Someone wrote to us this week that a person in his family is terminally ill, and that he was told "that the cost of the casket, funeral, viewing, and burial would possibly exceed 12,000 dollars." He thinks that's an "exorbitant amount of money," and so do we. There is no reason to pay that much mone...

There I was..drivin’ in a drivin’ rain while the radio was dragging it’s teeth amid rattle bound chatter….when what to my wondering eyes did appear…in the distance, several cars with four-way flashers on slowly proceeding the slow lane of I-95 southbound. It was a Saturday and the processi...

Our lives are based on a numerous experiences that have helped define who we are. These experiences begin the split second we are born, right up to the time we die. In fact, there are so Life Story™ don’t realize how significant some of these occasions were or the impact they had on others. At C...

Our lives are based on a numerous experiences that have helped define who we are. These experiences begin the split second we are born, right up to the time we die. In fact, there are so Life Story™ don’t realize how significant some of these occasions were or the impact they had on others. At C...

My condolences to Twisty on the death of her father. You really must read her magnificent post on her visit to the funeral home. Excerpts: Well, be she spinster aunt or no, I dare anybody to keep a straight face who darkens the stoop of the Sparkman/Hillcrest Funeral Home, Mausoleum, and Memorial Pa...

  During the last month I have been involved in several conversations about how funerals have changed over the last 30 years. Specifically the last 10.  We talked about how the number a people choosing cremation has increased from less than 10% to nearly 40% nationally and in Western MI cl...