What is Your Idea of Loneliness? Article for the Association of Women Funeral...
This is an article I wrote for the Association of Women Funeral Professionals. Here is the link and the article is below. Thank you Kim Stacey for printing the article and for being a necessary force...
View ArticleDeath of a Child
There is not much in this world that carries the emotional toll of experiencing the death of a child. I have known many of these people and cannot imagine how heart-wrenching it would be. Helping...
View ArticleBegin Here: Helping Survivors Manage honored as 2013 International Book Award...
It is an honor to be a Finalist in the International Book Award contest in the Self-Help: General category. Results were released June 3, 2013 in this Press Release. It is not the most important thing...
View ArticlePlanning for Your Survivors
People tell me all the time ‘You should write another book on how to plan for death!’ Fortunately, hundreds of others have thought the same thing and have done exactly that. I then refer them to a...
View ArticleTax Returns for Decedent
It was not until my mom died that I discovered that my dad needed to file a tax return for the last year she was alive. Of course it makes sense, it just never occurred to me. As a staunch advocate for...
View Article5 Reasons You Should Follow Chris Raymond, About.com’s Death and Dying Expert
Editor’s note: This is a confession. It is about breast-cancer awareness. It is about the pink. For years I have taken silent issue with this unending media frenzy while simmering in a frustrated pot...
View ArticleCalifornia Bookstore Day, May 3, 2014 – What about the rest of the world?
Please visit your local independent bookstore on May 3 and suggest they join the California celebration! If you are in Northern California (Corte Madera or San Francisco), stop in at Book Passage to...
View Article14 Questions to Ask a Creditor When Reporting a Death
Another blog worth repeating since someone asked me about this recently. Here is the PDF if you would like to print it. It is in our Downloads tab on this website. When I contacted the Social Security...
View ArticleAnother Great Tool for Closing Online Accounts After a Death
My wonderful friend Mary sent this link to me and what a great site it is! Everplans (currently in beta) is a great tool for funeral and death planning with a few tools for after a death including an...
View ArticleDeaf and Hard of Hearing Survivor Considerations
When my mom died, my dad had more than the typical challenges of a survivor – my dad was predominantly deaf and my mom was his ears. Because he had profound hearing loss, he did not feel completely...
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