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.

Signs from the Other Side: Stories of After-Death Communication

Signs from the Other Side: Stories of After-Death Communication

When a pet dies, the house gets quieter in a way that feels almost physical. The water bowl is still there. The favorite spot on the couch still holds the...

Commissioning Pet Portraits: How to Choose the Right Artist

Commissioning Pet Portraits: How to Choose the Right Artist

The first time you notice the empty spot is rarely the moment you expect. It might be the kitchen mat that stays clean, the leash hook that never moves, or...

What to Do with Wedding Rings and Jewelry After a Death: Options for Keeping, Wearing, and Repurposing

What to Do with Wedding Rings and Jewelry After a Death: Options for Keeping, Wearing, and Repurposing

When someone you love dies, the world changes in obvious ways—phone calls you’ll never get again, routines that go quiet, a chair that suddenly looks too empty. But grief also...

How to Choose a Pet Portrait, Paw Print, or Jewelry Memorial That Feels Personal

How to Choose a Pet Portrait, Paw Print, or Jewelry Memorial That Feels Personal

The house can feel impossibly quiet after a pet is gone. Their bowl is still in the same place. The leash is still hanging by the door. And then, at...

Home Memorial Corners and Altars: How to Set Up, Maintain, and Adjust Them as Grief Changes

Home Memorial Corners and Altars: How to Set Up, Maintain, and Adjust Them as Grief Changes

There’s a moment many families recognize after the calls are made, the paperwork is signed, and the busy first week begins to quiet: you walk through your home and feel...

Remembering Through Music: Playlists, Live Performances, and Songs That Become “Theirs”

Remembering Through Music: Playlists, Live Performances, and Songs That Become “Theirs”

There are days when grief feels like silence. Not the calm kind—the kind that makes the house sound too big, the car ride too long, the evening too empty. And...

Nature-Based Rituals for Grief: Walks, Water, Trees, and Simple Outdoor Practices

Nature-Based Rituals for Grief: Walks, Water, Trees, and Simple Outdoor Practices

Grief can make the world feel too loud and too small at the same time. People talk to you, schedules keep moving, and yet your mind returns—again and again—to one...

Online Memorial Websites: How They Work, What to Include, and Privacy Tips

Online Memorial Websites: How They Work, What to Include, and Privacy Tips

In the first days after a death, families often find themselves holding two very different kinds of weight at the same time: the emotional shock of what’s happened, and the...

How to Honor a Pet’s Birthday or Adoption Day After They’re Gone

How to Honor a Pet’s Birthday or Adoption Day After They’re Gone

The first time your pet’s birthday or adoption day comes around after they’re gone can feel unexpectedly heavy. The date carries a strange gravity, pulling memories forward, the “gotcha day”...

What Should I Put On My Dog’s Grave?

What Should I Put On My Dog’s Grave?

Standing at your dog’s grave is a moment filled with emotion, memory, and the quiet ache of a bond that shaped your life every single day. It’s where silence feels...

Plants and Flowers for Graves: Low-Maintenance Choices to Honor a Loved One

Plants and Flowers for Graves: Low-Maintenance Choices to Honor a Loved One

Visiting a grave or memorial garden is about more than the stone itself; it is a place to feel connected to a loved one. Thoughtfully chosen plants for graves, gentle...

Pet Loss & Memorial Center

Pet Loss & Memorial Center

Grieving is a journey you never expected to take—but one that can reshape every corner of your life. The quiet in your home feels heavier, routines feel disrupted, and even...

What Are Some Simple Memorial Rituals I Can Do at Home?

What Are Some Simple Memorial Rituals I Can Do at Home?

Grieving a pet at home often brings an acute awareness of absence. The quiet spaces where your pet once slept, the corners of your home now strangely still, and the...

How to Choose a Pet Urn or Memorial: A Simple Guide When You’re Grieving

How to Choose a Pet Urn or Memorial: A Simple Guide When You’re Grieving

Choosing a pet urn or memorial can feel both impossibly small and overwhelmingly huge at the same time. It is “just” an object, and yet it may become the way...

Gardening for Grief: Planting a Memorial Tree or Flower Bed

Gardening for Grief: Planting a Memorial Tree or Flower Bed

When someone you love dies, whether it’s a person or a cherished pet, the world around you can feel unnervingly empty. The house may seem quieter, routines feel hollow, and...

Pet Memorial Ideas for Cemeteries and at Home: Stones, Markers, and Everyday Keepsakes

Pet Memorial Ideas for Cemeteries and at Home: Stones, Markers, and Everyday Keepsakes

When a beloved pet dies, the world can suddenly feel too quiet. The leash hanging by the door, the empty bed in the corner, and the way your body still...