Memorial Song: “Angel” by The Corrs - A tribute song focused on...
In 2004, the Corrs, a Celtic folk rock group consisting of three sisters and one brother, released a beautiful, upbeat song called “Angel.” The song serves as a tribute to the group’s mother, who had...
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This is Marie’s story, as told by Angela Borello. Our “Opening Our Hearts” stories are based on people’s real-life experiences with loss. By sharing these experiences publicly, we hope to help our...
View ArticleFilm Review: Ponette (1996) by Jacques Doillon - Jacques Doillon's film...
In the American trailer for French director Jacques Doillon‘s 1996 film “Ponette,” the narrator coolly clarifies that this “is not a film about death” but rather “the celebration of life.” By the end...
View ArticleBook Review: A Story Lately Told by Anjelica Huston - Part one of Huston's...
It’s easy to understand why actress, model and 70s “It Girl” Anjelica Huston has divided her memoir in two. The first half, A Story Lately Told: Coming of Age in London, Ireland and New York (Scribner,...
View ArticleFilm Review: Tig by Directors Ashley York and Kristina Goolsby - A...
First, Tig Notaro went to the hospital for a rare gastrointestinal illness. Then her mother died. Then she got breast cancer. Then she went through a breakup. Just one of these events is enough to make...
View ArticleHow Embalming Cultures Accidentally Prevented the Coffin Birth Phenomenon -...
What happens when you die while pregnant? For most women, nothing at all. Unless the fetus is viable, and doctors work to save an unborn child from its host’s womb, the fetus simply dies alongside the...
View ArticleMemorial Song: “Angel” by The Corrs - A tribute song focused on...
In 2004, the Corrs, a Celtic folk rock group consisting of three sisters and one brother, released a beautiful, upbeat song called “Angel.” The song serves as a tribute to the group’s mother, who had...
View ArticleBook Review: “The Dead Moms Club” by Kate Spencer - The memoir gracefully...
Kate Spencer’s mother, Martha, died from pancreatic cancer when Kate was 27 years old. “The Dead Moms Club” is the 2017 memoir that chronicles Kate’s experience dealing with grief and life following...
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