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.

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...

When People Don’t Understand Your Pet Grief: Coping With “It Was Only a Dog”

When People Don’t Understand Your Pet Grief: Coping With “It Was Only a Dog”

When a pet dies, your world can tilt on its axis. You may find yourself reaching out with your foot at night for a familiar warm body that isn’t there,...

Grieving a Pet From Afar: Long-Distance Loss and Saying Goodbye Remotely

Grieving a Pet From Afar: Long-Distance Loss and Saying Goodbye Remotely

When a pet dies, most of us imagine being right there: hand on their fur, whispering goodbyes, feeling their breathing slow under our palm. Long-distance pet loss breaks that picture...

Planting a Garden for Your Pet: Living Memorial Ideas for Dog and Cat Lovers

Planting a Garden for Your Pet: Living Memorial Ideas for Dog and Cat Lovers

When a pet dies, the whole house feels different. The quiet by the food bowl, the empty spot on the couch, the way the yard suddenly looks a little too...

Memorializing a Pet at Home: Altars, Photos, Candles, and Everyday Rituals

Memorializing a Pet at Home: Altars, Photos, Candles, and Everyday Rituals

When a beloved pet dies, the house can feel strangely hollow. You still catch yourself glancing at their bed, listening for paws on the floor, or reaching for a leash...

How Much Does Pet Cremation Cost? Current Price Ranges and What Affects the Total

How Much Does Pet Cremation Cost? Current Price Ranges and What Affects the Total

When a pet dies, there is usually a moment when the practical question no one wants to ask finally surfaces: how much is dog cremation or cat cremation price, and what...

How to Support a Partner After a Pet Loss: Different Grief Styles, Same Love

How to Support a Partner After a Pet Loss: Different Grief Styles, Same Love

Some companions leave paw prints not just on your home, but on your heart. They are part of your routines, your quiet moments, your laughter, and even your challenges. When...

Parents Losing the Family Pet: Making Space for Their Grief Too

Parents Losing the Family Pet: Making Space for Their Grief Too

The loss of a family pet ripples through every corner of a household, touching hearts in ways that words can scarcely capture, yet parents’ grief often goes quietly unseen and...

Helping Children Understand the Death of a Pet: Gentle Words That Help

Helping Children Understand the Death of a Pet: Gentle Words That Help

A beloved pet is more than a companion, they are a constant presence, a listener, a playmate, and a source of comfort. When a pet passes away, it can shake...

How to Talk to Your Vet About Pet Euthanasia and Aftercare Options

How to Talk to Your Vet About Pet Euthanasia and Aftercare Options

There comes a moment in many pet owners’ lives when the unspoken question finally enters the room with the veterinarian. It might appear as a quiet pause after test results,...

Explaining a Pet’s Death to Other Pets in the Home

Explaining a Pet’s Death to Other Pets in the Home

The quiet hits first. The spot where they used to curl up is empty. The soft padding of paws that once echoed through your home is gone. The routines that...

Cleaning the House After a Pet Dies: Grief, Messes, and Making Space for Memory

Cleaning the House After a Pet Dies: Grief, Messes, and Making Space for Memory

Your home carries the echoes of countless shared moments: the soft shuffle of paws across the floor, a sunbeam warmed by a curled-up body, a favorite toy tucked under the...

Home Burial vs. Pet Cremation: Legal and Emotional Considerations

Home Burial vs. Pet Cremation: Legal and Emotional Considerations

Every pet leaves a unique mark on your home and heart, creating memories that stay long after they are gone. Choosing how to honor those memories—whether to bury them at...

Scattering Pet Ashes: Places, Permissions, and Emotional Meaning

Scattering Pet Ashes: Places, Permissions, and Emotional Meaning

There is a particular moment after a pet has passed and their ashes have returned home when you find yourself standing before the pet urn and wondering what comes next....

Creating a Pet Memorial Corner: Photos, Urns, Keepsakes, and Rituals

Creating a Pet Memorial Corner: Photos, Urns, Keepsakes, and Rituals

There is a moment in grief when you walk through your home and feel the unmistakable shape of absence. The bed remains, the sofa is still there, the same light...

Meaningful Ways to Memorialize a Pet at Home

Meaningful Ways to Memorialize a Pet at Home

There are moments after losing a pet when the house feels both familiar and unfamiliar, like a place you recognize but can’t fully settle into. You walk through each room...