Can Grief Kill You?
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Years ago, grief was actually a legally accepted cause of death. It could be listed on a death certificate as the primary reason for passing. While this has changed, a myriad of studies suggest that a bereaved person has a higher death rate than others of comparable age who are not in a state of […]
Continue Reading More Frank Sinatra
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Thank you for the positive response regarding last week’s birthday tribute to Frank Sinatra. I was asked if I had retained any memorabilia from the concerts I attended: pictured above is a copy of the program I purchased in the mid-70’s in Cincinnati, Ohio. The program itself was standard fare for the time, i.e. large […]
Continue Reading A Reminder from Stephen Sondheim
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8 times Tony Award winner, Stephen Sondheim, has composed some of the most beautiful music ever played in the American theater. Intellectual, witty, amusing, there is no easy way to describe the body of his work. It seems that he has written something about every subject imaginable. In today’s climate of divisiveness, sometimes it is […]
Continue Reading The Final Bell is About to Ring
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The theme of John Donne’s poem, “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” is that every death effects everyone – we are all mankind and we are diminished by the passing of another. Over the weekend, it was announced that a much respected firm that dates back to 1570 is closing its doors: not exactly a human […]
Continue Reading Children and Funerals
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There are many theories about how children handle grief after a death, particularly the death of a very close relative. One of the key questions that emerges from these issues is: should a child be taken to the funeral of that close relative or be shielded from much of the experience. Strong arguments exist on […]
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