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.

Wearables in Hospice and Palliative Care: Remote Vital Signs, Benefits, and Real Limits - Funeral.com, Inc.

Wearables in Hospice and Palliative Care: Remote Vital Signs, Benefits, and Real Limits

It often starts in the quiet hours. Someone you love is sleeping more, eating less, and the house feels both ordinary and unfamiliar at the same time. You find yourself...

Smart Urns Explained: Screens, QR Codes, NFC, Apps, and the Privacy Questions to Ask - Funeral.com, Inc.

Smart Urns Explained: Screens, QR Codes, NFC, Apps, and the Privacy Questions to Ask

When a family chooses cremation, the questions often arrive in waves. First, there’s the immediate, practical “what happens next,” and then—sometimes days or weeks later—there’s the quieter realization that the...

Custom 3D-Printed Urns: Design Process, Materials, Lead Times, and What They Cost - Funeral.com, Inc.

Custom 3D-Printed Urns: Design Process, Materials, Lead Times, and What They Cost

When someone chooses cremation, the next questions are often surprisingly intimate. You are not only making a decision about a container. You are deciding what it will feel like to...

3D-Printed Caskets and Eco-Coffins: Sustainability Claims, Materials, and Regulations - Funeral.com, Inc.

3D-Printed Caskets and Eco-Coffins: Sustainability Claims, Materials, and Regulations

When families start searching for an eco coffin or a 3D printed casket, they are usually doing two things at once. They are trying to honor someone well, and they...

PARO the Robotic Seal in Hospice and Dementia Care: What It Does and Who It Helps - Funeral.com, Inc.

PARO the Robotic Seal in Hospice and Dementia Care: What It Does and Who It Helps

When a loved one is living with dementia, the hardest moments are often the ones that look small from the outside: an afternoon that will not settle, a repeating worry...

AI Counseling Apps and Woebot: What Happened, Safety Limits, and Better Ways to Use Chatbots - Funeral.com, Inc.

AI Counseling Apps and Woebot: What Happened, Safety Limits, and Better Ways to Use Chatbots

When grief is fresh, your mind can feel like it is running two operating systems at once. One part is trying to keep your life moving—return calls, pick up kids,...

The “Algorithmic Afterlife”: Managing Memory Notifications, Anniversary Reminders, and Grief Triggers Online - Funeral.com, Inc.

The “Algorithmic Afterlife”: Managing Memory Notifications, Anniversary Reminders, and Grief Triggers Online

Grief has always had anniversaries. A birthday that lands differently. A holiday you didn’t realize was “the first” until you’re already in it. A song on the radio that hits...

Right to Be Forgotten in 2026: What the Laws Actually Allow (EU vs U.S.) - Funeral.com, Inc.

Right to Be Forgotten in 2026: What the Laws Actually Allow (EU vs U.S.)

In the first days after a death, families are asked to make decisions that are both deeply personal and unexpectedly public. A name appears online. An obituary is shared. A...

Grief Support on Reddit: How to Use Online Forums Safely (and When to Step Back) - Funeral.com, Inc.

Grief Support on Reddit: How to Use Online Forums Safely (and When to Step Back)

In the middle of grief, time can feel strange. Nights stretch. Mornings arrive too quickly. The people who love you may not know what to say, and you may not...

Hacking the Deceased: Identity Theft Risks After Death and How Families Can Prevent It - Funeral.com, Inc.

Hacking the Deceased: Identity Theft Risks After Death and How Families Can Prevent It

In the first days after a death, families do what families have always done: they gather, they make calls, they try to honor a life, and they try to keep...

Grief Influencers: When Sharing Loss Helps, When It Hurts, and What Ethical Content Looks Like - Funeral.com, Inc.

Grief Influencers: When Sharing Loss Helps, When It Hurts, and What Ethical Content Looks Like

It’s a familiar scene for many people after a death: you wake up in the dark, your mind won’t settle, and your thumb keeps scrolling. Somewhere between the photos and...

GriefTok on TikTok: Why It Helps Some People (and How to Avoid Harmful Spirals) - Funeral.com, Inc.

GriefTok on TikTok: Why It Helps Some People (and How to Avoid Harmful Spirals)

In the middle of grief, it is common to reach for something that makes the world feel less strange. For many people, that “something” is a phone in the hand...

Best Grief Podcasts: How to Find Shows That Fit Your Loss (and What to Listen for) - Funeral.com, Inc.

Best Grief Podcasts: How to Find Shows That Fit Your Loss (and What to Listen for)

When you’re grieving, it can be hard to read a full book, commit to a support group at a set time, or even explain what you need. That’s one reason...

Meditation Apps for Grief: Headspace, Calm, and Other Modules That Actually Help - Funeral.com, Inc.

Meditation Apps for Grief: Headspace, Calm, and Other Modules That Actually Help

Grief has a way of turning ordinary moments into sharp ones. A grocery aisle, a quiet drive, the first time you reach for your phone and remember there’s no one...

Sleep Tech for Grief Insomnia: Apps, CBT-I Programs, and Devices That Are Worth It - Funeral.com, Inc.

Sleep Tech for Grief Insomnia: Apps, CBT-I Programs, and Devices That Are Worth It

Night can feel like the hardest place to live after a loss. The world goes quiet, your body is exhausted, and yet your mind keeps scanning for what happened, what...

How to Make a Digital Memorial Scrapbook in Canva: Templates, Printing, and Sharing - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Make a Digital Memorial Scrapbook in Canva: Templates, Printing, and Sharing

A few days after a loss, many families find themselves doing the same quiet work: opening phones and old photo boxes, rereading messages, and trying to gather pieces of a...