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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
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So, You Got the News

It’s a terminal illness

What Does It Mean to Be Terminally Ill?
A new perspective on terminal illness

A Message from Suzette

Welcome to the SevenPonds
magazine. I hope you
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community in the resources and stories featured here.

– Suzette Sherman, Founder


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A Rite of passage

Sayings to soothe & inspire

Cultural Perspectives

The many paths to a universal end

Dying Well

Demystifying the process

Expressive Music

The language of love & loss

Laughter is Medicine

Humor to lighten the heart

Lending Insight

From our end-of-life media library

Modern Grief

An ongoing journey

Noteworthy & New

Changes in end of life

Opening Our Hearts

True stories of life & death

Professional Advice

Interviews with experts in the field of mortality

Saying Goodbye With Love

Unique tips for celebrating a life

So, You Got the News

It’s a terminal illness

Soulful Expressions

Art & design about death & dying

The Next Chapter

Looking at loss in poetry

The Science of Us

Advances in aging & dying

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7 Articles Not to Be Missed

Dying Well

The Timing of Death
Finding Meaning in the Mystery

Science of Us

Composting Bodies is Now Legal in 14 States
Honoring Earth Day with a new kind of return to nature

Lending Insight

“Hand to Earth” Book Review: Andy Goldworthy makes art in the natural environment
Goldsworthy’s work using natural, found resources can serve as inspiration for incorporating art into loss

Noteworthy & New

A Unique Way to Mourn: Photo Shoots with Cardboard Cutouts
The therapeutic company of life-sized cardboard cutouts of dead loved ones

Noteworthy & New

Groundbreaking Study on the Risks of Formaldehyde Released
Study calls into question the long-standing use of formaldehyde in the funeral industry
Illustration of head bursting with energy to illustrate terminal lucidity.

Noteworthy & New

The Bizarre Phenomenon of Terminal Lucidity
This curious and profound experience stumps scientists to this day

Opening our Hearts

I Had to See My Mother Dead at the Crematorium and No, It Wasn’t Macabre
Seeing her — and, later, her bones in the retort — was one of the most meaningful experiences of my life

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