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60 Comforting Sympathy Messages for Loss of a Child

There can be no greater pain than the loss of a child. No parent should have to go through it, yet it happens every day. Someone, somewhere is saying a final goodbye to their child

Just a few words of advice from a funeral director, please don’t say, “I know how you feel.”  Because you don’t. Even if you have been in the same situation, we all handle grief differently. Simply offer your love, support, compassion and a listening ear…

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50 Comforting Bible Verses for Grief & Loss

We’re going to share 50 comforting Bible verses for grief with you today. Perhaps more importantly, we want to show you how to use Scripture verses to comfort the grieving in genuine, meaningful, Christ-centered ways.

The Bible does provide great comfort for those who are grieving. The pain of loss is real and deep, and the Scriptures do not gloss over or minimize what mourners experience.

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101 Loss of Son Quotes for Sympathy & Healing

There is no greater emotional pain than what one experiences after losing a child.

If you recently lost your beloved son, you’re probably finding it extremely difficult to find consolation while carrying on with your life. His absence has left you with a deep void that cannot be filled with memories alone.

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Heartwarming Memory Keepsake Ideas

12 Best Memory Keepsakes to Remember a Loved One

Many people look for memory keepsakes as a way to honor and remember a departed loved one.

After all, often they are buried in a cemetery or interred in a columbarium. Or their ashes may be scattered, or perhaps you have the remains with you at home but you don’t particularly want a cremation urn sitting out and about.

So the solution is to create some sort of memory keepsake. Something special, something that speaks to you about your loved one. Something that you can keep in your home in honor of their memory.

There are thousands of options; but here, we’ve curated the best for you. Let’s take a look.

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Solid Wood Cremation Urns, Made in the USA: The Real Deal

When choosing the cremation urn that will serve as your loved one’s final resting place, it is worth the time and effort to find the best quality at a respectable price.

While there are many types of urns out there, perhaps there is no greater disparity in quality among wooden cremation urns. While the photos you see online may look similar, don’t be deceived. There is an unbelievable difference between genuine solid wood cremation urns and the cheap knockoffs that use veneers and particle board.

You want the real deal. You want solid wood cremation urns, made in the USA.

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Ultimate List of Dog Memorials

40 Best Dog Memorials to Celebrate Your Fur Baby

It is hard to say goodbye to our fur babies. They are part of our family and have given us unconditional love their whole lives.

Whether you have lost a much-beloved pet, or you know someone that has, we have put a fantastic list together featuring the 40 best dog memorials we’ve ever seen.

Our goal, as always, is to help you celebrate the love we all feel for our fur babies.

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30 Best Hummingbird Cremation Urns & Memorials

In mourning culture, hummingbirds have long been seen as a sign from heaven to those who are in grief.

They are messengers of sorts. As messengers, they are said to let those left behind know that their loved one is happy and wants them to be comforted and happy, too.

Because of this, hummingbirds have become a popular choice for the adornment of urns and memorial keepsakes. Their beauty and deep symbolism make them perfectly suited not only for urns, but also jewelry, paintings, ornaments and many other tokens which are kept for remembrance items.

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21 Best Jazz Funeral Songs

Today we are going to look at the 21 best jazz funeral songs.

Few genres of music can carry the emotional and sentimental impact that jazz does. Often considered “America’s Classical Music,” its beloved bent or “blue” notes express melancholy in an unparalleled manner, while its forward momentums can brighten and uplift the mood unlike any other. 

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Missing You: 45 Honest Quotes about Grief

Grieving over and missing someone you love is a big deal. It’s not always easy to give voice to the thoughts and emotions inside you.

These swell up to tears and down to numbness, then repeat, and it seems like no one else understands or can fathom.

The 22 honest missing someone quotes about grief are provided here to help you find the right words to express just how much you miss your loved one. Feel free to share, pin, or save as your background or screen saver, just be sure to link back to this post when sharing online.

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100 Greatest Songs About Death & Losing Someone You Love

Songs about death abound. From Homer to Poe, the canticles of Mesopotamia to Beethoven, ancient mosaics to modern art — death and loss have long been a source of inspiration for the arts.

Plays, poetry, paintings and music have centered around this inevitable part of life since the earliest civilizations. Death rocks us at the very core of our emotions and stirs the deepest corners of our spirit, moving many to express their pain in ways that can be shared.

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Sailing Cremation Urns

15+ Beautiful Sailboat Urns & Sailing Memorials

A sailing cremation urn is a lovely way to honor your loved one’s personality and interests.

Sailing is a fun, exhilarating and yet relaxing pastime. When on a sailboat, the thrill of the high seas is combined with the relaxation of a day in the sun with the soothing sounds of the ocean in your ears.

Sailing can be both a family and an individual activity, has health benefits relating to physical fitness and mental acuity, and can be surprisingly inexpensive in comparison to many other hobbies.

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