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  • My Mother’s ClosetA daughter relates a touching story about her grief after the death of her mother

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    Melissa Gouty

    My Mother’s Closet
    A daughter relates a touching story about her grief after the death of her mother

  • Our Tip of the Month: A Heartwarming Gift for a Grieving Friend – The Memory JarStart the year with intention: Give a grieving friend a year of meaningful memories

    Our Tip of the Month: A Heartwarming Gift for a Grieving Friend – The Memory Jar
    Start the year with intention: Give a grieving friend a year of meaningful memories

    Our Tip of the Month The beginning of a new year often brings promise and hope. But for someone you love who is grieving, it can also feel heavy. They […]

    Maria Mocerino

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  • Revisiting The American Way of Death: Jessica Mitford’s Exposé of the Funeral IndustryRe-reading Mitford’s classic on death, dignity and profiteering

    Revisiting The American Way of Death: Jessica Mitford’s Exposé of the Funeral Industry
    Re-reading Mitford’s classic on death, dignity and profiteering

    Gleefully, Jessica Mitford exposes the funeral industry in The American Way of Death Revisited, a smart, biting work of book-length reportage. First published in 1963, she updated the text in […]

    Rory Sullivan

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  • Is ‘Death Tech’ Going to Change How We Approach End of Life?Death is a part of life. Will new technology help us to face that?

    Is ‘Death Tech’ Going to Change How We Approach End of Life?
    Death is a part of life. Will new technology help us to face that?

    In 2024, Crunchbase announced that investment in death-related startups increased remarkably over the past few years. As a relatively new sector to be disrupted, it’s understandable why startups want to […]

    Maria Mocerino

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  • “A Grief Observed” Author C.S. Lewis on a Noble Deathwith floral heart crafted by the SevenPonds team

    “A Grief Observed” Author C.S. Lewis on a Noble Death
    with floral heart crafted by the SevenPonds team

    Chelsea Kirtley

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  • British Painter Nicola Tremain Captures Grief in Acrylic On Canvas"Staving Off Grief" Confronts the Viewer with the Artist's Pain After the Recent Loss of a Close Friend

    British Painter Nicola Tremain Captures Grief in Acrylic On Canvas
    “Staving Off Grief” Confronts the Viewer with the Artist’s Pain After the Recent Loss of a Close Friend

    In addition to being an Emmy-nominated documentary director, Nicola Tremain is a self-taught British artist producing expressive still lifes, portraits, and abstract paintings. Her works, which have earned her several […]

    Caitlin Manner

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  • Memorial Diamonds from Cremated Ashes: Keepsake or Fraud?Lab-grown diamond companies claim to use the carbon from cremains to create memorial diamonds. Others claim it is impossible to do

    Memorial Diamonds from Cremated Ashes: Keepsake or Fraud?
    Lab-grown diamond companies claim to use the carbon from cremains to create memorial diamonds. Others claim it is impossible to do

    For families navigating grief and end-of-life preparations, the idea of transforming a loved one’s cremation ashes into a jewel as precious as a diamond can be a source of comfort. […]

    Ariana Barnes

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  • “Come See Me In The Good Light”A film about love, cancer, death, and poetry will likely make you cry, but it is still incredibly life-affirming

    “Come See Me In The Good Light”
    A film about love, cancer, death, and poetry will likely make you cry, but it is still incredibly life-affirming

    The 2025 film, “Come See Me In The Good Light,” follows poet/activist Andrea Gibson (whose pronouns are “they/them”) and their partner Megan Falley as they navigate the time Gibson had […]

    Caitlin Manner

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  • Deathbed Visions as Messages for the LivingThe beauty and mystery of deathbed phenomena can give comfort to those left behind

    Deathbed Visions as Messages for the Living
    The beauty and mystery of deathbed phenomena can give comfort to those left behind

    Only 27 and close to death, Dan’s family anxiously surrounded his bed. Pointing towards his feet, Dan asked, “Who is that little boy at the end of my bed?” When […]

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  • A Video Art Installation on How Even the Hardest Seasons Give Way to a New DayCharles Atlas “Kiss the Day Goodbye” Currently on View at the Tampa Museum of Art

    A Video Art Installation on How Even the Hardest Seasons Give Way to a New Day
    Charles Atlas “Kiss the Day Goodbye” Currently on View at the Tampa Museum of Art

    “Kiss the Day Goodbye” is a video art installation by New York-based filmmaker, Charles Atlas, known for his cinematic collaborations with American dancer and choreographer Merce Cunningham. Atlas served as […]

    Chelsea Kirtley

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