Writing the Thank You Notes
Posted on August 6, 2021 by | Leave a comment
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Writing thank you notes is usually one of the very first “after the funeral” tasks you will undertake. You may be surprised to find that your brain/hand coordination is not working so well. You sit there with pen in hand and well-formed thoughts in your head, but somehow it all gets lost between the head […]
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Preserving the Family Relationship while Planning a Funeral
Posted on September 18, 2020 by | Leave a comment
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You are with someone with whom you share some history. Maybe it’s a brother, sister, or a childhood friend. You are talking about an event from the “old days” and you suddenly realize you all remember the event a little differently. Most of us have had this experience. Our relationships work in a similar fashion. […]
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Remembering a rabid football fan
Posted on September 4, 2020 by | Leave a comment
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Football, the American kind played with a spheroid shaped ball called a pig skin, is the be all end all fall activity for millions of Americans. Fans purchase large screen televisions just to watch the game. Others set up multiple televisions in their game day viewing rooms. All manner of hats, shirts, blankets, sweaters, jackets, […]
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Embalming … What Funeral Directors Do
Posted on March 6, 2020 by | Leave a comment
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What is embalming? Embalming is the art of slowing the decomposition of the human body. The embalming process is carried out in a clean environment, and proceeds in a fashion similar to medical procedures. First, the body is washed and sanitized, and the limbs are massaged to remove stiffness. The facial features are then set, […]
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When the soul leaves the body … reacting to a sudden unexpected death
Posted on February 21, 2020 by | Leave a comment
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Sometimes, if you are open to it, you can receive amazing information in the most unlikely ways. For example, there was a driver who was taking a woman to the airport when she received the news that a family member had died. The woman gasped and her driver, who was from another culture, asked if […]
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