Caleb Wilde
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What do you do with all the deceased’s clothing? Here’s an idea …
This from “Hugs from Heaven”:
2007 marked the passing of both of our family’s oldest members, Julie’s grandfather and Tony’s mother. Besides the usual tasks of disbursing assets, there were personal belongings that had to be dealt with. Grandpa raised his six children in a three story frame house in Chicago’s Lakeview area and Mom lived in a near suburb that at one time housed 11 children. Both homes were full of over 50 years of memories.
The task of going through your loved ones belongings can be monumental, rewarding and heart-breaking at the same time. Everything seems to tell a story…ordinary objects now have deeper meaning. When we went into each closet and saw all of the clothing hung up neatly in rows, it was like entering a time warp. Every shirt had a story, a laugh, a moment spent. It would have been a shame to discard or donate these clothes that had so many memories woven into the fabric over time.
It was in this setting that an idea was born. Between Grandpa’s colorful collection of flannel shirts and Mom’s long floral nightgowns, a myriad of patchwork quilts could be created. When Christmas 2007 arrived, all of our family members were presented with their own treasured keepsake…there wasn’t a dry eye in the house.
This creative act inspired us to offer this unique blanket to all that have shared the experience of having lost a loved one. It is a timeless treasure that brings back fond memories every time we see it… especially when we wrap ourselves in it.
TEDx Talk: “Embracing Death”
The North American leap from a culture of healthy death acceptance to a culture of death denial has been no leap at all. It’s been a journey of small steps. And this journey has, in part, been enabled by both the professionalization of death and the funeral industry. In this talk, I explore options that help us pursue death acceptance by taking back death care responsibilities.
Comedy and Tragedy: Eight Photos
1. Apparently Mr. Roach played roughly with his Mrs. Roaches.
2. This is Michael Brown’s father before the burial of his son. The sweat. The pain. The community.
3. The Reapers favorite game? War. 
4. This clever piece of humor from the The Blonde Morticia:
5. Via Malformalady:
As some of you know my daughter was stillborn this year at full term. I will never get over that my womb became her grave. Now I can hold her hand forever.
Hand-poked Palm tattoo by Alex Snelgrove
6. From the blog Resting in West Moreland:
Walking through Saint Vincent’s Cemetery looking for monuments to fulfill photo requests we came upon this stone. No other stones close and no clue as to where J. F & E. F. BRIDGE are buried is seen. Now I can hardly imagine having 12 children let alone losing 12 children. J.F. & E. F. BRIDGE lost just that many in a span of 28 years.
7. Postpone your date with the funeral director. #BreastCancerAwareness #Waitforit
8. For one terminally ill patient, no hospital treatment could improve him quite like a visit from his dog.
Nurses traced Bubba’s trail to the Knox-Whitley animal shelter, where they learned that the dog had been placed with a foster family after Wathen was admitted to the hospital. Bubba too had been showing similar signs of emotional grief after being separated from his owner. On Saturday, October 11, the nurses finally were able to reunite Wathen and Bubba. Wathen began to perk up, and was emotionally lifted as he pet and played with his dog.
Via ABC7
