by Amanda C Vesty | Jun 30, 2020 | Ceremony, Children, Final Resting Places, Funerals, History & Culture, Uncategorised
As a lover of history and archaeology I was fascinated by the following discovery in Poland. Not only does it give us an isight into how our ancestors behaved but also how traditions around death are remembered and carried on down the centuries. It brings us a very...
by Amanda C Vesty | Jun 26, 2020 | Mementoes and Memorials, Uncategorised
Lost Book Returned Miss Libby Day said she was “so happy and grateful” to have her mothers’ irreplaceable book back. Distraught The 21-year-old accounting and finance student said she had been left “distraught” by the theft. “The...
by Amanda C Vesty | Jun 20, 2020 | Environment, Funerals, Uncategorised
Ashes to Ashes, but First a Nice Pine Box By JEFFREY M. PIEHLER FEB. 1, 2014 PRAIRIE VILLAGE, Kan. — NOT long ago, my wife and I had a good friend over for a glass of wine. We had drunk just enough to feel pleasantly liberated in thought. Or at least that’s how I...
by Amanda C Vesty | Jun 15, 2020 | Ceremony, Environment, Interfaith Funerals, Poetry, Uncategorised
Missing a Loved One? During the pandemic it’s hard for everyone, especially if you have lost a loved one. Family get togethers have had to take place over the internet. If you’re missing someone who has passed away you could arrange your family get-together...
by Amanda C Vesty | Jun 10, 2020 | Ceremony, Community, Funerals, Interfaith Funerals
It’s my funeral … Zeng Jia, a student who wanted to experience her own burial service and wake, so she spent a fortune on a ceremony with mourners, flowers and a coffin. She even paid make-up artists to make her appear more ‘dead’ and hired a photographer to picture...