The Pleasant Surprises of Cold Weather
With all the recent talk about the ways serious cold weather makes life harder in general and increases death care business, it’s easy to focus on the less...
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10 Things Happening in Cemeteries That Aren’t Burials or Entombments
We can probably agree that opening up a funeral home’s event center for weddings, baby showers, or family reunions is a great way to let your neighbors explore...
3 Terrible Ways Winter Can Kill You
Why do so many people die in the winter? Mortality is highest in the cold months; funeral directors in areas where the weather gets cold frequently corroborate that...
Is Crying Good for You?
It’s more or less commonly held that crying is supposed to be a good thing, whether as a stress reliever or because it actually purges the body of...
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...
How You Can Support Survivors of Suicide Loss
September is Suicide Prevention Month—a time to bring awareness to this stigmatized topic. Talking about suicide can be uncomfortable, and sometimes we keep quiet just because we don’t...
Radiation Exposure in Deathcare
When imagining a scenario which includes radioactive human remains, you probably aren’t envisioning much in the way of deathcare – the topic carries a kind of Armageddon-ish feeling...