0 I want my Grandma to live forever. But time is running short. How do I save her memories and stories? Lifestory Interview Contact us to schedule a time to…
0 Grandparents are mysterious creatures with a sea of knowledge and stories to tell that would make the Pope blush. But if you don’t ask them about their lives, you…
0 When your Mom dies, spend ten grand on a casket. Then bury that money in the ground. Or…Spend way less on something with long-lasting value. What is it?… Lifestory…
0 They have so many amazing stories to share. It sucks. How can you save them? Lifestory Interview Contact us to schedule a time to speak and learn more about…
0 Hey Gen-Z! Millennials, I’m Looking At You! Even Gen-Xers, Listen Up! Your Grandma/Gramps/Mom/Dad/and Great Aunt Sally Aren’t Going To Live Forever! Save Their Best Memories & Stories Before It’s…
0 While lounging around your patio enjoying hot dogs, pool play, and fireworks, remember this: Time is short. Your loved ones are here today. But in the blink of an…
0 The End of Lincoln Center Theater’s Production of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” November 9, 1988 – April 2, 1989 Starring: Penelope Ann Miller Spalding Gray Frances Conroy Jeff Weiss…
0 Breathe. All you have to do is tell everyone what they already know: how amazing your loved one was. It’s pretty simple actually. But we get inside our own…
2 Everyone has a letter in them. Sometimes you just need a little help writing it. “I am a letter midwife,” says Frish Brandt, President & Partner at the Fraenkel…
2 The dreaded Obituary. No one wants to write it. But somebody has to. And unfortunately, that person is You! I feel your pain. But let’s try to make this…
1 It all started with a University of Washington graduate course called Let’s Have Dinner and Talk About Death, taught by Michael Hebb and Scott Macklin. On August 24, 2013…
0 The Question is: What Does Embalming Do To A Body? And more specifically: What Does Embalming Do To A Loved One? Embalming is a Temporary Preservative, like Nitrates in…
0 Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson designed a 153 foot cannon shaped like a double thumbed fist clutching a peyote button rising from the hilt of a dagger that launched…
0 The Singing Nun. The Flying Nun. The Dying Nun? Sister Theresa Aletheia Noble wants you to remember you’re going to die. She’s not pushy about it. She doesn’t alarm…
0 The Pre-Covid Bucket List: Skydive into the Cave of Swallows. Order everything on the menu and pay with a pouch of pearls. Moonwalk firewalk. Ski down Mt. Everest in…
0 Simply the best way to preserve your past. Receive Legacybox with pre-paid shipping label. Fill it up with VHS tapes, film, photos, audio recordings. Legacybox digitizes all of your…
0 There is no greater moneymaker for a funeral home than the Casket. The markup on Caskets is enormous: 300% – 600%. 75% of all Caskets are metal. Caskets do…
0 Traditionally, burial happens in a cemetery. With headstones. Caskets. Mowed grass. But times have changed. Environmentally sustainable burial options are now available. Nowadays you can choose an alternative: Nature…
0 Sinatra crooned, “Regrets, I’ve had a few. But then again, too few to mention.” Tom Rush sang, “No regrets, no tears goodbye…” And Edith Piaf belted out: “Non, Je…
0 “He loved bacon, women, and his over-size man remote.” “He definitely was one of a kind,” said friend, Wayne Catlett. “He always found humor in every situation. It was…
0 71% of Americans Have No Will $30 Trillion in assets being transferred from Baby Boomers to their children. Got Kids? You need a Will. Own a House? You need…
0 Each week for 1 year, a question is emailed to you to answer. After the year: all your answers are compiled and a physical memory book created that is…
0 As the American cremation rate continues to rise (53% in 2019), the question becomes: Is Cremation environmentally-friendly? Cremation is far greener than a conventional “Embalming-Metal Casket-Concrete Vault” Package. And…
0 Aunt Edna passed away. You loved Aunt Edna, she taught you how to rollerskate and curse like a sailor. Everybody liked her. But unfortunately she left behind very few…
0 The Funeral Industry Exists for 2 Reasons: To Embalm a Body To Sell You a Casket Funeral Bill is the 3rd Largest Expense of Your Life: House Automobile Death…
0 Robert Burns was a poet so he enjoyed long elucidations. Put another way: Shit Happens. In life, the only constant is change. Death & Taxes. Yadda Yadda, you get…
0 The whole reason for embalming a body is to create the…Memory Picture. The What? When someone at an open casket viewing says, “She looks great,” they’re talking about the…
0 WHITEFISH BAY, WISCONSIN: OBITUARY If you’re about to throw away an old pair of pantyhose, stop. Consider: Mary Agnes Mullaney (you probably knew her as “Pink”) who entered eternal…
0 Mo knows obituaries. CBS Sunday Morning correspondent and humorist Mo Rocca created Mobituaries, an irreverent but deeply researched appreciation of the people (and things) of the past who have…
0 Mushrooms. Magic Mushrooms. Mushroom Burial Suit. Some would say it’s a natural progression. Created by M.I.T. research fellow Jae Rhim Lee, the Infinity Burial Suit is a handcrafted biodegradable…
0 Not the birds and the bees. That’s on our sister site, the Puberty Project. There are two areas, both unavoidable, which nobody likes to talk about: Death & Taxes.…
0 Your body is not only a wonderland, it’s a life-giving bank capable of helping a lot of people. Body Breakdown Kidney: $200,000 Liver: $150,000 Heart: $120,000 Eyeball: $24,000 Bone…
1 We would all like to have people attend our funeral/memorial. Family, of course. Longstanding friends. Colleagues. Distant relatives. Acquaintances. Our local bartender or barista. Heck, maybe even the Fedex…
0 If you want to visit the International Space Station, cost of a ticket will run you a cool 55 million dollars. However, if you want to launch your cremation…
0 History of the Modern American Funeral Home What we in America call a Funeral Home can be traced back to the Civil War and the birth of Embalming. Deceased…
1 I have a friend. I’m going to call him “Chris” for anonymity’s sake and because that’s his name. He knows who he is. His retort for a post-Chris world…
0 Lost. Lost In Translation. The Lost Boys. Lost Highway. Land Of The Lost. Lost Horizon. The Lost World. Lost In Space. All Is Lost. Every one of those versions…
0 MSNBC Katy Tur One More Thing: Joe Heller CENTERBROOK, CONN. — Per his final demands, Joe Heller was laid in his casket Thursday in a T-shirt featuring the Disney…
0 Become Soil When You Die Recompose, the first human-composting funeral home is now open for business in Seattle, Washington. The first bodies were “laid in” on Dec. 20, 2020,…
0 Times Have Changed We eat kale. We recycle. We buy secondhand. You care about the Environment. You care about Your Children. You care about the Future For Your Children.…
0 Covid-19 has sucked. Let me rephrase that: Covid-19 has SUCKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah, Big Time. It’s hard to find anything positive about the Coronavirus: I got to know the 4 walls…
0 “Let Me Out!” Dublin Grandad, Shay Bradley, 62, hatched his genius gag a year before passing. As bagpipes finish their somber wail, a casket lowers six feet into the…
0 I’m Dead. Now What? First of all, you no longer have to worry about Finding a Parking Spot, Paying Your Taxes, or Flossing. Being Dead takes the stress out…
0 The Ocean is Calling You. High Adventure on the High Seas! Well, actually, it’s more like stagnant adventure that you won’t be aware of but you can still be…
0 Shit Happens. Be Prepared. If 2020 proved nothing else it proved that Bad Things happen all the time. Bad Things happen to Good People all the time. If you’re…
1 Farewell Project’s Beginner’s Guide to Goodbye 5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FUNERALS You’re Not Alone Funeral Industry Isn’t Changing, But People Are Don’t Pre-Pay. Do Pre-Talk. Do…
0 Remember in kindergarten when you played Tree #3 in that epic production of The Giving Tree directed by Mrs. Donahue? You’ve wanted to be a tree from early on.…
0 Newsflash: Your Grandpa isn’t going to be around forever.Don’t you want to hear All His Stories before it’s too late?Wouldn’t everyone in your family think you a Hero if…
0 You’re nearer The End than the Beginning. That’s just a fact. At the Farewell Project, the way we see it, You’ve got 2 Choices: Plan nothing, spend all your…
0 Wow, that happened fast.I feel like it was ten minutes ago that I was eating a burrito hungover while drinking a beer.Now I’ve got a wife, real job, a…
0 Yeah, we know. You’re going to Live Forever.You’re Indestructible.You can burn the candle at both ends.You don’t get hangovers.You can eat whatever you want.You may even still smoke (don’t…
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0 How about Knocking Out a Resolution Day 1? Wouldn’t that Feel Amazing?! This is real simple. In fact, it’s called a Simple Plan. A What? A Simple Plan is…
6 You don’t remember your beginning very well, but you will most likely be present & alert for your end. Nobody teaches you about The End. You learn to eat,…