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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-affirmingThe 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 left after receiving a diagnosis of terminal ovarian cancer. One might think that a documentary about a spoken-word poet who was dying of incurable cancer…
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Deathbed Visions as Messages for the Living
The beauty and mystery of deathbed phenomena can give comfort to those left behindOnly 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 no one else saw him, he offered a description: “A blond boy – maybe three years old.” His mother’s eyes grew big as she quickly…
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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 ArtThe video art installation “Kiss the Day Goodbye” is by New York-based filmmaker, Charles Atlas, known for his cinematic collaborations with American dancer and choreographer Merce Cunningham. Atlas served as assistant stage manager and videographer with Cunningham’s dance company in the 1970s and 1980s and made significant contributions to “media-dance”, a form of art that…
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23 Amusing Quotes About The Nature and Inevitability of Death
Famous minds’ clever musings about deathAs the authors of these 23 Amusing Quotes About The Nature and Inevitability of Death recognized, life is better with a little entertainment. Enlist these quips to lessen the emotional burden of life’s heaviest load, the inevitability of death. While nothing completely soothes the sorrow of loss or assuages the fear of one’s own mortality,…
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Music Review: “Fourth of July” by Sufjan Stevens
A fictional conversation between the songwriter and his dying motherThe cover for the album Carrie & Lowell by Sufjan Stevens Credit: Asthmatic Kitty Records Michigan-born songwriter Sufjan Stevens has a reputation for deeply personal, emotionally complex folk music that often deals with family, faith, and, commonly, mortality. “Fourth of July” from the 2015 album Carrie & Lowell is one of the most prominent entries…
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When A Child Has A Terminal Illness
Reflections on a short, full lifeEach month Kathleen Clohessy, R.N., offers a new perspective on living with a terminal illness. Kathleen comes to SevenPonds with 25 years experience as a registered nurse caring for families and children facing life-threatening illness. She began her career in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Nassau County Medical Center in New York, and, after relocating…
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13 Heartfelt Ways to Celebrate the Holidays with a Loved One on Hospice Care (Interview)
Lightways Director of Grief and Integrative Therapies, Patrice Martin, shares her advice on celebrating the holidays in hospice care in an interviewThe holiday season is a perfect time for remembrance and celebration, but traditions can often look a little different for families with loved ones in hospice care. Patrice Martin has collaborated with Lightways’ grief counselors, music therapists, and child life specialists to provide SevenPonds with some heartfelt ways families can create meaningful holidays with their…
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