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The Quiet Blessing of Clarity: Advance Care Planning
Advance care planning is less about paperwork and more about love—a way to ease burdens, honor values, and light a lantern for those who walk beside us. At any age, reflecting on what matters most…
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August, Again
Every year, August unsettles me. It is a month caught between distinct worlds — not quite summer, not yet fall. For me, it has recently carried the weight of memory, longing, and the bittersweet pull…
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Conservation Burial & The Biophilic Circle of Healing
When I first began learning about conservation burial, I was struck by how it expands the circle of life. It isn’t only about how we return our bodies to the earth. It’s also about how…
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Green Burial FAQ: Myths and Realities
As interest in green and conservation burial grows, so do the questions. Many of us have only ever been taught about embalming, vaults, or cremation — and it can feel unfamiliar, even unsettling, to imagine…
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Why Conventional Burial Isn’t Sustainable
When most people picture a cemetery, they see a quiet lawn of green grass and rows of monuments. What we rarely see is what lies beneath — the chemicals, concrete, steel, and wood buried along…










