Tool
    More than entertainment, they offer the power to heal

    We are all aware that movies can be incredibly powerful, but we rarely consider them to be a grief healing tool. Nevertheless, they often are. I experienced this personally in 2009. In the midst of my deep anguish and feelings of loss after learning that my husband was gay, a movie offered me powerful grief…

    Suzette Sherman

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  • Monday Hearts for Madalene
    Page Hodel creates beautiful hearts as a tribute to enduring love

    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…

    Kathleen Clohessy

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