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Grieving a Loved One During Thanksgiving? Try These Six Tips for Healing
Thanksgiving is a time to show gratitude for our many blessings. But for the bereaved, holidays can arouse feelings of grief even if the loss was some time ago.
If you find yourself feeling down ...
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Get the Facts about Veterans’ Burial Benefits
Batchelor Brothers Funeral Services is proud to serve the military veterans in our community. The funeral benefits available through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are many and varied...
Sunday, October 25, 2020
Affordable, Creative Ways to Personalize a Funeral Service
When grieving, you want to focus on personalization, not expenses.
You may worry that you’ll need to spend more than you’ve budgeted in order to properly honor your loved one. The good news...
Saturday, October 24, 2020
How to Have a Safe Celebration of Life: Creative Ways to Honor Your Loved One
You want to honor your loved one during this time of physical separation, but how can you do it safely?
A celebration of life, also known as a remembrance celebration, is a memorial service that ...
Saturday, October 10, 2020
What Legacy Do You Want to Leave?
We all want to do something that resonates throughout history. The most promising path to that kind of immortality isn’t through amazing feats or massive endowments. Rather, it’s the result of simp...
Monday, September 28, 2020
The Quick Guide to Choosing a Cemetery Property
Creating a burial plan for yourself or a loved one requires careful thought and decision making.
As you embark on selecting a cemetery, it is a good idea to go into the process armed with as much...
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Seven Things You Should Know About Live Stream Funeral Etiquette
Losing a loved one during the era of COVID-19 is especially challenging.
While the pandemic forced the world to remain apart, virtual funeral services have allowed family members, loved ones, and...
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
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Helpful Advice for Common Funeral Planning Challenges
Losing a loved one is among life’s most difficult experiences.
Being prepared for this eventuality can relieve some of the initial anxiety and despair. But even with plenty of planning and foreth...
The Guilt of Grief: How to Stop Blaming Yourself
Are you experiencing intense guilt following the loss of a loved one? If so, you aren’t alone.
Guilt is a common emotion in the wake of loss. While it isn’t unusual to the grieving process, holdi...
Keeping the Peace: Six Good Ideas for Dividing Your Loved One’s Possessions
Combining grief, stress, and treasured heirlooms can be a challenge for families. That’s why the loss of a loved one sometimes tests the bonds of even the closest families.
People do unusual thin...
Dealing with Loss: Avoid Making Major Decisions While You’re Grieving
When a loss occurs, many decisions must be made. There are choices about funerals, memorial services, burial, cremation, logistics relating to funeral services, and many others. While we may be abl...
Essential Tips for Helping Your Child Deal with Loss
Children, like adults, need time to grieve the loss of a loved one. One of the most important things you can do during this time is to let them know you're available to listen and provide reassuran...
How Aging Life Care Professionals™ Help Families Navigate Eldercare Challenges
Dealing with the needs of elderly parents can be challenging at best. In addition to the stress and emotion involved, tending to the many facets of their lives is often complicated and frustra...
Understanding the Symbolism of the Most Popular Funeral Flowers
Before you tell the florist to “put something nice together” for a sympathy arrangement, give some thought to the message it’s sending. Ideally, the arrangement should reflect the life of the perso...
