Archive for the 'Death and Dying' Category
Choosing a casket is a personal choice. There are a variety of caskets to choose from to spend ones final rest.
Metal caskets are gorgeous. They come in a variety of colors such as brown, silver, rich wood look, tan and white. The inside has different rich looking colors, too.
If you prefer the wood [...]
Tags : casket, death, funeral, cremation, funeral home, buying casket
When we remember loved ones lost and the family and friends most affected, a special memorial can help us honor their lives and soothe the pain of that loss. Memorials for a loved one may include many aspects, but they all have something special that remind us of the person lost. Personalizing a [...]
Tags : windchimes, wind chimes, memorial, memorial gift, engraved, personalized
Unfortunately, whether we like it or not part of life is death; and during our own lives, most of us will be faced with the untimely or pre-considered death of someone near to us. This is nearly always an extremely traumatic and emotionally charged period of time, when we will also have to deal with [...]
Tags : cremation, funeral home, funeral services, cremation services
If you need to order sympathy flowers and want to make sure you get the best flowers at the right price then read these ten insider tips.
1. If there is a service at a funeral home it is most common to send flowers to the funeral home for the viewings and you should try and [...]
Tags : flowers, florist, funeral, funeral arrangement, sympathy flowers, funeral flowers
Cremation is an alternative to the traditional funeral service. With cremation you have many options that you might not be aware of that can help your family through the hard process of losing a loved one.
You can choose to hold a memorial cremation service with your local funeral home this way everyone can come together [...]
Tags : cremation, cremation services, funeral, planning funeral, funeral home, grief, loss of loved one
Making a will means different things to different people in different countries. In the UK, there is still a huge rich/poor divide. At the lower end of the income scale people very rarely concern themselves with making a will, although it is important for everyone to consider. Even if you have no worldly goods to [...]
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Funerals are never cheap. A really basic affair will start at 500 pounds but the average funeral will cost 2,000 pounds upwards. This is not something many of us want to consider but if we don’t, then who will? The burden of funeral arrangements and costs will fall on the next of kin if we [...]
Tags : will, wills,
For the rich and famous who can be a little indecisive when will writing, some of the richer celebrities may be making headway in what to do with their millions when they die.
One New York billionaires who once said ‘only the little people pay taxes’ has taken charge of what happens to her dollars when [...]
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“We will do all we can, not only to help you die peacefully, but also to live until you die”. –Dame Cicely Saunders
In 1967 Dame Cicely Saunders at St. Christopher’s Hospice in London first applied the term “hospice” to specialized care for terminally ill and dying patients. Today, hospice care provides humane and compassionate care [...]
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After over 13 years working a nurse I had witnessed some weird and wonderful things. Occasionally, one of them stands out as significant. Back in ‘97-’98 I went to Australia with a one year working visa. During this time I worked for nurse agencies in Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. The experience was a good one [...]
Tags : Death, Dying, Life after death, belief, hope
