1. Dead body ≠ Doom and Destruction of the Public Health Under normal circumstances, dead bodies are safe and offer no reasonable danger to the public health. A dead body offers no more danger than it did when it was living. 2. In Some Circumstances, Embalming Can Make a Dead Body Safer Sure, embalming […]
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Dan Peeples, the Vice President of Julian Peeples Funeral Homes shared with me this beautiful, little good deed. He writes, I was on my way to the church for the funeral of a 36 year old firefighter. As I’m driving the family car, the little 5 year old son says, “Mommy, I thought daddy was […]
I’m not a fan of huge grave monuments. Freud talked about them being a phallic symbol of pride (i.e. an afterlife form of dick measuring) and I’d have to agree with him. Large and grandiose monuments seem to say, “my dead body is more important than your dead body.” And while large monuments may be […]
Waves crash over you, throwing body and mind In chaotic directions of darkness and pain. You were made for the land and so you hold your breath As you claw your feet into the ground. The currents pull you out deeper and deeper Each gasp is met by another wave of details and emotions. What […]