The Funeral.com Journal

Resources to help you create tributes as unique as the people (and pets) you love. Learn how engraving, photos, colors, and symbols add meaning; discover scattering rituals and at-home memorial ideas. We focus on the details that matter—because small choices can carry a lifetime of comfort.

Pet Cremation: A Practical & Emotional Guide for Families

Pet Cremation: A Practical & Emotional Guide for Families

The quiet moments in your home feel different when a beloved companion is no longer there. The walks, the naps beside you, the little routines that filled your days with...

Cremation Urns, Pet Urns, and Cremation Jewelry: A Practical Guide for Real Families

Cremation Urns, Pet Urns, and Cremation Jewelry: A Practical Guide for Real Families

The moment a loved one passes, families are faced with a mix of practical and emotional decisions. Cremation brings choices that extend beyond paperwork, deciding where ashes will live, how...

Ashes at Home: Safety, Etiquette, and Talking with Family About Long-Term Plans

Ashes at Home: Safety, Etiquette, and Talking with Family About Long-Term Plans

Keeping cremated remains at home has become a meaningful and increasingly common choice for many families. More than just a practical decision, it can be a deeply personal way to...

Cremation Jewelry for Men and Women: Style, Discretion, and How to Choose

Cremation Jewelry for Men and Women: Style, Discretion, and How to Choose

If you’re exploring cremation jewelry for the first time, it can feel deeply personal and surprisingly emotional. Choosing a piece isn’t just about aesthetics, it’s about deciding how you want...

Columbariums and Scattering Gardens: Final Resting Places Beyond Traditional Graves

Columbariums and Scattering Gardens: Final Resting Places Beyond Traditional Graves

Choosing a final resting place for ashes is a journey that begins long before decisions are made, one that touches the heart as deeply as the life being honored. It...

Unique Memorial Keepsakes: From Fingerprint Jewelry to Artwork Made with Ashes

Unique Memorial Keepsakes: From Fingerprint Jewelry to Artwork Made with Ashes

Honoring a loved one’s memory often extends far beyond traditional caskets or urns. Unique memorial keepsakes allow families to create personalized tributes that capture the essence of a person’s life...

Cremation Urns, Pet Urns, and Cremation Jewelry: A Gentle Guide to Your Options

Cremation Urns, Pet Urns, and Cremation Jewelry: A Gentle Guide to Your Options

When a loved one passes, whether a person or a pet, you are suddenly faced with choices you never expected to make. One of the most personal is deciding what...

Best Poems for Funerals: How Words, Ashes, and Memory Come Together

Best Poems for Funerals: How Words, Ashes, and Memory Come Together

When someone dies, the practical questions arrive quickly: calling the funeral home, choosing between burial and cremation, wondering how much cremation costs, and deciding what to do with ashes afterward....

Cremation Urns, Pet Urns, and Cremation Jewelry: A Gentle Guide to Keeping Ashes Close

Cremation Urns, Pet Urns, and Cremation Jewelry: A Gentle Guide to Keeping Ashes Close

If you are reading this, you may be somewhere in the middle of funeral planning, trying to make decisions you never imagined having to make. Or you may simply be...

Best Funeral Poems and How They Fit with Cremation Urns, Ashes, and Everyday Grief

Best Funeral Poems and How They Fit with Cremation Urns, Ashes, and Everyday Grief

When someone dies, the questions come in layers. There are the practical ones about paperwork, phone calls, and funeral planning. There are the financial ones, like how much does cremation...

When Family Disagrees About What to Do with Ashes: Compromise, Legal Rights, and Creative Solutions

When Family Disagrees About What to Do with Ashes: Compromise, Legal Rights, and Creative Solutions

It’s one of those conflicts that often surprises families. You’ve done the hard part: made the arrangements, gotten through the service, received the cremated remains. And then a quiet but...

Cremation Jewelry Care Guide: Cleaning, Wearing, and Keeping Ashes Secure

Cremation Jewelry Care Guide: Cleaning, Wearing, and Keeping Ashes Secure

Caring for cremation jewelry is about more than preserving a beautiful keepsake; it’s a daily way to feel connected to the memory of a loved one. Each necklace, bracelet, or...

Scattering Ashes: Laws, Locations, and Meaningful Ideas for Saying Goodbye

Scattering Ashes: Laws, Locations, and Meaningful Ideas for Saying Goodbye

Scattering ashes offers a profoundly personal way to commemorate a loved one’s life, turning loss into a moment of reflection, connection, and remembrance. Knowing the laws about scattering ashes and...

Religions and Cremation: How Different Faiths View Cremation vs Burial

Religions and Cremation: How Different Faiths View Cremation vs Burial

When families start talking about cremation vs burial, the conversation rarely stays purely practical. Very quickly, it touches on religious views on cremation, beliefs about the body and the soul,...

Choosing the Right Urn Size: Capacity Guide for Adults, Children, and Pets

Choosing the Right Urn Size: Capacity Guide for Adults, Children, and Pets

When you’re grieving, the last thing you want is to worry about math. Yet many families find themselves asking the same urgent question: “What size urn do I need?” Understanding...

Mailing Cremated Remains: USPS Rules, Required Kits, and How to Ship Ashes Safely

Mailing Cremated Remains: USPS Rules, Required Kits, and How to Ship Ashes Safely

When families talk about funeral planning today, the conversation often includes distance. Adult children may live in other states, a memorial service might be scheduled months after a death, or...