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Lady Gaga and Jesus 26 Aug 2013 | 06:23 pm
Last night Lady Gaga showed up to the VMAs looking like Morticia Adams. And seeing Gaga all deathed out reminded me of a post I wrote a year or two ago called, “Lady Gaga and Jesus.” ***** When you...
Death Porn 20 Aug 2013 | 05:28 pm
From the “Body Worlds” art exhibit. There are two ways you can look at death as being pornographic. In the one sense, pornography is representative of something taboo. In the Victorian era sex was ...
Words From a Grieving Friend 16 Aug 2013 | 04:15 pm
A facebook and real life friend posted this in his status yesterday. It was so good that I wanted to share it with you. If you know someone who is grieving, this is probably how they want you to tre...
Join Me in Empathy as I Travel to Guatemala with World Vision 14 Aug 2013 | 07:45 pm
A couple years ago we had a late night house call. We drove up to the house, and an uncle came outside to meet us, explaining the situation we were about to enter. “You guys are here for my niece, S...
Ritual: The Muscle Memory of Grief 9 Aug 2013 | 04:44 pm
Over the past couple months, I’ve been contemplating why the West (America, Europe, etc.) has so much aversion to death, while other — less “developed” — cultures see death as less alien. I’ve come u...
It Was a Normal Death Call Until The Family Tackled Me 6 Aug 2013 | 06:15 pm
The following post was submitted by a funeral director who wishes to remain anonymous. While the names have been changed to protect the privacy of the parties involved, the circumstances and events t...
10 Burdens Funeral Directors Carry 1 Aug 2013 | 06:44 pm
Note: I wrote this article over the weekend and I wasn’t going to publish it until Wednesday, but since I just spent my entire night [11 PM to 5:45 AM] picking up three deceased persons, I thought it’...
Breaking the Isolation of Stillbirth 29 Jul 2013 | 04:16 pm
Today’s guest post is written by Samantha Allington. **** On Thursday 8th September 2011 I was 19 weeks and 3 days pregnant when my waters broke at home. I knew in that instant that my baby wouldn’...
The Unstoppable Force 25 Jul 2013 | 06:26 pm
Today’s guest post is written by Jessica Fowler. ***** The funeral home was filled with young people. While I waited in the viewing line on a ramp that lead into the chapel, I looked around at th...
Writing the Dark Chapters 22 Jul 2013 | 06:05 pm
I walk into a room at 6 a.m. and all eyes fix on me and my next move. I am, after all, the odd one out in the room, the one whose face isn’t stained with tears; the one wearing dress clothes, who’s t...
