One.  When you go to pick up the deceased at their home and it’s more than obvious that he/she died during coitus, and you try really hard not to blurt out, “Well, looks like he went out on top.” Two.  When a somebody dies on the third floor of an apartment building the very same day […]

One.  Did I bury that wedding ring? I know the family wanted the ring taken off before their mom was buried.  They told me how important that ring is to them. And I’m almost certain I took the ring off after the service was over.  But did I?  It was all such a blur. This […]

Each and every job has its hard parts. Here are 10 aspects of the funeral industry that I find difficult. One. The Silence Silence is the voice of death. It’s antithetical to the pursuit of Americans.  Most of us are programmed to want answers to our questions, truth to our doubts, words to our emptiness […]

I’m coming up on 10 years licensed, a significant milestone considering that my embalming professor told me that 70% of funeral students never make it to the decade mark.  To be honest, I never thought I’d make it this far.  After I graduated mortuary school, I told my dad, “I think I’ve only got about […]

Although I may come across as a beta male, I’ll be the first to admit that I’m no saint when it comes to self-centeredness.   I sit somewhere between the egoless Mother Theresa and egomaniac Donald Trump.  Self-care and a healthy application of “treat yo self” are essential for those of us in care-giving professions, […]