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Mosaic Mirror

One example of mosaic scrapbooking is a mosaic memory mirror, which I made for my...
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Buttons

There are a number of buttons on Etsy that say various versions of “I’m grieving.” You...
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Windshield Sticker

On the back windshield of a van, I saw an oval-shaped decal with the shape...
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Armbands

A woman who had lived in Australia reported that people there wore black armbands, possibly...
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Bumper Sticker

I’m not sure if this person’s father had really died, but it’s notable. Someone has said...
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Honoring Uncle Jim

My Uncle Jim was dying at home, and my Aunt Lorraine asked my mother and...
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Ashes to Ashes

Natural burial is a way all of us can stay true to the values we...
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Singing Farewell

A daughter whose father had always dreamed of sailing to Australia had people at his...
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Excerpt From an Interview With the Mother of a 7Year-Old Girl Killed in the Sandy Hook School Massacre:

“The couple then described the moment they saw their daughter’s white coffin at the funeral...
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Commemoration and Defiant Response to Terrorists

In 2015, terrorists killed 12 cartoonists at the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in anger...