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Dying Patient Leaves a Musical Legacy
Sheri Swick loved her three kids and four grandkids. She wanted to leave something for them to remember her by. She was in palliative care in a hospital in London, Ontario when Jill Kennedy-Tufts, the hospital's musical therapist, agreed to help Swick record a legacy. The hospital and Kennedy-Tufts have used this program to optimize the quality of life for palliative patients and their[...]
Tear Bottles
Collecting your tears in a small bottle and burying them with the dead is a tradition that dates back to the Roman era, although there is reference to it cited in the Bible. The custom reappeared in the Victorian era during the 19th century when elaborate bottles decorated with silver and pewter emerged.Collecting a mourner's tears in a bottle, also called a lachrymatory, is used to[...]
Sad Moments Can be Worth Capturing Too - By Rachel Wallace
With the changing trends of funerals, photographs can be a good thing.Some of the most poignant and historically memorable photographs have come from funerals. Think of Cartier Bresson's photograph of Gandhi's funeral pyre, the photo of JFK's son saluting his coffin in Washington 1963, the flag[...]
When You Wish Upon a Star... Can You Buy It?
There are plenty of websites out in cyberspace that claim to sell the naming rights to people who want to buy a star in the name of a loved one and it has become increasingly popular, especially for people who want a way to remember a deceased loved one. The sites claim to register your choice in the name of the star with one international registry or another making it recognized by[...]
Dog Waits For His Master's Return For Ten Years
Hidesaburo Ueno, born in Japan in 1871, was a professor in the agriculture department at the University of Tokyo. His dog, Hachiko, would sit by the front door and see him off for work every day and greeted him at 4 o'clock at the nearby train station when he returned from work.One evening,[...]
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