Recently, in my cyberspace travels I came across the following status update which I found very interesting: This issue of lionizing or canonizing the person who died is a very important issue facing funeral service. Our desire to provide a positive life picture of the deceased through restoration techniques and the extensive use [...]
Theresa Caputo has a gift. Everywhere she goes she sees, feels, and talks to the dead. No, this isn’t The Sixth Sense. Theresa is just a modern day Mom of two… who happens to connect with spirits on a level that you and I can’t. On her show Long Island Medium, Theresa travels across the [...]
“Everyone has a story, of a good death or a hard death, and we know the difference between those two stories is often whether they have the conversation.” – Ellen Goodman, Co-founder of The Conversation Have you heard about The Conversation Project yet? Recently founded by Boston Globe columnist, Ellen Goodman and former Medicare chief, [...]
Last weekend, I lost two of my very good friends. One was killed by a drunk driver. One was t-boned by someone who was texting and driving. These individuals were only 21 and 22 years old. They were young, ambitious people with big dreams, and many people in my community were affected by their deaths. [...]
“Grief is what you think and feel on the inside after someone you love dies. Mourning is the outward expression of those thoughts and feelings. To mourn is to be an active participant in our grief journeys. We all grieve when someone we love dies, but if we are to heal, we must also mourn” [...]
“Live Simply so Others Can Simply Live” A young man walks into your door. He’s grief-stricken, teary eyed and hopeless. He just lost his Mom to cardiac arrest. There isn’t anything in this world that could possibly hurt him more to lose. He explains that he never really got to tell his mother how grateful [...]
Over the years, I have advocated for meeting the aftercare needs of the families we serve. Thomas Lynch said it best: “A good funeral gets the dead where they need to go and the living where they need to be.” I believe he is speaking to the two fundamental needs funeral directors are expected to [...]
I love flowers – especially at funerals. When families tell me they want to use “in lieu of flowers” in the obituary for a loved one, I do my level best to explain just how valuable sympathy flowers are to the funeral experience. The giving and receiving of sympathy flowers during times of mourning, sadness [...]
Many years ago, when I was first became involved in this industry, I had no idea what a vault was, what a committal service was or how funeral directors could be so relaxed around a casket with a body inside! All my experiences in other retail situations were turned upside down. Where else could you [...]
Christine Biggins was featured in one of our most read blogs, 5 Ways Your Funeral Home Can Freak Out the Competition. Now, we get a firsthand look at this funeralOne client’s unique approach to serving her community in Rockland, Massachusetts. Christine shares some very personal insights on how she uses the power of yoga to [...]
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