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Buddhist Shroudmaker Esmeralda Kent helps people cope with death

  • Shrouds
  • November 8, 2010
Some years ago, Esmeralda Kent was feeling increasingly frustrated and unfulfilled by her profession as a costume designer. After years of working...
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Green, environment friendly funeral, burial after death

Can you imagine if all Americans had the custom, traditional funeral complete with the embalming process and huge caskets? Do we have enough ground...
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Funny Photo: Grandma's dead-- how should we honor her memory?

You love your Grandma-- who doesn't love their Grandma? Communists, that's who-- and so, when the time comes for Grandma to be laid to rest...
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Is It Ok To Take My Child To A Funeral?

  • children and funerals
  • April 14, 2011
When there is a death in the family or that of a close acquaintance, parents often grapple with the question, "Is it Ok to take my child to...
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Courts decide in favor of religious free speech

The Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) does not represent the vast majority of churches in this country, but it seems to get the most coverage by news...
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Thousands of mourners in attendance at MaLinda Sapp funeral; Marvin sung Here I Am (video)

  • News
  • September 16, 2010
Thursday, thousands of mourners appeared at MaLinda Sapp’s funeral; Sapp was the wife of gospel singer and Pastor Marvin Sapp and she died...
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Dead by 8:30, buried by 3:30

‘Jaime’ aka James Ludowese died at 8:20am on Memorial Day. He was 76 and a long time member of American Legion Post #2 in Antigua,...
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The color of love

Flowers area major part of everyday life in Guatemala and hidden away, in the maze of stalls that comprises the local market in Antigua, is a...
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The Day and the way of the dead

The end of the two days of ceremonies for reuniting the living and the departed have come and gone: November 1st and 2nd are honored every year in...
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Halloween in Central America and the Grateful Dead

Even thoughpumpkins were originated somewhere in Central America, there’s nary a one to be seen in the market: No one bobs for apples and the...
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