It's been a whle. There are reasons. On March 31 my husband's mother died. It was complicated, and he had to make the decision to pull her off of life support and let her go.
The kids were close to her, especially Anakin, our 4yo. How to explain death to a child? Well we're really open about it. Right now her ashes are on the mantel. Overall, what I recommend is... the Pagan book of Living and Dying. http://www.amazon.com/Pagan-Book-Living-Dying-Meditations/dp/0062515160 It really is an amazing book, with amazing prayers. It covers every aspect of death, in a clear and precise way too. Even my 10yo can read and understand it.
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Thank you for your well written piece. Many of us unfortunately have read horror stories about the funeral business. Regrettably there are companies selling cremation urns online which are not much more reputable. While they spend lavish amounts of money on web sites dripping with sympathy – many of these companies are nothing more than a site that drop ships product. Beware of sellers that do not have a physical address or the names of the principals of the company on the site – what are they hiding from? I had an issue with a company called Perfect Memorials ( Perfectmemorials.com ) and there was no one from the company that would talk to me. While I could call to order an urn – I could not speak to an owner or manager over the phone – they insisted that we only communicate via email. An evasive tactic if I ever saw one! Perfect Memorials is really a company that invested heavily in the web – but puts very little into the human contact part of the funeral/memorial industry. I would be careful of Perfectmemorials.com and others like them.
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