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.

How to Write a Pet Eulogy: Honoring Their Life in Words

How to Write a Pet Eulogy: Honoring Their Life in Words

There comes a moment in grief when silence becomes too heavy, and your heart begins reaching for language, not because words can heal loss, but because your love feels too...

Keeping a Portion of Ashes in a Keepsake Urn: Why Many Families Choose This

Keeping a Portion of Ashes in a Keepsake Urn: Why Many Families Choose This

When a pet is cremated and the ashes arrive home, they often feel heavier than expected, not in weight, but in meaning. You open the temporary container and see what...

Pet Cremation Jewelry: Wearing a Piece of Your Best Friend Close

Pet Cremation Jewelry: Wearing a Piece of Your Best Friend Close

There are days after a pet dies when the distance between you and them feels unbearable. You may find yourself reaching out in the dark, expecting the familiar weight of...

Planting a Tree or Garden in Memory of a Pet

Planting a Tree or Garden in Memory of a Pet

Grief enters quietly when pet loss happens, reshaping the home and the heart in ways few people truly understand. What once felt familiar suddenly carries a new weight: the empty...

Where Do Dogs Go When They Die? Comforting Answers for Grieving Pet Parents

Where Do Dogs Go When They Die? Comforting Answers for Grieving Pet Parents

When a dog dies, the whole rhythm of home changes. The house seems too quiet, the corner where their bed used to sit feels strangely bare, and your hand may...

Creating a Memory Box for Your Pet: What to Include

Creating a Memory Box for Your Pet: What to Include

When a beloved pet dies, the silence can feel almost as loud as their bark, purr, or cheerful footsteps once did. The leash hanging by the door, the empty bed...

Coping with the Loss of a Pet: Grief Stages, Rituals, and When to Seek Support

Coping with the Loss of a Pet: Grief Stages, Rituals, and When to Seek Support

When a pet dies, the whole rhythm of home changes. The quiet by the food bowl, the empty spot on the couch, the way you still half-expect the jingle of...

Do Pets Go to Heaven? How Different Religions and Traditions Answer the Question

Do Pets Go to Heaven? How Different Religions and Traditions Answer the Question

When a pet dies, the questions that rise first are rarely technical ones about cremation urns or memorial options. They are tender, aching questions like, “Where are they now?” and “Will...

Cultural Views on Pet Death Around the World

Cultural Views on Pet Death Around the World

When a pet dies, grief can feel raw and immediate no matter where you live. Yet the way that grief is expressed, acknowledged, or even allowed is deeply shaped by...

Healing Rituals for the First 30 Days After a Pet Dies

Healing Rituals for the First 30 Days After a Pet Dies

When a pet dies, time does not move in neat calendar blocks. The first 30 days after a pet dies can feel both endless and blurred—mornings without a familiar routine,...

Giving Away Pet Items: When to Hold On and When to Let Go

Giving Away Pet Items: When to Hold On and When to Let Go

Sometime after a pet dies, there is a quiet moment when you open the closet, or walk past the food bowl, and realize that their things are still exactly where...

How to Hold a Pet Memorial Service with Family and Friends

How to Hold a Pet Memorial Service with Family and Friends

There is a kind of silence that settles over a home after a pet dies, a silence made not only of the absence of sound, but of the absence of...

Pet Loss and Spiritual Signs: Comforting “Visits” and Symbolic Moments

Pet Loss and Spiritual Signs: Comforting “Visits” and Symbolic Moments

When a beloved dog or cat dies, the silence afterward can feel almost unreal. You might still expect to hear the familiar jingle of a collar, the thump on the...

Group Goodbyes: Including Family and Friends in a Pet's Final Moments

Group Goodbyes: Including Family and Friends in a Pet's Final Moments

When a pet is nearing the end of life, time can start to feel strangely stretched and compressed at the same moment. You may be trying to fit a lifetime...

Pet Aftercare Options Explained: Home Burial, Cemetery Burial, Cremation, and Alternatives

Pet Aftercare Options Explained: Home Burial, Cemetery Burial, Cremation, and Alternatives

When a pet dies, the first feeling is usually not practical at all. It is the silence by the food bowl, the empty spot on the couch, the way the...

Making a Memory Box for Your Pet: What to Include and Why It Helps

Making a Memory Box for Your Pet: What to Include and Why It Helps

The quiet corners of your home can feel heavier than usual when a beloved pet is gone. A collar hanging by the door, a worn-out toy tucked under the couch,...