Today’s guest post comes from Celeste Donohue. Celeste is a writer/comedian who lives in Los Angeles and is also the daughter of a 3rd generation funeral director. Her blog “Death To Hollywood” is about her life growing up in a funeral home and her current life in Hollywood. **** The way we brought the bodies […]
In the frustration of multitasking the details of four new calls, I decided to channel my angst into some spring cleaning. A new computer arrived yesterday, so in between the set up I threw all of our old lets-save-this-cause-we might-need-it tech in the dumpster. After cleaning out the second floor of a tape player, two […]
I took these pictures a couple months ago. They are in chronological order. Respecting the privacy of the deceased, I made sure there was no identifying features in the photos. Each pick-up / removal is different, depending upon the hospital, nursing home set up. This particular hospital has some odd peculiarities that I tried to capture … […]
That’s what I wanted to say. If you know me, you know that I tend to be blunt. Awkwardly so. Being that blunt objects aren’t allowed at funerals, I’ve had to learn the art of professional speak. Professional speak in the funeral business is the art of saying what you want to say without really […]
Earlier this week a contentious discussion brewed on my Confessions of a Funeral Director Facebook page. And I’d like to address the topic in my blog’s forum. The discussion was kick-started when I posted this status: The second comment on the above status was from a fellow embalmer named Allison, who said this: Allison’s initial comment eventual prompted […]