Comments on: 10 Things To Remember If You Love A Funeral Professional https://blog.funeralone.com/news/10-things-remember-love-funeral-professional/ The official blog of funeralOne, a world renowned personalization, technology, and aftercare company for the funeral and cemetery professions. Tue, 11 Jul 2017 12:13:43 +0000 hourly 1 By: Rosemary https://blog.funeralone.com/news/10-things-remember-love-funeral-professional/#comment-600704 Tue, 11 Jul 2017 12:13:43 +0000 http://blog.funeralone.com/?p=11353#comment-600704 Oh how true this is and thank you so much for putting ” how it is” in our world for others to understand!
I have always said .. We are strong for others all the time but I love my job and grief has no rules ! I help people through the roughest time of their life and that’s my pleasure … Again I love my job

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By: Gwen kimmitt https://blog.funeralone.com/news/10-things-remember-love-funeral-professional/#comment-594068 Tue, 23 May 2017 21:47:06 +0000 http://blog.funeralone.com/?p=11353#comment-594068 In reply to Trinni Jensen.

I too am a mother of a daughter who made the choice, I have always been proud of her . Now even more, her stories of families and the comfort she can give . Stories of her wonderful colleges they support each other which makes them stronger together and able to be there for people who they feel need them .

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By: Rilee Chastain https://blog.funeralone.com/news/10-things-remember-love-funeral-professional/#comment-580225 Wed, 01 Mar 2017 21:56:58 +0000 http://blog.funeralone.com/?p=11353#comment-580225 In reply to Marilyn Wilkins.

Marilyn, thanks for the comment! Yes, you are welcome to republish our article in your email newsletter. We just ask that you please give credit to us and link to the original article on our blog page. Thanks so much!

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By: Marilyn Wilkins https://blog.funeralone.com/news/10-things-remember-love-funeral-professional/#comment-580224 Wed, 01 Mar 2017 21:54:43 +0000 http://blog.funeralone.com/?p=11353#comment-580224 Rilee,

May I have permission to print this article in our monthly emailed newsletter for the Utah Funeral Directors Association?

Thank you,

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By: Rilee Chastain https://blog.funeralone.com/news/10-things-remember-love-funeral-professional/#comment-540264 Mon, 16 May 2016 13:24:33 +0000 http://blog.funeralone.com/?p=11353#comment-540264 In reply to Brooke.

Brooke, thanks so much for the beautiful comment. Your father sounds like an amazing funeral directors, and a valuable member of our community – as I’m sure you will be, based on his guidance.

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By: Brooke https://blog.funeralone.com/news/10-things-remember-love-funeral-professional/#comment-540140 Sun, 15 May 2016 14:11:42 +0000 http://blog.funeralone.com/?p=11353#comment-540140 Dear Rilee,
Thank you for this article. It literally brought tears to my eyes. My family owns a funeral home on the east end of Long Island. My father has worked day and night for 27 years to bring comfort to families in our community. I have grown up on the second floor of our funeral home, and I have seen firsthand what my father does day in and day out. I can remember him leaving on christmas eve because he had a house call. I have heard the phone ring at 3:30 in the morning, after working an 18 hour day. He is the hardest working man I know, a man who carries a great burden of grief. He has seen more tragedy than 10 men in his lifetime. Even more so than the “normal” mortician. He was one of the first on the scene of TWA Flight 800. A passenger plane that was shot down off the coast of my hometown; there were no survivors. I was very little at the time, I didn’t understand completely what had happened, but now at 25, my heart aches for all of the turmoil my father has seen. It’s astounding that despite his life’s work, he is one of the most optimistic and laid back people I have ever known. He has taught me not to sweat the small stuff, to live life to the fullest, to indulge in little pleasures. He is loved and appreciated by everyone in my community, and i mean everyone. We live in a small town, I graduated high school with 95 people in my class – so everyone knows everyone. Growing up I looked up to my father, and how he provided a real service, a comfort, to people who are so engulfed in grief. He is truly an artist – if a family wants an open casket, my father will do EVERYTHING in his power to provide that for the family. Many funeral directors would advise against open caskets in certain cases, but my father takes the challenge and always triumphs. Growing up “behind the scenes” I was able to disconnect from death; I always had sympathy but I felt I was on the other side of the fence. I was in high school and was wrapped up in my own selfish world, my friends, my weekends etc. But as I’ve grown older I have experienced death myself. I have experienced tragedy. I have seen my father breakdown and cry at the news of his own fathers death. I have sat in a hospital room with my best friend as she lay lifeless after a horrific car accident – an accident I too should have been in. I suddenly appreciated my father so much more, he was not only a pillar of the community, he was their rock – my rock. And who has been his? Who has sat and cried with him? Who has been the professional for him? Who has been his rock? My father is my best friend and I try now to talk to him more about his work, about how he feels. And me…I am at a crossroads of discovering myself in my early adulthood. I have graduated college, I have traveled around the country a bit, i have tried on a few different hats while trying to find my niche. But I keep coming back to the funeral home – my home. My father wants to retire in a few years, and now the pressure is on. I am the middle child, but the one who does not yet have a set path..I have the opportunity and I feel an obligation to carry on my fathers life work. To continue his legacy and provide comfort to my generation of the community. Reading the words you wrote felt like I was talking to myself, and my father. These are the things I am afraid of. When I was younger I was able to disconnect, but now, after losing my best friend it is not so easy anymore. I am torn between my head and my heart. Will I be able to confront my own mortality on a daily basis? It is something I continue to struggle with. But I thank you in writing this, and for reading this.

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By: illum urn https://blog.funeralone.com/news/10-things-remember-love-funeral-professional/#comment-539898 Fri, 13 May 2016 16:38:11 +0000 http://blog.funeralone.com/?p=11353#comment-539898 Thank you very much for pointing exactly out why this is a beautiful profession and we had to design our urns. It was something we wanted to do with all our heart … to help people with life, love and death and coming to terms with it through symbolism and silent but very deep rituals,

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By: Michael R. Richins https://blog.funeralone.com/news/10-things-remember-love-funeral-professional/#comment-539504 Wed, 11 May 2016 18:48:22 +0000 http://blog.funeralone.com/?p=11353#comment-539504 You have to add Risk of infection to this list also.

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By: Rilee Chastain https://blog.funeralone.com/news/10-things-remember-love-funeral-professional/#comment-539252 Tue, 10 May 2016 13:34:16 +0000 http://blog.funeralone.com/?p=11353#comment-539252 In reply to Graham Burton.

Graham, thanks so much for the kind comment. We are lucky to have you in this profession!

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By: Rilee Chastain https://blog.funeralone.com/news/10-things-remember-love-funeral-professional/#comment-539251 Tue, 10 May 2016 13:32:12 +0000 http://blog.funeralone.com/?p=11353#comment-539251 In reply to Jenkins Family.

Thanks so much for the comment, Jenkins Family! It sounds like you are truly lucky to have such wonderful funeral professionals in your family!

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