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51First Funeral and a very Happy Hanukkah
My last post was 3 weeks ago.A week and a half ago, I recieved a call early in the morning that one of our members, Lou Swetsky, had an emergency surgery over night. I called the house and was told not to...
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75The SAD and the Happy
winter solstice flickr telegraph.co.uk arctic in winter by George Bacovia My loved one plays the piano whileOutside the snow falls ruinously, -The town's in darkness, as thoughIt was snowing in a cemetery. ...
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65Funeral Consumer Choices
Death is not the most popular subject of conversation for most. However, it is not really a question of if - only when. It is not uncommon for one to not give the topic a thought, until the unexpected...
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71Celebration of Life Service
Most funeral services relate to the theme or title "In Loving Memory" but there are some funeral ceremonies that are titled "A Celebration of Life." So what differentiates the two? Is there really any...
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73Are There Answers to Death That We Really Believe?
Some of my friends even in grade school were really snobs. Why they chose to include me as a friend I have no idea, maybe because I didn’t care. They weren’t all snobs but even ones that weren't, chose...
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70Bereavement Poems
You may often see funeral or bereavement poems incorporated into funerals and memorial services. Families opt to do this because it is a means of comfort for the mourning or grieving. We all have heard that...
80The Night Before Christmas-Author Unknown
Santa (Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons) The Night Before Christmas is probably one of the most recited and cherished Christmas poems of the last 180+ years. A co-worker and I were discussing the names of...
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75Terminal Illness Living With My Death How I do It
Would you want to know if you had a terminal illness? Would you want to know how long you had to live? What, you don't want to think about that? You plan on living for ever? The truth is we are all...
6 comments63Planning an infant memorial
A loss of a child of any age is devastating, this includes miscarriages and stillborns. When I lost my son at 20 weeks of pregnancy, I knew that I wanted to have a memorial for him, but could not find very...
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59Preplanning A Funeral
Many people ask me how I find the strength to do my job. Well, let me tell you… it’s not easy. It breaks my heart to see my friends and neighbors in grief and sorrow. And often times, it seems that the...
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