What Is a “Happy Death?”
In the Catholic church, “a happy death” refers to dying in a state of grace with God, without bitterness or anger, if possible. Ideally, a happy death would...
Lighter Side
5 Reasons To NEVER Post Your Prices Online
In October, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it is considering amending the Funeral Rule to require funeral service providers to post prices online. Within hours, deathcare professionals...
Your Future Client, Planning Her Own Funeral Party
I’ve been writing on deathcare matters from a layperson’s perspective for a while now. I’ve delved into graphic, unsavory aspects including trauma and decomposition and the actual biological...
Deathcare for the Undead
Deathcare work can be thankless. Without question, it’s a field which brings its own class and character of niche problems to solve. Take, for example, the tending of...
The 50 Oldest Funeral Homes in the U.S.
Funeral homes pride themselves on centuries or perhaps decades (even centuries) of work and carrying a name that reflects community service. Exactly makes an establishment eligible for this...
ICYMI: 10 Saturday Night Live Funeral Sketches Ranked Best to Worst
When we read this blog by Jess Farren (Fowler) on the The ASD Blog, we thought it was too good not to share with our Connecting Directors audience!...
Foul Flies & Casket Coffee | 4M #33
Welcome to the thirty-third edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #33, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...