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Dealing with grief in the new year
01/16/2025
A psychologist and writer share their advice on handling grief and supporting others who are grieving this time of the year. Around the holidays and in a cold new year, psychologists have noticed grief taking up a bigger place in...
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A Hohner Harmonica, Jimmy Buffett LPs and Other Things to Bury With Me
01/16/2025
A Hohner Harmonica, Jimmy Buffett LPs and Other Things to Bury With Me Inspired by what was buried with my grandma (a rosary, five playing cards and a beer), I've got some ideas about what I don't want to leave...
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Veterans Can Now Tell Their Own Stories on the VA's Veterans Memorial Website
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The website features the names of millions of veterans buried in VA cemeteries and military-run sites, as well as those buried in private cemeteries who have requested grave markers through the VA The Department of Veterans Affairs' website built to...
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Veterans Can Now Tell Their Own Stories on the VA's Veterans Memorial Website
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The ' website built to honor veterans who have served the country since the Revolutionary War will now allow former service members to tell their own stories before they die. The VA announced Thursday that it has expanded its ,...
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10 interesting bills to check out ahead of the 2025 Utah Legislative Session
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Finch & Finch, Inc. Funeral & Cremation Service earns prestigious 2024 NFDA Pursuit of Excellence Award for Innovation & Community Service
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A Northeast Philly woman prepaid for her husband’s burial decades ago. When he died, she was asked to pay again.
01/15/2025
Marlyn Harris is the latest customer to complain about Wertheimer Monuments Between a growing brood of grandchildren, a life full of travel, and a loving marriage that had endured for decades, Marlyn and Herbert Harris had plenty to live for...
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Our Grief Fits Us Like a Glove
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Grief is a lot of things. It’s a process. It comes in waves and it comes in stages. It’s relentless and can’t be controlled. It can last for months, years, or forever. It’s incredibly personal and yet universal. It can...
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6 Tips for Helping Children Manage Anticipatory Grief
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