Remembering 9/11
Today marks the 13th anniversary of one of the darkest days in American history, 9/11/2001. I, like the rest of us, will never forget that incredible ...
Category: Life & Death
September 10th, 2014 is Suicide Prevention Day.
Click for information on 2015 Suicide Prevention Day Today, September 10th, 2014 is Suicide Prevention Day. A single 24 hours period where we are asked to ...
Tommy the dog spends 15 days without food guarding his owner’s grave.
For some reason those special stories of dogs that show remarkable loyalty to their deceased owners touch us deep down. The recent report of Tommy ...
Lincoln funeral train procession to be reenacted.
In 1999 Dave Kloke began work on construction of a full-sized working replica of a 1980s steam locomotive. Considering the fact that Kloke had no ...
Tales of the Dead Come Back
National Geographic writer, Simon Worrall, discusses the book Glimpsing Heaven: The Stories and Science of Life After Death with its author Judy Bachrach in this ...
The Most Important Thing We Can Learn From Joan Rivers
9/4/14 UPDATE: We are sad to report that Joan River's daughter, Melissa, has announced that her mother, died today at the age of 81.
Deadly Ebola Confirmed to be Spread Through Exposure at Funerals
We recently shared an article about the daunting and dangerous tasks faced by the brave team responsible for burying those who have died from the deadly ...
Should you snap that funeral selfie?
When a photo taken at a memorial service for Nelson Mandala by Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt was published last December, it caused quite a ...
The Mystery of Alexander the Great’s Tomb
Historians have long wondered just exactly where Alexander the Great is buried. With the recent announcement by a Greek culture minister that archaeologists have uncovered ...
Why the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Is Truly Useful
My Facebook page is starting to see timeline activity related to the #IceBucketChallenge. Why me? My father died from ALS on February 27, 2014, at the age ...
Admit It…You Deserve a Funeral
Have you ever heard a loved one say that they don’t want you to make a fuss when they die? I sure have. In fact, ...
On the death of Robin Williams
It’s not hard to understand why the death of Robin Williams has touched our collective soul so deeply. The simple explanation is that Mr. Williams ...
Meet the world’s bravest undertakers – Liberia’s Ebola burial squad
It is impossible to imagine how difficult it must be to work on the front lines of the Ebola crisis. We see the faces of the medical ...
Crowdfunding Funerals: What You Need to Know
Just a few weeks ago the son of a friend died in a tragic automobile accident. Like all deaths of young people, this was a ...
University of Virginia to train nurses in End of Life Care
In a recent article by Sandy Hausman of WVTF Radio, it was reported that the University of Virginia will start training nurses on one critical ...
