Stories, Guides & Inspiration
Thoughtful articles about remembrance, grief, and honoring the people who matter most.
When a Teammate Dies: What the Team Does Next, From the First Meeting to the End of the Season
For coaches, captains and team parents: how to tell the team, whether to play the next game, which tributes help, and how to stay in touch with the family.
What Happens to a Pet When Its Owner Dies: The First Day, Who Takes Them, and How to Rehome Well
When someone dies and leaves a dog, cat or other animal behind: who looks after them tonight, who legally decides, and how to find them a good home without rushing.
They Died Abroad: Bringing Them Home, What It Costs, and the Paperwork in Order
When someone dies in another country: who to call first, your three options for their remains, what repatriation costs, and the documents you will need back home.
When a Client Dies: What a Small Business Does Next
Stopping the automatic emails and charges, what to send the family, prepaid sessions and unpaid invoices, their records, and how to tell your staff.
When You Think the Funeral Home Overcharged You: How to Check, and What to Do
How to tell an overcharge from an expensive funeral, the four documents to compare, and who to call if the funeral home will not fix it.
Autopsy: What Families Should Know About Consent, Timing, the Funeral, and the Report
When an autopsy is required, when the family can say no, whether you can still have an open casket, how long results take, and how to read the report.
Organ Donation After a Death: What the Family Decides
When the hospital raises donation, here is what is already decided, what the family decides, and what it means for the goodbye and the funeral.
They Died Without a Will: What Happens, in Order
No will does not mean the state takes everything. What passes outside the estate, who inherits under state law, and the steps families take, in order.
Anger in Grief: Who You Are Angry At, and What to Do With It
Angry at the doctors, the family, God, or the person who died? Why anger is part of grief, where it tends to land, and what actually helps.
What to Write on a Memorial Page: The First Post, and the Ones After
You made the page and the box is empty. What to put in the life story, the one-line epitaph, the first post people will read, and the posts that come weeks and years later.
Telling Someone With Dementia That a Loved One Has Died
Whether to tell them, how to say it, what to do when they ask again tomorrow, whether they should go to the funeral, and how to look after yourself while you are grieving too.
You Cannot Afford the Funeral: What Actually Exists to Help
Who actually owes the bill, and where help really comes from: county programs, Social Security, crime victim and veterans' funds, body donation.
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