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“Prayer” by Lizzie West:
Singer-songwriter reminds us that our loved ones live on in the sun and rain -
Rutgers Health Study May Improve End-of-Life Care:
Medicare data analysis finds that people typically follow one of nine paths -
Mary Oliver’s “Heavy” Speaks to the Weight of Grief:
The poet eloquently conveys the dizzying effect of loss
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Tag Archives: Books and Literature
What is the Funeral Consumers Alliance? An Interview with Joshua Slocum
The Funeral Consumers Alliance talks about your rights...
Joshua Slocum is the Executive Director of the Funeral Consumers Alliance (FCA), a nonprofit dedicated to education and advocacy surrounding funeral consumer rights. Coming out next month, his groundbreaking (sorry) book Final Rights: Reclaiming the American Way of Death digs deep … Continue reading
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Tagged Books and Literature, Financial Matters, Funeral, Funeral Homes, Home Funeral, The FCA
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“Holding Silvan, A Brief Life” by Monica Wesolowska
It’s so intensely real I cried and sobbed through many of it’s pages
Few books offer a journey so intimate and overwhelming that we witness the author’s experience as though we were there. Intensely gripping, Holding Silvan, a Brief Life made me feel every second, every heartbeat from Monica Wesolowska’s true story—the infant loss of … Continue reading