Helping Loved Ones Cope With a Loss
Dealing with the loss of someone close to you can come as a debilitating shock. While it can be difficult to go through this period yourself, it can be even more upsetting to watch someone you care about struggle with th ...
Category: Funeral
The Irish Wake: A Blend of Mourning and Celebration
Like many traditions in Irish culture, the wake is a combination of pre-Christian customs and Christian rituals. While it sprang from original traditions of keeping watch over the dead, variations of the practice are sti ...
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Saying Goodbye
The death of a loved one has a way of confounding and crippling even the strongest of individuals. It is never easy to lose someone close to you, and this means that you are going to go through a lot of emotions before y ...
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Don’t Want a Traditional Burial? Consider Cremation or Resomation
The combination of traditional Christian-derived funerary practice and the rise of both undertaking and embalming during the Civil War have resulted in most people having funerals with their embalmed bodies in caskets, f ...
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What No One Tells You About the Grieving Process
If you've lost someone recently, you are probably quite familiar with grief. It's something people experience in many different ways, despite what you may have been told. You may think you should follow a specific order ...
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Questions to Ask Your Funeral Director
Losing someone close to you is one of the hardest things you may ever have to endure. Knowing that you are never going to see the person again in this lifetime can leave you with many negative emotions. It doesn't matter ...
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Four Ways to Honor Lost Loved Ones at Your Wedding
One of the most difficult things couples can encounter when getting married is figuring out how to honor ones who have passed away. When you have lost people close to you, it often feels important to remember them as par ...
Category: Get Ordained Wedding Planning Funeral
A Memorial Service for Miscarriage
Miscarriage, still birth, and infant loss seem to be a bit of a taboo subject. It's hard to think of the right words to say to a grieving mother and father who just lost their child, no matter at what point they lost the ...
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Alternatives to a Funeral
When someone dies, it seems to be expected that a funeral will follow soon after. However, there are some times when a family does not want to have a funeral. Maybe it is because you do not have enough money to pay for a ...
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Proper Funeral Etiquette
A funeral is something that can be difficult to prepare yourself for. It doesn't necessarily matter how close you were to the person who has passed away, it is often an emotional affair and something that isn't easy. Sti ...
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