Participation is powerful: Part 1
Posted on March 22, 2016 by | Leave a comment
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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 […]
Continue Reading 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 […]
Continue Reading 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 […]
Continue Reading “I wish I’d spoken at my father’s funeral”
Posted on February 15, 2016 by | 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 […]
Continue Reading For a Funeral Director, You Sure Do Ask a Lot of Questions!
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From: The Lady at Death’s Door https://theladyatdeathsdoor.wordpress.com/2015/11/05/for-a-funeral-director-you-sure-do-ask-a-lot-of-questions/ We are not your nosy neighbour who hovers over lukewarm coffee behind the kitchen curtains, hoping for a juicy piece of gossip. We are not therapists, detectives or reporters. We are Funeral Directors and we are here to serve.As such, we ask only the questions necessary to ensure that […]
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