DEATH…What makes it so difficult to talk about?

There are very few things that we know will happen to 100% of all human lives. DEATH is one of them…just as we are all born we will all die. So if death is a guaranteed part of life, what makes death so difficult to talk about? The very nature of death, the mystery that…

Get Your Affairs In Order…

Are you prepared to die? It is difficult to loose a loved one. This lose is compounded with the many quick decisions that must be made in a very short period of time and the desire to honor that a life has been lived. When you have open communication and your affairs are in order…

It Doesn’t Matter, I Will Be Dead….

‘It doesn’t matter, I will be dead’…This is the response I get from my 80 year old grandfather anytime I bring up anything related to his last days….burial vs cremation, life insurance, service details, finances…anything. Working in Funeral Services I see that he is not the only one taking this approach to death. When you…

A Wedding and a Funeral…

As I was planning my recent nuptials; I often wonder why people see the Value in a Wedding but do not see the Value in a Funeral. Some people spend tens of thousands of dollars on a Wedding but think any money spent on a Funeral is a ‘rip off’, a waste of money. When…