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”God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.”
- Voltaire
Our Weekly Tip: Estate Planning – You Don’t Have to Go it Alone
Estate planning can be overwhelming, but having a team to help with your decisions can make a big difference
Our Tip of the Week: Estate planning can be overwhelming, but there’s no need to figure it out all by yourself. Forbes published a great and extensive article on estate planning and mentioned how beneficial it can be to have … Continue reading
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Our Weekly Tip: Sharing Your Lost Loved One’s Book Passion at the Memorial Service
Honor his or her memory by bringing his or her favorite tomes to mourners
Our Tip of the Week: When it comes to planning a memorial service or celebration of life ceremony for a loved one who has died, you strive to honor him or her by displaying tokens of what he or she … Continue reading
“Peace” by Langston Hughes
Hughes’ funeral poem reflects on the futile nature of war when the ultimate price soldiers pay for peace is through their deaths
War and its consequences wreak havoc on countless lives with its numerous casualties — whether they are civilian members or the soldiers involved on either side. In his poem, “Peace,” one of my all-time favorite poets, Langston Hughes, captures the irony of war’s … Continue reading
Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman
This enticing book of vignettes imagines various types of afterlives
When I was little, I used to imagine the afterlife as a heaven with a grandfatherly God in long, flowing robes, sitting on a shiny golden throne atop a bunch of fluffy clouds. David Eagleman’s Sum: Forty Tales from the … Continue reading
