Author: Mary Frances Knapp

Saying Goodbye With Love

Our Weekly Tip: Celebrate Their Stories
Create a reflective space for your memorial ceremony with this walkable photo album

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January 24, 2015
A Rite of Passage

“The years teach much which the days never knew”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

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January 20, 2015
Soulful Expressions

Eco-burials: Planting the Seed
Anna Citelli and Raoul Bretzel envision a cemetery dotted not by headstones but by trees

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January 18, 2015
Saying Goodbye With Love

Our Weekly Tip: Your Grief, Your Clean Slate
Create a chalkboard wall as a place of self-expression during the stages of grief

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January 17, 2015
Soulful Expressions

An Undying Love: “Around Her” by Marc Chagall
How the tragedy, joy and beauty of Marc Chagall and Bella Rosenfeld’s romance was immortalized in the artist’s work

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January 11, 2015
Saying Goodbye With Love

Our Weekly Tip: The Portrait Candle
A DIY portrait candle instantly personalizes a memorial ceremony or celebration of life

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January 10, 2015
Laughter is Medicine

“Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest.”
– Larry Lorenzoni

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January 9, 2015
Soulful Expressions

Coffin or Batmobile? The Work of Gregor Haiduk
Haiduk’s controversial coffins raise a pertinent question: are there unspoken rules on how we ought to be buried?

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January 4, 2015
Saying Goodbye With Love

Our Weekly Tip: New Year — New Estate Plan?
Make it an annual tradition to go over your estate plan — you may be surprised at the changes you’ll make!

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January 3, 2015
Cultural Perspectives

Why Leave the Window Open? A Danish Death Tradition
We explore one of Denmark’s long-running end-of-life traditions

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January 1, 2015