Is it possible to keep your loved one’s ashes at home?
Keep your loved one’s ashes at home?
As more people opt for cremation, one of the reasons is the multiple options available beyond a traditional burial. While burial of ashes is commonplace, many choose to have their ashes interred in a grave in their cemetery, placed in a niche or choose a scattering service.
A recent survey […]
Is a funeral home really necessary if a family member dies?
Do you need a funeral home if a family member passes away?
In short, yes. We often hear this question from families who choose direct cremation for their loved ones. Perhaps there is still some attachment to the traditional idea of a funeral and the work of a funeral home: embalming, carrying the coffin to the […]
What are the options for storing cremated ashes?
Options for storing cremated ashes
The ashes of a loved one are usually stored in cremation urns. These urns can be simple but elegant.
Below are some alternatives for storing cremation ashes:
Burying the Ashes
If you plan to bury the ashes it can be in your own garden or in a place where you know your loved one […]
How do you explain cremation to young children?
How to tell a child about someone’s death
Whether your pet has passed away or if there has been a death in the family and you want to bring your child to the funeral, talking about death with children is never easy.
Death is a somewhat complex and perhaps too dark a subject for a child. In […]
What are the biggest myths about cremation?
The biggest myths of cremation
In this guide we are going to explain what are the main myths about cremation that people have lately:
1.- If you are cremated or cremated, you do not have a funeral.
Essentially you can choose whether or not you want a funeral service with cremation. A standard cremation includes the funeral service, […]
What do you do when someone dies far from home or while traveling?
Unfortunately, the mental and emotional suffering that death brings to the relatives of the deceased is inexplicable. The situation becomes more difficult if the person has died in another country or city and you do not know the procedure to bring him or her back home.
In this case, you will probably need the services of […]
Cremate a Relative, how do you know that the ashes do not belong to another person?
Cremating a family member, how do you know that the ashes you receive do not belong to someone else?
It is impossible to declare that cremated ashes returned to a family member are 100% of that person. The likelihood of mixing is inevitable. But ashes that are extraneous to the person being cremated should be no […]
Why do I want to be cremated instead of buried?
Why do I want to use Cremation?
Cremation makes sense for many people for several reasons; it requires no emotional involvement, no fancy casket , no expensive real estate or family crypt.
Environmentally it makes sense as it eliminates the whole body decay process. We come from the earth and can return much more efficiently if we […]
3 reasons why you should choose cremation
Reasons to choose cremation
Today, approximately seven out of 10 deaths involve cremation, which represents a significant increase in recent years.
There are many reasons that contribute to why an increasing number of people are choosing cremation over traditional burial, the main cause being an increasingly mobile society.
This article explores three reasons to choose cremation […]
I don’t know if I want to be buried or cremated at my funeral?
Do you want to be cremated or buried?
Most people do not like to imagine whether they want to be buried or cremated. There are many divided opinions and the one you decide should be the one that brings you the most peace.
For most environmentalists, burial is actually better than cremation. They say that our lives […]
