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Funeral Home Owner Chris Johnson Spending Halloween in Jail:
More than a dozen bodies found decomposing at his Georgia funeral home -
Our Monthly Tip: Toast a Loved One with a Personalized Glass:
Etching the glassware adds a touch of class to any memorial gathering keepsake -
My Cousin’s Death Taught Me the Meaning of Life:
A lesson in existentialism and mortality
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Tag Archives: Loss of Father
Close to Her Heart: One Daughter Wears Her Late Parents’ Wedding Rings in Their Memory
College student Lauren Lage-McAdams remembers her parents—who died within five months of each other—by wearing a necklace with both of their wedding rings on it
We all have different ways of commemorating our lost loved ones. Some people wear ashes, while others keep trinkets on themselves of the hair of their lost loved ones. While some might find it comforting to carry the physical remnants of … Continue reading
“Today’s The Day” by Lucy Kaplansky
A lovely funeral tribute song honoring the love between a daughter and her dying father
In 2007, singer-songwriter Lucy Kaplansky released a sweet and reflective song called “Today’s the Day.” This song serves as a lovely funeral tribute for Kaplansky’s father, famous mathematician Irving Kaplansky, who had died the year before, after living a long … Continue reading
Posted in Expressive Music
Tagged A Right of Passage, Beautiful Funeral Songs, Dealing with the Loss of a Parent, Death and Grieving, Fathers and Daughters, Funeral Music, Irving Kaplansky, Loss of a Loved One, Loss of a Parent, Loss of Father, Loving Tribute, Lucy Kaplansky, Tribute Song
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Elizabethtown by Cameron Crowe
“Deep, beautiful, meloncholy of everything that happened” Claire Colburn
Films are exits from reality. They allow you to escape into your own fantasy—but they can offer more than just that. Films are a way of broadening our perspectives and of learning things that we have yet to experience. … Continue reading
Posted in Lending Insight
Tagged Cameron Crowe, Cremation, Elizabethtown, end-of-life, Grieving, Grieving Guidance, Humor, Kirsten Dunst, Loss, Loss of Father, Orlando Bloom
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