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.

57 Things You Can Put Ashes In: Keepsakes, Jewelry, and Alternative Containers - Funeral.com, Inc.

57 Things You Can Put Ashes In: Keepsakes, Jewelry, and Alternative Containers

After cremation, many families find themselves holding a temporary container and realizing they’re not sure what comes next. The question can feel oddly heavy: what to do with ashes, and what...

Where to Put Cremation Ashes: 10 Meaningful Options From Home Display to Scattering - Funeral.com, Inc.

Where to Put Cremation Ashes: 10 Meaningful Options From Home Display to Scattering

Most families don’t begin by shopping for an urn. They begin by holding a temporary container in both hands—sometimes in a quiet kitchen, sometimes after a long day of paperwork—and...

Burying Ashes After Cremation: Cemetery, Backyard, and Urn Options - Funeral.com, Inc.

Burying Ashes After Cremation: Cemetery, Backyard, and Urn Options

There is a particular kind of quiet that follows cremation. The phone calls slow down. The paperwork sits in a small stack. And then, often when you’re washing dishes or...

What Are Cremation Ashes Made Of? The Chemistry of Cremains Explained - Funeral.com, Inc.

What Are Cremation Ashes Made Of? The Chemistry of Cremains Explained

Most families don’t expect the first moment to feel so ordinary. Someone hands you a temporary container or a sealed bag in a small box, and suddenly the person you...

Cremation Urn Vaults Explained: Types, Materials, Prices, and Where to Buy - Funeral.com, Inc.

Cremation Urn Vaults Explained: Types, Materials, Prices, and Where to Buy

If a cemetery tells you that you need a cremation urn vault, it can feel like one more unfamiliar requirement at a time when you’re already carrying too much. Families...

Memorial Candle Lighting Ceremonies: Timing, Scripts, and Easy Ideas for Any Service - Funeral.com, Inc.

Memorial Candle Lighting Ceremonies: Timing, Scripts, and Easy Ideas for Any Service

A memorial candle lighting ceremony is one of the simplest ways to bring warmth and structure into a day that can otherwise feel overwhelming. It doesn’t require a stage, a...

Memory Jar Ideas for Grief: A Step-by-Step Guide With Prompts, Notes, and Keepsake Add-Ons - Funeral.com, Inc.

Memory Jar Ideas for Grief: A Step-by-Step Guide With Prompts, Notes, and Keepsake Add-Ons

A memory jar is one of those deceptively simple ideas that can meet grief exactly where it is. You put out a jar. You write a note. You drop it...

Keepsake Jewelry, Glass Art, Urns, Diamonds, and Display Ideas - Funeral.com, Inc.

Keepsake Jewelry, Glass Art, Urns, Diamonds, and Display Ideas

When your pet dies, the world can feel both loud and impossibly quiet at the same time. You’re grieving, you’re trying to function, and then a practical question arrives before...

Lighting a Candle in Memory: Meaning, Traditions, and How to Create a Safe Home Ritual - Funeral.com, Inc.

Lighting a Candle in Memory: Meaning, Traditions, and How to Create a Safe Home Ritual

There are moments in grief when words feel too heavy, phone calls feel too complicated, and even well-meant support can land at the wrong time. That’s one reason lighting a...

Pet Loss: What to Do Next With Ashes, Urns, and Memorial Jewelry - Funeral.com, Inc.

Pet Loss: What to Do Next With Ashes, Urns, and Memorial Jewelry

Pet loss doesn’t arrive as a single moment. It arrives in waves. One minute you’re handling the practical details—phone calls, pickup times, paperwork—and the next minute you’re standing in your...

Teardrops and Tears: Symbolism, Types of Tears, and Common Myths - Funeral.com, Inc.

Teardrops and Tears: Symbolism, Types of Tears, and Common Myths

The first time many families notice the teardrop shape isn’t in a textbook or a museum. It’s in a quiet moment: a pendant resting against someone’s chest at a memorial,...

How to Measure Urn Capacity: Interior Volume, Shape, and Why Size Charts Differ - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Measure Urn Capacity: Interior Volume, Shape, and Why Size Charts Differ

When you’re choosing an urn—especially online—it can feel like you’re being asked to solve a quiet math problem while your heart is focused somewhere else. Two urns can look nearly...

How to Display an Urn at Home: Placement Ideas, Safety Tips, and Memorial Décor - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Display an Urn at Home: Placement Ideas, Safety Tips, and Memorial Décor

The day an urn comes home can feel surprisingly quiet. Sometimes it arrives after a memorial service, sometimes after a long week of paperwork and phone calls, and sometimes after...

Cremation Urn Terminology Explained: Temporary Urn, Keepsake, Companion, and More - Funeral.com, Inc.

Cremation Urn Terminology Explained: Temporary Urn, Keepsake, Companion, and More

Most families aren’t trying to become experts in cremation urn terminology. You’re trying to make a few loving, practical decisions—often while grief is still fresh. A funeral director may mention a...

How Much Ash Is Left After Cremation? Urn Size Rule-of-Thumb + Examples - Funeral.com, Inc.

How Much Ash Is Left After Cremation? Urn Size Rule-of-Thumb + Examples

There’s a particular kind of quiet that shows up after the phone calls slow down. The paperwork is started. The appointment is made. And then someone—often the person who didn’t...

57 Things to Do With Cremation Ashes: Unique Ideas, Keepsakes, and Safe Storage - Funeral.com, Inc.

57 Things to Do With Cremation Ashes: Unique Ideas, Keepsakes, and Safe Storage

After cremation, many families describe a strange quiet: the appointments and paperwork slow down, but your heart still wants somewhere for love to go. That’s why the question what to do...