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Participation is Powerful: Part 2, The Journey

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Cameron Naugle | Leave a comment
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https://www.dailyundertaker.com/2011/06/participation-is-powerful-part-2.html       About 200,000 Hindus make two-month pilgrimage through Kashmiri Mountains – MSNBC A handicapped Hindu makes his pilgrimage to the sacred Amarnath Caves, one of the most revered of Hindu shrines on June 29 near Baltal, India. More than 5,000 Hindu devotees, braving sub-zero temperatures, began the hike over glaciers and along […]

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Participation is powerful: Part 1

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https://www.dailyundertaker.com/2008/08/participation-is-powerful.html   Participation is powerful. Often, children lack an opportunity to truly participate in the funeral services for their loved ones. When I was 8 and my brother 9, our father died after a few months of illness. Our mother was insightful enough to arrange for us to participate with readings during the service, and […]

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The Trees Remember: Memorial Plantings

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https://www.dailyundertaker.com/2010/03/trees-remember-memorial-plantings.html   There are many ways to memorialize a person. There are monuments, eulogies, traditions and rituals. There are gifts of flowers and donations to charitable organizations. In fact, there are as many ways to memorialize as there are special people to remember. The important thing is to make your memorial appropriate to the spirit […]

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Ching Ming: Tomb Sweeping Day

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https://www.dailyundertaker.com/2010/03/ching-ming-tomb-sweeping-day.html   It is almost upon us again… With spring comes Ching Ming; Grave Sweeping Day in the Chinese cultural tradition. Usually falling in early April, ChingMing is a time when families gather, often very early in the morning, and travel to the graves of their ancestors to honor and remember them. Scrubbing an ancestor’s […]

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“I wish I’d spoken at my father’s funeral”

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Cameron Naugle | Leave a comment
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Here is some great advice on giving eulogies from Olivia Mitchell. As she mentions, you only get one chance to do this, so don’t pass it up if at all possible. A professional oration is never expected, but an honest, personal reflection can make a funeral meaningful and healing. I wish I’d spoken at my […]

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