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.

Sympathy Gifts vs. Sympathy Gestures: Food, Flowers, Donations, and Keepsakes That Comfort

Sympathy Gifts vs. Sympathy Gestures: Food, Flowers, Donations, and Keepsakes That Comfort

When someone dies, many of us get stuck in the same place: we want to help, but we don’t know whether to send something or do something. The confusion is...

Comfort Food Ideas to Bring After a Death: Easy, Reheatable Meals People Actually Eat

Comfort Food Ideas to Bring After a Death: Easy, Reheatable Meals People Actually Eat

If you’re searching comfort food ideas because someone has died, you’re probably trying to do something quietly important: remove one burden from a household that is carrying too many at...

Have Too Many Eggs? Easy Egg-Based Comfort Meals (Great for Meal Trains)

Have Too Many Eggs? Easy Egg-Based Comfort Meals (Great for Meal Trains)

If you have a refrigerator full of eggs and a heart that wants to do something useful with them, you’re in a good place. Eggs are one of the simplest...

Cooking a Comfort Meal in Someone’s Memory: Simple Lamb Chop Dinner Ideas + Best Sides

Cooking a Comfort Meal in Someone’s Memory: Simple Lamb Chop Dinner Ideas + Best Sides

Some meals do more than feed people. They hold a story. The smell hits the kitchen and, for a second, someone is back in the room again—laughing, insisting on “just...

Easy, Healthy Breakfasts for Grief: Simple Meals When You Have No Appetite

Easy, Healthy Breakfasts for Grief: Simple Meals When You Have No Appetite

If you’re searching for breakfast ideas for grief, you’re probably not looking for a Pinterest-perfect morning. You’re looking for something that gets you through the next hour with a little...

Holiday Meals After a Loss: Gentle Christmas Dinner Ideas for Grieving Families

Holiday Meals After a Loss: Gentle Christmas Dinner Ideas for Grieving Families

Holiday meals after loss can feel like walking into a room that used to be warm and familiar, only to realize the air is different now. The calendar says “Christmas,”...

What to Cook for a Grieving Family: Comforting Dinners, Meal Train Ideas & What to Avoid

What to Cook for a Grieving Family: Comforting Dinners, Meal Train Ideas & What to Avoid

If you’re searching what to cook for a grieving family, you’re probably trying to do something quietly important: remove one decision from a household that has too many decisions all...

How to Send Food to a Grieving Family

How to Send Food to a Grieving Family

In the first days after a death, time does a strange thing. Hours blur, decisions pile up, and even the simplest routines, drinking water, answering a text, heating up a...