Grief Conversations
Chronicle of a Death We Can?t Accept
AT a funeral directors? convention recently, I wandered around an exhibition floor crowded with the usual accouterments of the trade...
Read moreDetails?No Regrets? Box Helps People Let Go
When my fiddle playing father died last spring, the universal response from friends was regret over what they hadn?t said...
Read moreDetailsTraveling Out West? Visit These Famous People’s Grave Sites
Here are cemeteries in the West where you can visit the headstones of celebs and other well-known folks. 'Ironically, it's...
Read moreDetailsMother of Fallen Soldier Looks to Make Her Wish a Reality
Nearly one year after the death of her soldier son in Iraq, a Massachusetts mother has been denied a request...
Read moreDetails160 Years Later, Edgar Allen Poe Gets Overdue Funeral
BALTIMORE ? For Edgar Allan Poe, 2009 has been a better year than 1849. After dozens of events in several...
Read moreDetailsFamilies Must Deal With End-of-Life Issues Before It?s Too Late
GUEST POST - When I was growing up, my parents laid down the guidelines of behaviors and responsibilities, conveyed both...
Read moreDetailsCouple Gets Married At 7 Year Old Son’s Funeral
BUFFALO, N.Y. ? The parents of a 7-year-old boy who died after an upstate New York car crash have fulfilled...
Read moreDetailsBaby Thomas Arrives: Carrollton Couple Celebrates Son’s Birth, and Begins Waiting For The End
T.K. Laux hovered in a blue scrub shirt as his wife, Deidrea, grimaced and panted through contractions. A steady sha-thump,...
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Carrollton Couple Finds Support to Deal with Unborn Son’s Terminal Condition
Editor's note: Facing death can be hardest for a family expecting new life. Perinatal hospice offers choices and resources for...
Read moreDetailsA Father?s Dreaded Final Duty
When heroin took his son, a funeral home director gently prepared him for burial. Ever since his son Lance got...
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