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  • Repurposed Funeral Homes Welcome New LifeFormer funeral homes now house a myriad of businesses and social events

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    Celeste Willis

    Repurposed Funeral Homes Welcome New Life
    Former funeral homes now house a myriad of businesses and social events

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    Celebrate Day of the Dead and Halloween with SevenPonds!
    A round-up of our most popular posts on these Fall holidays

    In the upcoming week, we’ll see the celebration of two beloved holidays with very disparate cultural histories: Halloween and Dia de Los Muertos. This year, to help you understand and […]

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  • 10 Tips to Help You Navigate the Estate Planning ProcessAttorney John O'Grady offers these tips for getting -- and keeping -- your affairs in order.

    10 Tips to Help You Navigate the Estate Planning Process
    Attorney John O’Grady offers these tips for getting — and keeping — your affairs in order.

    Estate Planning Lawyer John O’Grady recently offered some sound advice to SevenPonds readers for launching the tough conversation about end-of-life and creating a Will through his interview for our Professional […]

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  • “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
    -Douglas Adams

    Kelly Larsen

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  • “We Have Not Long to Love”Tennessee Williams illustrates the necessity of savoring every moment

    “We Have Not Long to Love”
    Tennessee Williams illustrates the necessity of savoring every moment

    This week, I’m looking at the writing of Tennessee Williams, but not a play; A Streetcar Named Desire and The Glass Menagerie are probably his most famous works, but Williams […]

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  • Elderly AnimalsPhotographer Isa Leshko faces mortality by capturing poignant images of animals at the end of life.

    Elderly Animals
    Photographer Isa Leshko faces mortality by capturing poignant images of animals at the end of life.

    Photographer Isa Leshko is traveling to sanctuaries across the country to capture oft-neglected images of animals — at the end of life. Shortly after a year in New Jersey caring […]

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  • What is Estate Planning? (Interview)The emotional issues can prove as difficult as the legal ones.

    What is Estate Planning? (Interview)
    The emotional issues can prove as difficult as the legal ones.

    It’s never easy to talk about death. When it comes to talk of wills, trusts and end-of-life care decisions, the conversation becomes even more difficult for families and loved ones. […]

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  • “Videotape”"When I'm at the pearly gates, this will be on my videotape"

    “Videotape”
    “When I’m at the pearly gates, this will be on my videotape”

    I’ve always been of the opinion that the last song on an album holds a special significance. An artist will usually leave the listener with a parting shot– a summation, […]

    Liz Matsushita

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  • “The art of dying graciously is nowhere advertised, in spite of the fact that its market potential is great.”-Milton Mayer

    “The art of dying graciously is nowhere advertised, in spite of the fact that its market potential is great.”
    -Milton Mayer

    Dana Sitar

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  • Taking a Look at the Traditional Irish Wake
    How the beginnings of one tradition led to another

    Many might be surprised to learn that evidence exists linking the traditional Irish wake, rooted in Catholic practices, to an ancient Jewish tradition, in which mourners left the burial chamber […]

    Katie Ryan

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