Our blog offers compassionate support for those navigating grief, along with practical guidance for planning and meaningful ideas for remembrance.
Planning & Guidance
What Is an Online Obituary? An online obituary is a published tribute that announces a person’s death, celebrates their life, and provides information…
Planning & Guidance
What is Digital Legacy Planning? Digital legacy planning is the process of organizing your online accounts, digital assets, passwords, photos, documents,…
Planning & Guidance
There is a moment after every funeral service when the structure of the day falls away. The readings have been read. The prayers have been prayed. The…
Planning & Guidance
After the service is over, after the flowers have been cleared and the reception line has dissolved and the house has gone quiet, families reflect. They…
Planning & Guidance
No one wants to plan their own funeral. Let’s acknowledge that upfront. It’s an uncomfortable thought, and most people put it off indefinitely - not…
Planning & Guidance
There is no script for the moment a child looks up at you and asks where Grandpa went. No amount of preparation fully steadies your voice. The instinct to…
Planning & Guidance
Most of us have been there - standing in a funeral home parking lot, hand on the door, suddenly unsure of what to say, what to do, or whether we’re even…
Planning & Guidance
I’ve heard it hundreds of times, standing across from a grieving family in an arrangement conference. A spouse, a son or daughter, a sibling - eyes red,…
Planning & Guidance
There is a moment - quiet, unexpected, and profound - when the business of death begins. A loved one has taken their last breath. The room feels…
Planning & Guidance
Losing someone you love is one of life’s hardest moments. And yet, within hours or days of that loss, families are asked to make decisions they’ve never…
Bandages for Your Heart
When someone you love dies, the version of you that existed before their loss fades away. You don’t come out of grief the same person who went into it.…
Bandages for Your Heart
These three words not only define why a grief support group is important, but they also explain why some people avoid attending one. While being with…
Bandages for Your Heart
A Riddle: Everyone has one. It has taken your entire life to create. Yet, you don’t always use it when you most need it. What is it? Your spiritual…
Bandages for Your Heart
Many people believe that grief and laughter don’t belong together. After all, when you’re coping with the loss of a loved one, the idea of finding humor…
Bandages for Your Heart
When we hear the word “legacy,” we often think of something grand or powerful. Rarely do we consider it to be the small, everyday actions—the way we treat…
Bandages for Your Heart
I have spent years studying and sharing healing techniques to help ease the daily pain that accompanies loss. Although coping with grief may feel…
Bandages for Your Heart
On mile 23 my legs were ready to admit defeat. Mentally I was still focused on crossing that finish line, but my body was weary in the heat of the day.…
Bandages for Your Heart
I read an article about a grief support group being held in an all-boys high school. At a time of life when their greatest worry should be acne,…
