Learn How to Make a Funeral Program
Here is everything you need to know about funeral programs.
What Is Embalming? Everything You Need to Know
Have you ever wondered what goes on in the embalming room of the funeral home? Funeral directors find the prep room a sacred place. Therefore, we do not discuss the embalmings that take place in prep room on a personal level with “outsiders.” What I mean by that is, we will never discuss a particular person with …
Funeral Planning Checklist (Printable + What You Need to Know)
We’ve created an informative, helpful funeral planning checklist, and it’s printable. Actually, we created two. One for simplicity and ease of use, and another to provide a comprehensive go-to trove of information, should you ever need it. Our goal is to help you see your options as you arrange the funeral and other services.
Letters to Loved Ones After Death: 10 Things You Need to Say
Have you ever received an “end of life letter?” Unfortunately, not everyone gets the opportunity to receive a last letter from a loved one. Have you ever thought about writing one and how it would impact someone after you are gone? Should you write a final letter when you’re healthy and vibrant? Or should you …
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Funeral Readings: What to Say When You *Can’t Even*
What can you quote or read at a funeral that will honor your loved one and encapsulate how much they mean to you? This is a difficult task to undertake, especially when you will be reading or reciting in front of a group of people. Your emotions are heightened; you want to say something relevant …
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Burial: Your Guide to Traditional (& Non-Traditional) Burials
Every culture and society has a fitting way to say goodbye to a departed loved one. This is what their community deems the proper and appropriate way to lay their loved one’s remains to rest while honoring their life and memory. What is a traditional burial? What makes up a non-traditional burial? Is it wrong to choose the …
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Last Wishes: What to Ask for When You Die
Have you thought about your last wishes? Most people are uncomfortable talking about death and dying. But, unfortunately, death is going to catch up to all of us someday. Some of us will have a warning that death is approaching, and some won’t. With that being said, it is always best to be prepared. Have …
Open Casket Funerals: Why, How to Plan, & What to Do at One
When a funeral is planned, one of the questions the funeral director will ask is, “Do you want an open or closed casket?” As you consider how you’ll answer, there are a few additional questions you will need to ask yourself. Knowing your loved one’s wishes would be ideal, but what if you don’t know? …
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Coffin Dancers: Top 10 Coffin Dances & How to Hire Your Own
Whether you know them as Dancing Pallbearers, the Dancing Coffin Meme, or Coffin Dancers, they are entertaining to say the very least. The Coffin Dancers are a true viral phenomenon that hit the bigtime with a video uploaded to YouTube in 2015. Musical funeral processions are common in some areas of the USA – especially …
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Floating Urn Shelf & Memorial Display
Many people are at a loss when thinking about how to display their loved one’s cremation urn. How do you set up a memorial display? Where do you put the urn? Is it even ok to keep your loved one’s ashes at home? What if you want the urn close, but don’t want visitors and …