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“Honey”
A memorial tribute song for a recently young woman who has recently passed awayIn 1968, the same year that America lost Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Bobby Goldsboro released a beautiful song written by Bobby Russell called “Honey.” In the song, the narrator shares amusing anecdotes about his lost lover as a way to mourn and remember her. The main anecdote in “Honey” is about a tree planted the lover without…
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“Christmas Tree”
James Merrill writes on his own end of life through the perspective of a Christmas treeWound in lights, heavy with ornaments and heirlooms, photos of children now grown up or parents no longer here, the Christmas tree brightens the living room. It fills the floor with needles and scents the air with pine. Becomes a vigil for the growing crowd of loved ones now with us only in memory. Soon…
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Oslo, Norway: The Cemetery Skyscraper
Design student Martin McSherry envisions a new kind of cemeterySix feet under, but twelve stories high – it’s not a marketing scheme yet, but it could be. A student in Oslo, Norway has been turning heads with his vision for the world’s first skyscraper cemetery. The building was designed by architecture student Martin McSherry in response to his country’s increasing lack of space for…
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What does Alzheimer’s mean for family and friends? (Interview)
A family therapist’s perspective on how Alzheimer’s affects the entire familyToday, SevenPonds speaks with Cadmona Hall from the Alder School of Professional Psychology. With her doctorate in Marriage and Family Therapy, she trains family therapists through a holistic “self-of-the-therapist” approach in which her students examine themselves from a number of identities such as race, class, gender, age, ethnicity and sexual orientation. Her current research focuses on African Americans’…
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“A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.”
– Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)Related SevenPonds Articles: “Either that wallpaper goes, or I do.” “Green” Memories “To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness”
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“Sacred Dying”
Megory Anderson creates rituals and vigils for a beautiful, peaceful dying process in this bookMegory Anderson’s book Sacred Dying is a happy blend of a spiritual, emotional and practical guide to preparing for our final journey: dying. What does it mean to die “sacredly”? Anderson’s book highlights a variety of rituals we can employ for those who are dying, but it is in no way centric to any religious creed.…
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The New Orleans Jazz Funeral
How people in New Orleans celebrate the lives of loved ones as they properly send them off at a funeralNew Orleans, Louisiana is no exception when it comes to playing music for loved ones at funerals. However, it uniquely incorporates the jazz music it is well-known for, along with a combination of West African, French, and African-American traditions, into one great event that revolves around the music a marching band plays throughout the entire funeral.…
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The Power of Grief: Widow Stays by Spouse’s Side after his Death
Why a Belgian widow slept beside her husband for an entire year after his passingWhen a loved one passes, we suddenly feel our body become susceptible to unimagined emotions associated with death. No one person is exempt from the reality that grief becomes a curious blend of fear, depression, anger and denial that moves in and out of our lives without warning. And as discussed in SevenPonds’s article on…
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Happy Holidays to All of Our Wonderful Followers
We wish you the best, especially those dealing with grief and the holidaysWe hope our blog has been helpful this past year, especially for those in the midst of grief and the holidays.
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