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.
Choosing a Cremation Urn (or Keepsake) Without Feeling Rushed: A Family Guide to Urns, Pet Memorials, and Cremation Jewelry
Most people don’t set out to become an expert in memorial choices. The questions usually arrive in a small, heavy moment—when the funeral home asks what kind of container you...
What to Do With Ashes: A Practical, Gentle Guide to Cremation Urns, Keepsakes, Cremation Jewelry, and Funeral Planning
After a cremation, many families expect the hardest decisions to be behind them—until a simple container is placed in their hands and a new question appears: what to do with...
Sitting, Standing, and Kneeling at Services: How to Follow Along Without Stress
If you’re unsure when to sit, stand, or kneel at a funeral or religious service, you’re not alone. In a room where grief already makes everything feel heavy, the fear...
Flying or Shipping Ashes From Tennessee (2026): TSA Rules, USPS Shipping & Major Airports
When someone you love is cremated, there is often a moment afterward that feels surprisingly practical: you need to get the cremated remains where they need to go. Sometimes that...
Companion Urns: Two-Person Urns, Shared Memorials, and How Capacity Actually Works
Most families don’t begin by searching for a “companion urn.” They begin with a simpler, heavier sentence: we want to stay together. For spouses, partners, or two people whose lives...
Transport Permits After a Death: When You Can Move the Body Yourself (and When You Can’t)
The hours after a death can feel unreal: the quiet in the room, the small decisions that suddenly carry enormous weight, the sense that time has both stopped and started...
Cremation Cost in Alaska (2026): Price Breakdown & FAQs
If you are reading this after a death (or while trying to prepare for one), you may have already discovered something frustrating: pricing can feel unclear at exactly the moment...
Cremation Cost in Delaware (2026): Price Breakdown & FAQs
When a death happens—or when you are quietly planning ahead—cost questions can feel both practical and painfully personal. Many Delaware families start with the same simple search: how much does...
Cremation Cost in Florida (2026): Price Breakdown & FAQs
There’s a particular kind of quiet that settles in after a loss. In Florida, it often arrives in the same place for many families: at a kitchen table, on a...
Cremation Cost in Georgia (2026): Price Breakdown & FAQs
If you are reading this because someone in your life just died, or because you are trying to plan ahead so your family won’t have to guess later, you are...
Cremation Cost in Colorado (2026): Price Breakdown & FAQs
If you are planning a loss in Colorado—whether it happened suddenly or after a long season of caregiving—the money questions can arrive with a kind of guilt attached. Many families...
Cremation Cost in Arkansas (2026): Price Breakdown & FAQs
The question usually arrives in a quiet moment, not in a meeting. Someone has just said, “We’re going to cremate,” and the next sentence is almost always the one families...
Cremation Cost in Arizona (2026): Price Breakdown & FAQs
Most families don’t set out to become experts in pricing, permits, and paperwork. They search for cremation cost Arizona 2026 because something real has happened: a death, a decline, or...
How to Line a Casket: Fabric Choices, Padding Options, and Simple, Dignified Finishes
There is a particular kind of quiet that comes with preparing a final resting place. Even when a family has help from a funeral home, there is often a moment...