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.

Visiting the Vet, Park, or Favorite Spot After a Pet Dies: Handling Grief Triggers

Visiting the Vet, Park, or Favorite Spot After a Pet Dies: Handling Grief Triggers

There are some places you expect to hurt after a pet dies, like the quiet corner where their bed used to be, or the kitchen floor where you still instinctively...

Nevada Pet Cremation Guide: Laws, Costs & Options

Nevada Pet Cremation Guide: Laws, Costs & Options

Updated December 23, 2025 for 2026. Pet Cremation Overview in Nevada Losing a pet is never easy, and making decisions about cremation can feel overwhelming. This guide explains pet cremation...

Which Urns Last the Longest? Durability by Material, Sealing Tips, and How to Choose the Right Urn

Which Urns Last the Longest? Durability by Material, Sealing Tips, and How to Choose the Right Urn

When families ask “which urns last the longest,” they’re rarely asking a purely technical question. What they usually mean is: if we choose this now—during a week that already feels...

Grief and Health: When to See a Doctor About Physical Symptoms Connected to Loss

Grief and Health: When to See a Doctor About Physical Symptoms Connected to Loss

Grief has a way of changing your body before you’ve found words for what’s happening. You might feel it as a headache that won’t quit, a stomach that turns at...

Private vs Communal Pet Cremation: Pros, Cons, Cost Differences, and Which Option Returns Ashes

Private vs Communal Pet Cremation: Pros, Cons, Cost Differences, and Which Option Returns Ashes

When a pet dies, the house can feel strangely rearranged. The familiar sounds are missing. The routine you built together—food bowls, walk times, the soft weight at the foot of...

Nebraska Pet Cremation Guide: Laws, Costs & Options

Nebraska Pet Cremation Guide: Laws, Costs & Options

Updated December 23, 2025 for 2026. Losing a pet is never easy, and making decisions about cremation can feel overwhelming. This guide explains pet cremation in Nebraska in a clear,...

Handling Social Invitations and Events in Early Grief: Saying No, Saying Yes, and Changing Your Mind

Handling Social Invitations and Events in Early Grief: Saying No, Saying Yes, and Changing Your Mind

In early grief, invitations can feel oddly loud. A text lights up your phone, a calendar invite lands in your inbox, a friend asks, “Are you coming?”, and suddenly you’re...

Montana Pet Cremation Guide: Laws, Costs & Options

Montana Pet Cremation Guide: Laws, Costs & Options

Updated December 23, 2025 for 2026. Pet Cremation Overview in Montana Losing a pet is never easy, and making decisions about cremation can feel overwhelming. This guide explains **pet cremation...

Pregnancy After Loss: Navigating Hope, Anxiety, and Grief When You’re Expecting Again

Pregnancy After Loss: Navigating Hope, Anxiety, and Grief When You’re Expecting Again

If you’re living a pregnancy after miscarriage or you’re pregnant after stillbirth, you may recognize the emotional whiplash that can arrive without warning, sometimes within the same hour, sometimes in...

Missouri Pet Cremation Guide: Laws, Costs & Options

Missouri Pet Cremation Guide: Laws, Costs & Options

Updated December 23, 2025 for 2026. Pet Cremation Overview in Missouri Losing a pet is never easy, and making decisions about cremation can feel overwhelming. This guide explains pet cremation...

How to Mail Cremation Ashes Safely for Jewelry or Other Memorial Services

How to Mail Cremation Ashes Safely for Jewelry or Other Memorial Services

If you are reading this, you may be holding something that feels both precious and overwhelming. Maybe a jeweler has sent you a small kit for a ring or pendant....

Caring for Cremation Jewelry: Cleaning, Storage, and How Long It Can Last

Caring for Cremation Jewelry: Cleaning, Storage, and How Long It Can Last

If you’re reading this, you may be holding two realities at once. One is tender and personal: a piece of cremation jewelry that keeps someone (or a beloved pet) close...

Pet Cremation Jewelry Guide: Necklaces, Charms, and Diamonds—How to Choose and Buy Safely

Pet Cremation Jewelry Guide: Necklaces, Charms, and Diamonds—How to Choose and Buy Safely

When a pet dies, the world can feel strangely ordinary around you. The mail still arrives. The dishes still need washing. And yet everything is different—because the small, constant presence...

When You Find Out About a Death Late: Reaching Out, Apologizing, and Handling Mixed Emotions

When You Find Out About a Death Late: Reaching Out, Apologizing, and Handling Mixed Emotions

There is a particular kind of shock that comes from learning about a death long after it happened. It can arrive in a stray social media post, a forwarded email...

Explaining Cremation and Burial to Children in Gentle, Honest Language

Explaining Cremation and Burial to Children in Gentle, Honest Language

Most adults don’t struggle to love their children through grief. They struggle to find words that are both true and kind. When a child asks what happens to the body,...

Coordinating Pet and Human Ashes: Shared Scattering, Joint Memorials, and Future Planning

Coordinating Pet and Human Ashes: Shared Scattering, Joint Memorials, and Future Planning

There are some questions families don’t expect to face until they’re already carrying them. One of them is what it means to honor more than one set of ashes in...