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The Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)
If you're grieving the loss of a military loved one this holiday season, you're not alone. The Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) has resources to help. Visit www.taps.org for more information.

Did you know you can rent a casket? This allows for a traditional service before a cremation and saves on expenses. Rental caskets have a light, removable interior container suitable for cremation.

Each year, we acknowledge the work done and sacrifices made by men and women in uniform. On this date, our country remembers and reflects on the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941.

Personalized tributes such as cremation pedestals, benches and boulders provide a lasting memorial for future generations to visit, reflect and remember. Typically made of granite, bronze or marble, pedestals and benches can be inscribed with names, dates, messages, mottoes, verses and more. https://bit.ly/3msa0X0

Learning how to grieve healthfully and to mourn so that you can learn to adapt to life in the absence of your loved one, is no simple task. It often requires more work, takes more time and is more impacting than most people anticipate. These 12 insights will help you better appreciate the true realities of your own particular bereavement, respond more effectively to what you encounter in it and have more appropriate expectations of yourself along the way. https://bit.ly/45CQGXM

Join us in our partnership with the National Alliance for Children's Grief as we unite for the Campaign in recognition of Children's Grief Awareness Month. We know that many of the traditional expressions of sympathy can be unhelpful or even hurtful to grievers. Join us as we inform, encourage, and support individuals in this journey by flipping the script on common grief scripts.

The deadline to order Cemetery Flowers for the December holidays is November 15th. Honor the memory of your loved one with our floral placement service. You choose the flowers. You choose the months. We do the rest. https://bit.ly/CemeteryFlowers

It can be hard to know what to say to someone who has lost a loved one but writing a sympathy message doesn’t have to be difficult. Though there’s no perfect condolence, there are some things you can keep in mind when you’re offering someone sympathy. https://bit.ly/48WCUSE

In the Netherlands, city poets have responded to the tragedy of “lonely funerals” by researching each deceased person and writing a tailored poem and reciting it at the funeral.