Month: March 2018

INFOGRAPHIC: Choosing the Right Sympathy Flowers

Everyone’s needs and circumstances are different. Use this chart to find the right sympathy flower arrangement for you and your loved ones. Source: INFOGRAPHIC: Choosing the Right Sympathy Flowers

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INFOGRAPHIC: How to choose the Right Funeral Flowers

Everyone’s needs and circumstances are different. Use this chart to find the right funeral flowers for you and your loved ones. Source: INFOGRAPHIC: Choosing the Right Funeral Flowers

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Obituary – John Cacioppo, Who Studied Effects of Loneliness, Is Dead at 66 – The New York Times

He likened loneliness to hunger, explaining that it helps naturally gregarious humans establish mutually beneficial relationships that meet social needs vital to survival. He estimated that about one in four Americans are lonely, without any confidants, and that social isolation results in negative emotional and physical consequences. “Chronic loneliness increases the odds of an early…

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How Brooklyn’s Gangster Graveyard and the Gangs of New York movie impacted my views of death

I finally watched the movie mentioned in the quote below, “Gangs of New York.”  It was terrific and granted me a glimpse of history that I had known nothing about.  As I get older, these historical perspectives seem to become more and more interesting and important to me. It was not in this case, however,…

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New York Today: A Sunny Day at the Death Cafe – The New York Times

“Death cafes are a kind of beautiful rehearsal for coming closer to death and understanding it and grappling with it, so that when we do have a death pending in our families, as is inevitable, we might be a little more prepared for it and slightly less rattled,” said the funeral director and death educator…

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Funeral and Memorial Remembrance Ideas | Have the Talk of a Lifetime

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The Tweet Hereafter

This is an interesting perspective, because when you are willing to consider this reality, it might just change how you live your life. …and, of course, how you craft your next tweet.  -John EACH OF US WILL UTTER A FINAL WORD.SOME OF THEM WILL BE ON TWITTER. Source: The Tweet Hereafter

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