Your loved one is now at rest, you have said goodbye, and now is the time to create an everlasting tribute to them. The question is, how do you decide which type of stone, what color lettering to use and what to say on the inscription? They are available in a wide range of materials, colors and sizes, and so choosing between them can be confusing and tiring…
Written by Mark Thomas Walters on March 11th, 2010 with no comments.
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Just hours after learning that her mother had died of a sudden massive heart attack, Canadian figure skater Joannie Rochette was back on the ice. One of the favorites to win an Olympic medal, she practiced her jumps over and over again while her father watched with tears in his eyes…
Written by Phyllis Goldberg, Ph.D. on March 8th, 2010 with no comments.
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Funeral directing has come a long way since it first began to emerge as a profession more than two centuries ago. For a long time, funerals were arranged by people who just did it part time alongside their day job, who often did it just because it had become their family’s traditional role within the community…
Written by Mark Thomas Walters on March 6th, 2010 with no comments.
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Have you ever wondered when you would die? When you would have to say good bye to your near and dear ones? How would it affect you if you are told the exact date you would die? I am sure you will not be very pleased…
Written by Felix Lehmann on February 28th, 2010 with no comments.
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Days after a 7.0 earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince, the capital city of Haiti, family members battled for a proper burial of their loved ones. Time and again, tragedy followed moments of hope. Yet, despite the deaths and destruction, the people struggled to survive…
Written by Phyllis Goldberg, Ph.D. on February 21st, 2010 with no comments.
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Death is not a happy subject. It is probably the most difficult occasion for sending a greeting card. As any florist will tell you, consumers often struggle with the sympathy message to accompany their sympathy arrangements…
Written by Steve Fadie on February 14th, 2010 with no comments.
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Composing Sincere Sympathy Wording is Not an Easy Task
Choosing sympathy wording for bereavement cards is never a simple matter. You feel like you are “on the spot”. You do your best to make your words sound genuine and sincere, but it is always difficult to put your true feelings into words…
Written by Bob Matthews on February 14th, 2010 with no comments.
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It’s hard to say something when your friend or loved one is grieving and yet in some ways you wanted to show that you care and you are willing to offer them comfort. One ideal choice of showing your concern is by giving them gift and let it speak for what your heart is saying in times of their lonely moment…
Written by Adriana N. on February 12th, 2010 with no comments.
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Today, more than ever before, the role of funeral directors has to evolve in order to keep up continual changes in cultural expectations. The profession has come a long way since its beginnings, way back in the eighteenth century…
Written by Mark Thomas Walters on February 10th, 2010 with no comments.
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When providing support to a family at their loved one’s funeral, people will often give flowers. Flowers have always been an important component of a funeral. They show respect and honor to the life of the departed and give comfort to the family…
Written by Adrianna Noton on February 10th, 2010 with no comments.
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When consoling those who have lost a loved one, all of us have a genuine desire to say something significant and supportive. But somehow our minds rebel, all of our original thoughts dry up and we feel unable to write anything worthy of sharing…
Written by Steve Fadie on February 6th, 2010 with no comments.
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The material of choice for gravestones today is generally granite, since it is durable and comes in a variety of crystalline textures and colors. Bronze gravestones are also worth mentioning here though, as they are also a popular choice…
Written by Mark Thomas Walters on January 26th, 2010 with no comments.
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In March 2009, Michael Jackson announced his final ten shows at London’s O2 Arena, but demand forced the residency to be extended to fifty nights, to commence on July 13th 2009. However, on June 25th 2009, the world stood still as news spread that Michael Jackson had died after a suffering cardiac arrest at his LA mansion…
Written by Mark Thomas Walters on January 26th, 2010 with no comments.
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So many people are asking why the country of Haiti was so devastated by an earthquake on January 12, 2010. We are always questioning these acts of nature and many people wonder how there can be a God who allows so much destruction, death, and unhappiness…
Written by Cherokee Billie on January 26th, 2010 with no comments.
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Savvy consumers strive to find quality products at competitive prices. To achieve this, many will employ the Internet to research products and seek out vendors from both traditional brick-and-mortar outlets and e-commerce alternatives…
Written by Todd Witengier on January 8th, 2010 with no comments.
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Tracing back, and learning about, the history of your family is a worthwhile thing for anyone to spend some time doing. If this is something that interests you, then there are lots of places that you can find information about your ancestors, with local archives and personal records being good examples…
Written by Mark Thomas Walters on January 1st, 2010 with no comments.
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As in many cultures, burials are taken very seriously in Chinese society. The prolonged mournings that arose from Confucius Chinese tradition are still the norm today, and those that do not follow that tradition, along with various other ones, as part of funeral proceedings are said to be risking the fortune and fate of the whole of the deceased’s family…
Written by Mark Thomas Walters on December 31st, 2009 with no comments.
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It is a fundamental Islamic teaching that death, rather than being the end of someone’s life, is the start of the third stage of it. At the point of death, a person’s soul is said to rise up within them…
Written by Mark Thomas Walters on December 24th, 2009 with no comments.
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Planning for your funeral in advance (like getting funeral cover) may reduce the burden on your family and loved ones once you pass away. Nobody likes to think about that they may not be here one day, and many of us don’t care about funeral cover because we will not be here, but think about the people and family that you are leaving behind…
Written by Stephen Burton on December 2nd, 2009 with no comments.
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When you are preparing an extended stay business trip, whether in your home country or abroad, it is common to draw up a contingency plan in order to prepare for certain problems that may occur along the way…
Written by Lawrence J. Reaves on November 5th, 2009 with no comments.
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When someone close to us dies, we have the opportunity to experience ourselves differently in ways we cannot anticipate. Regardless of our relationship with the dead person, the resultant feelings and changing self-awareness offers profound ways in which to experience ourselves and others differently…
Written by Clare Mann on October 22nd, 2009 with no comments.
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