Leaving Well End-of-Life Services

09/04/2026

As tributes poured in from around the world, Dolly Parton had an intimate, private burial service. Her family honored her in a way that fulfilled her wishes.
Bigger doesn't always mean better. Sometimes simple and meaningful is the way to go. Sometimes big is the way to go. Whatever you choose, make it meaningful.

08/12/2026

Would you consider home funeral or aspects of home funeral for yourself or a loved one?

https://homefuneralalliance.substack.com/p/chicago-crematory-scandals-highlight?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=7j6gqv&fbclid=IwdGRzaAToofxjbGNrBOihh3Bkb2YBZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMzUwNjg1NTMxNzI4AAEeMbwuNcyozwuYNWJ7e6u5KWGN1zSEK7PXrMu7y9wvwgZys9gPr75WdqWWqkI_aem__iMOMh5zJMIowXtKJD4Atw&utm_id=97758_v0_s00_e0_tv2_a1demo0e0i97ph

The recent Chicago cases involving Heights Crematory and South Chicago Chapel are horrifying.

07/31/2026

When emotions run high, it can be difficult to set our own feelings aside and simply support in the areas where we can, without judgement.

Maybe we don't like it, but will digging in help?

Can we accept a decision and simply support it in practical ways?

07/29/2026

What happens when AI can digitally resurrect the dead?

From cloned voices to interactive avatars, we're entering an era where grief, memory, and technology collide. In this episode of Death Becomes Her, we explore the promise, the peril, and the ethical questions behind digital resurrection.

Would you have one more conversation with someone you've lost?

Listen now.
https://youtu.be/HHhXB-8DqbQ?is=aY3Pssv08_wfGsDd

07/23/2026

You've seen the cemetery reels. Here's what I didn't tell you, two days after I stood in Trinity Churchyard, I was at Madison Square Garden for a very different reason--Bon Jovi.

Turns out a rock concert and centuries-old graves were saying the same thing.

07/22/2026

If you really knew your time was limited — not as a fact to think about later, but something you really believed, in your bones — would you live differently? A Bon Jovi concert and a very old cemetery made me ask.

I spent a long weekend in New York recently, and I did two things that had no business being on the same itinerary.

07/20/2026

And finally...Alexander Hamilton.

07/19/2026

This tombstone has been hiding a message in plain sight for nearly 200 years.

The cipher used on this stone is slightly different than the examples shared in the reel.
You're smart. I'm sure you'll crack the code. 😃

07/18/2026

Remember when the movie Titanic was all the rage? Fans found a grave of a J. Dawson in Halifax, Nova Scotia. J. Dawson had died in the Titanic tragedy. He was actually a crewman named Joseph Dawson, not Jack, played by Leonardo DiCaprio. All the same, fans had become so invested in the story of Jack and Rose that they made the pilgrimage to the Dawson grave. An example of people connecting with fictional characters. Long before the Titanic, there was Charlotte Temple.

07/17/2026

Memento Mori and New York City
Who doesn't love a great tombstone? Winged Death Heads are an absolute classic--but not so easy to find in the western US.