The crematorium puts the bones and ash that remain into a pulverizer, not unlike a food processor, to reduce them to a more uniform powder-like consistency. The remains are then put into a container for the family— but not always. Some Asian cultures want to be able to pick through the...
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyesby Caitlin Doughty was another fascinating non-fiction read. Caitlin works in a crematorium and gives a behind-the-scenes look and history of the funeral industry and how we deal with human remains in our society. The both is both interesting for its detail as well ...
Remember that, just because you have a similar loss, this does not mean your experience will be similar. But you can acknowledge and validate their right to grieve, no matter how similar or dissimilar their experience is to your own. So What Now? Like all things in grief, there is no ...
and sometimes I’ll dream about that, but other times I’ll dream about the city having a locust problem, or my family having to rally around my mom because her house has termites (termites are not a Chicago problem), or pets I don’t own being covered in fleas. WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
has cut its carbon dioxide emissions by a third over the past 15 years, and the town even channels leftover heat from the local crematorium into homes. Swedish business and political leaders think places like are on to something. A few decades ago the country led the world in developing...
(Some are even offensive, though their speakers intend them kindly.) To the bereaved, life doesnot“go on” as it did before, the cemetery or crematorium isnot“a better place” for their loved ones, and whether or not the deceased is “at peace” doesnotdiminish the survivors’ sense ...
Last night was my first real night in my new house because, even though I slept there Friday night, I just got half-loaded at my fire pit with Gav and then I passed out in my half-made bed once he left. Does my first night count if I wasn't even really inside of the house for...
In spring 1943, a crematorium with four ovens was put into use at the camp. Upon liberating Dachau on April 30, Americans discovered more than 30,000 prisoners and hundreds of unburied corpses. In its 12 years, more than 30,000 of Dachau's 200,000 prisoners died. U.S. troops ...