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.

Healing Rituals After Pet Loss: Letters, Keepsake Boxes, and Everyday Reminders

Healing Rituals After Pet Loss: Letters, Keepsake Boxes, and Everyday Reminders

After a pet dies, the house can feel strangely loud and strangely empty at the same time. You still reach for the leash. You still listen for a familiar nail-click...

Burying vs Cremating a Dog: Legal Issues, Costs, and Emotional Considerations

Burying vs Cremating a Dog: Legal Issues, Costs, and Emotional Considerations

Losing a dog can feel like losing a steady part of your everyday life. The leash still hangs by the door. The food bowl is still where it always was....

Pet Cremation Jewelry Gift Guide: What to Buy (and When) After a Loss

Pet Cremation Jewelry Gift Guide: What to Buy (and When) After a Loss

A pet cremation jewelry gift offers a meaningful way to honor a cherished companion while providing comfort during a difficult time. These keepsakes can be deeply personal, allowing friends and...

Paw Print Jewelry (No Ashes): Options, Price Ranges & How to Order the Right Way

Paw Print Jewelry (No Ashes): Options, Price Ranges & How to Order the Right Way

There’s a particular kind of relief in choosing memorial jewelry that doesn’t ask anything more from you. No decisions about dividing remains, no tiny tools, no questions about seals. Just...

Can I Be Buried with My Pet? Human–Pet Companion Burial Options Explained

Can I Be Buried with My Pet? Human–Pet Companion Burial Options Explained

If you’ve ever looked at your dog sleeping at your feet or your cat curled up in the same sunny spot each afternoon and thought, “We’ve done life together,” it...

Faith and Pet Aftercare: How Different Beliefs View Pet Burial, Cremation, and Scattering

Faith and Pet Aftercare: How Different Beliefs View Pet Burial, Cremation, and Scattering

When a beloved pet dies, grief often arrives in two waves. The first is the ache of absence—the quiet food bowl, the leash that still hangs by the door, the...

Pet Burial vs Cremation: Pros, Cons, Costs, and How to Decide What’s Best

Pet Burial vs Cremation: Pros, Cons, Costs, and How to Decide What’s Best

When a pet dies, you don’t just lose an animal—you lose a daily rhythm. The click of nails on the floor, the pause at the door, the weight of a...

How to Bury a Dog at Home: Legal Checks, Safe Depth, and Gentle Goodbye Rituals

How to Bury a Dog at Home: Legal Checks, Safe Depth, and Gentle Goodbye Rituals

Losing a dog can feel like losing a piece of the household’s heartbeat. One moment there’s a familiar weight at your feet, a collar clinking at the door, a nose...

How to Preserve Pet Ashes?

How to Preserve Pet Ashes?

Preserving pet ashes is more than a practical task—it is a heartfelt way to honor the bond you shared with your companion. After saying goodbye, the quiet moments at home...

Planning a Shared Memorial with Multiple Pets: Group Graves, Urns, and Markers

Planning a Shared Memorial with Multiple Pets: Group Graves, Urns, and Markers

If you’ve loved more than one pet, you already know this quiet truth: grief doesn’t replace itself. It layers. A dog who grew up with your kids. A cat who...

Burying an Urn with a Dog or Cat: How to Safely Place Ashes in a Pet Grave

Burying an Urn with a Dog or Cat: How to Safely Place Ashes in a Pet Grave

For many families, a pet’s grave is not just a place in the yard or a corner of a pet cemetery. It’s a small geography of love. It’s where you...

Pet Wakes and Viewings: Should You See Your Pet One Last Time Before Cremation?

Pet Wakes and Viewings: Should You See Your Pet One Last Time Before Cremation?

The moment you realize you may never see your pet again is rarely a single moment. It’s a series of small shocks: the leash still hanging by the door, the...

Is It Possible for Pets to Return as Spirits? How Different Traditions View Ghost Stories and Hauntings

Is It Possible for Pets to Return as Spirits? How Different Traditions View Ghost Stories and Hauntings

In the first quiet days after a pet dies, the house can feel strangely loud. The empty food bowl. The missing click of nails on the hallway floor. The space...

How Pet Wakes and Human Wakes Are Similar—and Different

How Pet Wakes and Human Wakes Are Similar—and Different

When someone we love dies, our brains do two things at once: they grieve, and they reach for structure. A wake—whether it’s called a visitation, a gathering, a remembrance, or...

Bringing a Living Pet to a Funeral or Cemetery: Etiquette, Pros and Cons, and Safety Tips

Bringing a Living Pet to a Funeral or Cemetery: Etiquette, Pros and Cons, and Safety Tips

There’s a particular kind of quiet that settles around a funeral home chapel or a cemetery lane. It’s not just the absence of noise—it’s the feeling that everyone is carrying...

Online Support for Pet Loss: Forums, Groups, and How to Find a Safe, Caring Space

Online Support for Pet Loss: Forums, Groups, and How to Find a Safe, Caring Space

In the first days after a pet dies, the world can feel strangely loud and strangely quiet at the same time. Loud because life keeps moving—notifications, errands, people talking about...