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April 16, 2025Tips for Writing a Meaningful Eulogy
It is perhaps one of the most complex and unpleasant things anyone wants to do—write and share a eulogy for someone recently lost near and dear to you. Writing and...
Cemetery Etiquette Practices
Every interaction generally has a system of rules, guidelines, or conventions that regulate social and professional behavior. As social creatures, humans create social units, and within those units are accepted...
Crafting Meaningful Epitaphs and Tribute Messages
When grieving, it isn't easy to focus on everyday things. The little details that need to happen in your life, funeral arrangements, expenses, and much more, can begin to feel...
Angel Memorial Meanings and Types
When our loved ones pass, they leave an immense space within our lives and hearts that feel the loss achingly. One of the hardest, and for some, most important aspects...
The Meaning Behind Common Symbols on Headstones
With the earliest ones dating back thousands of years, headstones carry a long history of commemorating the graves of loved ones through a globally recognized stone of personal identification. In...
Different Religious Memorials
Today’s memorial methods are changing fast, but traditions in other parts of the world can often endure for centuries or millennia. If you have been tasked with planning the memorial...
Why Stones are Placed on Graves for Jews
Every culture in the world has traditions and practices that are passed on for generations. In Judaism, people leave what we refer to as visitation stones on the gravesites of...
Tombstone Rubbing
Stone rubbing has been a popular practice for centuries, in which you can create an image of surface features from a stone on paper. These recordings can take the form...
Spirituality and Death
We all experience and deal with death in different ways. For people who are religious or spiritual, cultural traditions and restrictions may have a lot to do with the selection...