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The Cost of Death
Why is death so expensive and how can we grieve without going broke? Welcome to the Death Cap! With each post, I want to take one thing nobody usually teaches you about death and talk you through it in the same way I would a friend over snacks on the couch. Funerals, paperwork, the weird…
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Death is Coming. So is the Paperwork.
Welcome to Worm Food So, you’ve been thinking about death, huh? Woke up in the middle of the night, chest full of existential dread at the realization that you, your parents, your pets, everyone you’ve ever loved, cared about, or just interacted with will eventually cease to exist? Been there. When my mom’s husband died…
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Death and True Crime
Death and our obsession with True Crime According to a poll run by YouGov in 2022, half of Americans say they consume true crime content, while another study claims that over 60% of participants specifically like content about serial killers. That same year, life insurance provider Ethos put together a survey stating that 68% of…
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The Birthday Effect
What Are the Odds of Dying on Your Birthday? Tomorrow is my birthday. For me personally, I’m a big birthday girl. I love mine, I love others, and I love celebrating another trip around the sun. But for a lot of people, birthdays aren’t a whole lot of fun for a myriad of reasons,…
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How To Write An Obituary ( In 4 Easy Steps)
Typically, when someone dies, the first most people will hear of it is through an obituary whether it’s from an online news source, a funeral home website, social media feeds, or a good ol fashioned newspaper. For celebrities and other notable public figures, journalists and major publications have their obituaries, or obits as I may…
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Death Cafes
What They Are and Why You Should Think About Attending One Having a place to talk openly and learn about death is the whole reason Read This Before Dying was created. But, of course, Read This Before Dying is not the first of its kind with plenty of other organizations and websites focusing on…
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Letting Go
Tips on How and When to Declutter After a Loved One Dies Three dumpsters, half a dozen bulk days, endless trash bags full of donation drop offs but there’s still more left. When a person dies, they leave behind more than just heartache, they leave behind stuff. Sometimes it’s just a closet or garage…
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Death Symbolism: Birds
Not to sound like your high school English Lit teacher but isn’t symbolism cool? We, as a society, decide that something is actually a representation of something else. Can it be confusing? Absolutely. But it’s also fascinating the way we take something simple or mundane and apply all kinds of meaning to it. And what…
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Blue Christmas
6 Suggestions for Surviving Holiday Grief While the holidays are often referred to as “the most wonderful time of the year” that might not always be the case for people in the throes of grief. It doesn’t matter if this is the first holiday season after a loved one’s death or the 20th, grief…
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You Can’t Take It With You
4 Death and Grief Related Nonprofits to Donate to this Giving Tuesday This post is in no way sponsored by or affiliated with any of the organizations highlighted, I just think they’re doing important work that can often be ignored but deserves to be showcased. I encourage you to look into and research these…