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According to the American Heritage College Dictionary, a memorial is defined as "something to honor the memory of a person (usually deceased) or an event". A memorial can be anything from the epitaph on a gravestone, to a statue. Memorials the world over can vary depending on the culture. For example, Mexican people celebrate a "day of the dead" in memory of dead ancestors -- similar rituals are observed all over the world. A memorial service is the most popular way for people to pay homage...
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The experience of death is a life-altering event. Any person who has deeply mourned the loss of someone near and dear will tell you that you can never really go back to being the person that you once were. Somewhere along the way, you have lost a little something of yourself. This experience of loss is most intense when the deceased is someone very close like a parent, sibling or child.
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A typical funeral can cost $6,000 compared to $1200 for a cremation and service. Caskets typically start at about $2,000 for an economy model and quickly rise from there. Be sure and shop around online.
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Find out how many of today's customized urns are made by the master craftsmen and artists who make them. These cremation urns are beautiful works of art in their own right and many people prefer to display them openly. Family and friends are choosing keepsake urns or memorial jewelry like lockets and urn necklaces to keep precious memories close.
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Death is such a difficult experience for almost everyone. When someone you love passes away it can be a struggle to focus on anything but your grief.
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Is the rising cost of this industry becoming too much for your family to endure?
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It is both a wonderful and terrible aspect of God's love that when we lose someone we love, the deep pain we feel can draw us closer to God, the author of life and death. As Christians all our relationships are a triangle, with one another and God at the head. Our
deepest selves are connected to one another and to God because it is in Him we live and love and have our true being.
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My husband's tongue and cheek muscles have also fallen prey to ALS (Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis) and he has difficulty enunciating his words clearly. But our desire to live each moment that we are granted has led us to make the decision that "I'm gonna live, live, live until I die".
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The choice between cremation and burial is a very personal one and some will flat out not desire this alternative.
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This happens when you get a loan, file and insurance claim, go to court for numerous reasons and at retirement or going into a nursing home. This is a way to priove everything; all of your papers are in order, a home inventory, financial papers etc.
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