Funeral Etiquette for Cell Phones
Posted on October 19, 2015 by | Leave a comment
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Cell phones often go off when we least want them to. In church. In school. During sex. And at a funeral. As other funeral directors can attest, the oddest thing about a cell phone ringing during funerals is how many people will actually answer. “Hello. Yeah. I’m at a funeral service. Can I call you […]
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How to Speak the Language of Grief © 2010 Alex, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio You walk into a house full of fresh grief. It’s fresh because the death just occurred. Your best friend’s husband went out to the bar last night, drowned his hard day in hard drink and he never made […]
Continue Reading In Lieu of Memorials, Please Send Flowers
Posted on October 14, 2015 by | Leave a comment
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https://flickr.com/photos/psag/279220369/ A director I used to work with always said ‘flowers are the bain of the funeral director’s existence’. Indeed, we spend a lot of our time arranging flowers at the chapel for visitation, then moving them to church for the service, then, taking some to the grave, some to the home, some to this […]
Continue Reading How to Write a Sympathy Card
Posted on October 9, 2015 by | Leave a comment
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A sympathy card is a nice way to offer support and express your condolences to people who are suffering a loss. You can send a sympathy card even if you did not know the deceased if you are close to members of that person’s family, or if you were close to the deceased but don’t […]
Continue Reading Why a Memorial Service Matters
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For many of us, the loss of a loved one is extraordinarily difficult. The emotions we experience, added to helping those closest to us cope with their grief, can make loss feel insurmountable to even the strongest among us. Because of this, it can be tempting to postpone, or simply decide against, having a memorial service […]
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