Shock. Pain. Denial. Anger. Acceptance? While the first four stages of grief are easy to understand, for those who have recently lost someone that they love, the idea of coming to a point of acceptance about their loss may seem like a far-off concept that they may never reach. While people will bounce in and out of the five stages of grief (some experts assert that there are seven stages of grief) it’s become a generally accepted concept that one does ...
Cremation has been enjoying a steady increase in popularity over the last 100 years. In fact, the National Funeral Directors Association estimates that more than 70 percent of deaths will result in cremation by the year 2030. With the rise of cremation has come the rise of many different ways of dealing with the resulting ashes. From simple burial to diamonds to meaningful scattering ceremonies, these methods flourish because cremation is flourishing. Ho...
