Complete Guide to Planning a Funeral
Reading Time: 7 minutes Complete Guide to Planning a Funeral Planning a funeral doesn’t have to be difficult or complicated, but it can feel overwhelming. Start here with Graceland’s Complete Guide to Planning a Funeral. With step-by-step insights and actionable strategies for finalizing every detail, you’ll have the tools you need at…...
The Complete Guide to Memorial Services
Reading Time: 10 minutes Complete Guide to Memorial Services Planning a memorial service can often seem complicated, especially when trying to plan one in the midst of your grief. To help you, we’ve created this simple Guide to Memorial Services. Here you’ll find everything you need to get started and to…...
Helping a Sister Through Grief – A Sister’s Guide
Reading Time: 6 minutes Helping a Sister Through Grief – A Sister’s Guide Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends. So begins author Joan Didion’s memoir “The Year of Magical Thinking” in which she shares what life and grieving…...
5 Things to Say to Someone Who’s Grieving
Reading Time: 3 minutes 5 Things to Say to Someone Who’s Grieving Though we’re all well acquainted with how to celebrate happy occasions with people, sad ones are more fraught with worry. It’s sad, it’s awkward, and it’s hard to know what exactly to say when someone you know experiences…...
10 Things You Can Do When Someone You Know Suffers a Loss
Reading Time: 4 minutes Things you can do to help someone who is grieving After a lifetime of helping families with final arrangements, we can tell you that the most frequent questions we get aren’t about headstones, caskets, memorial services, or burials. When people ask those questions, what they really…...
What To Wear To A Funeral
Reading Time: 3 minutes What To Wear To A Funeral With funeral traditions changing so quickly, what to wear has become a very common question. In the 1970s, for example, it was unthinkable not to wear your traditional best to a funeral. Men wore a suit, or jacket and tie),…...
The Complete Guide to Cremation
Reading Time: 7 minutes Complete Guide to Cremation Planning a cremation doesn’t have to be difficult or complicated. You can learn everything you need to know with our simple and comprehensive guide to cremation....
How to Write a Eulogy: 3 Tips to Creating a Heartfelt Tribute
Reading Time: 6 minutes How to Write a Eulogy: 3 Tips for Creating a Heartfelt Tribute When Steve Jobs’ sister Mona Simpson delivered his eulogy she began with herself, explaining her life before she first met her brother at the age of 25. Mona was raised by a single mother…...
What to Write in a Sympathy Note
Reading Time: 6 minutes What to Write in a Sympathy Note The sympathy note that goes along with a floral arrangement or one that you write in a card you send in the mail has one simple rule, says the Emily Post Institute: Say what you truly feel. Many of…...
