Compassion towards all living beings, including animals.
Anticipatory grief is experienced when a person feels grief before a death has occurred. It’s common for people who know or are caring for someone with a life-threatening illness.
When someone you love dies, you never quite get over it… you just learn to slowly go on without them, but always keeping them tucked safely within your heart.
Today is National Dance Day. Thinking you won't participate? Okay... but playing your favorite tune and having a little dance party in your kitchen tonight may be the best medicine.
#NationalDanceDay
Show your loved ones you're thinking of them by sharing this virtual hug!
( Do you have a friend or family who is grieving the loss of a loved one? Reach out to them to see how they are doing. Grieving, on top of all the changes and fear that's come from this crisis, is challenging to say the least. You don't have to know what to say, just be there for them. )
Love is stronger than death even though
it can't stop death from happening,
but no matter how hard death tries
it can't separate people from love.
It can't take away our memories either.
In the end, life is stronger than death.
~ unknown
Facing fear is hard. Yet if you stay strong you’ll often find you are capable of facing more than you ever imagined you could.
Who was the master gardener in your life? How do you want to be remembered?
Good morning friends. This short story had a profound effect on me, so I thought I would share it with you this morning. Enjoy your day—- Mark Canale
Their marriage was good, their dreams focused. Their best friends lived barely a wave away. I can see them now, dad in trousers, work shirt and a hat; and mom in a house dress, lawn mower in one hand, and a dish towel in the other. It was the time for fixing things: a curtain rod, kitchen radio, screen door, the oven door, the hem in a dress. Things we keep.
It was a way of life, and sometimes it made me crazy. All that re-fixing, re-heating leftovers, renewing; I want just once to be wasteful. Waste meant affluence. Throwing things away meant you knew there’d always be more.
But when my mother died and I was standing in that clear morning light in the warmth of the hospital room, I was struck with the pain of learning that sometimes there isn’t anymore.
Sometimes what we care about most gets all used up and goes away never to return. So while we have it, it’s best we love it and care for it and fix it when it’s broken and heal it when it’s sick.
This is true for marriage and old cars and children with bad report cards. Dogs and cats with bad hips and aging parents and grandparents. We keep them because they are worth it, because we are worth it. Some things we keep like a best friend that moved away or a classmate we grew up with.
There are just some things that make life important, like people we know who are special and so, we keep them close!
I received this from someone who thinks I am a “keeper“ so now I am sending it to you. Good friends are like stars.... you don’t always see them, but you know they are always there!
AUTHOR UNKNOWN
Cremations don't have to be complex. Tell us what you want and we listen, easy as that.
All of these terms can get very confusing, yet it’s so important that you don’t wait until it’s too late. Contact us and we will go through the planning process with you.
“There is a light in this world, a healing spirit more powerful than any darkness we may encounter. We sometimes lose sight of this force when there is suffering, too much pain. Then suddenly, the spirit will emerge through the lives of ordinary people who hear a call and answer in extraordinary ways.”
- Mother Teresa
Yes, and increasing. Currently, cremation services are favored by over 42% of all death services.
A lesson in being kind to strangers...
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Man On Subway Reacts In Incredible Way To Stranger Sleeping On His Shoulder
Why preplan?
Getting your end-of-life wishes in order helps your family immensely. Having to decide on funeral options in the days after losing a loved one is difficult to say the least. Plan ahead and take comfort in knowing you aren't leaving additional stress for your family.
Sharing from a friend...
I suspect it is hard to love a death care worker. We get up early, we come home late or may have night shifts and are too tired to cook. We miss weekend events, holidays, birthdays. We don't get too excited over a minor cough or cold, we have seen far worse. We don’t always want to talk when we come home, we have talked all day. We don't always want to move when we come home, we have moved all day. It may seem that we have left all of our caring, our heart, and our love at work, and have come home to you empty, we probably have. I guess it is hard to love a death care worker, but know this: we still need your love. We need your understanding. We need to know that you “get it". We need to be the one taken care of every once in a while. We need someone else to take charge of the details because constantly doing everything ourselves is exhausting. Sometimes we need our feet rubbed. We need a shoulder to cry on when we can't even tell you why we’re grieving. We need you to do the hardest work you may ever take on, which is...to love a death care worker.
I would like to thank those of you out there who love them and let us do this work, this calling, this life: care work ❤️
Copy and paste if you are a death care worker or love a death care worker! 💕
A proper burial is important for not only the family, but for friends and the community to mourn and begin to accept their loss.
There are approximately 110,000 children in foster care. The average child in foster care waits 3 years to be adopted. Each year more than 23,000 kids will age out of the system before finding a permanent home. National Adoption Day raises awareness of the great need for people who want to provide a forever family.
"Don't Cry for Me," a poem on grief.
During the harsh winter of 2013-14, a young woman was stranded on the side of the road after her car slid off. Police were on the scene, however, while they were warm in their car, the young lady was shivering outside by hers.
As another woman drove by, she realized this. She drove past the scene, thinking to herself - what should she do. Before realizing it, she traveled 2 miles down the road to the local gas station stop, went in, filled up a tall cup of yummy hot cocoa, paid, and quickly drove back to the scene. By then, the young woman was sitting high up inside the wrecker truck. The second woman pulled off the side of the road, got out and walked up to her door and knocked on her window. The young woman was a little startled, but she was assured through a gesture raising the cup, the it was okay to roll down the window.
In a simple gesture, the second woman handed the cup to her, and said, "This is for you." And she walked away and drove off.
I understand.
It’s so important to discuss with family when you’ve made end-of-life choices, even if it’s an affordable cremation option. Sometimes not all will understand your wishes, but if you put forth some time to discuss what you want, you’ll avoid some potential, harmful misunderstandings.
We can live stream & record all of your loved one's services to remember forever.
Memories are special moments that tell our story. A precious legacy we have after someone we love dies are our memories. In creating a meaningful service or celebration of life, make sure to plan for sharing of memories.