The Funeral Gal 

The oddities of the funeral industry can make it downright grueling at times. When you are out to dinner with your spouse and kids and...

You hear this a lot from funeral directors this time of year as we finish out the last couple of doldrums weeks of summer. I went to one...

[continued] 4. Post traumatic growth is possible- Sandberg writes that after a trauma or tragedy there are several whose lives move...

“Grief is a demanding companion,” writes Sheryl Sandberg in her new autobiography Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and...

I spent the better part of the other day calling on funeral homes in Delaware and on the Maryland eastern shore. With about 275 miles of...

You know the definition of insanity right? Not the literal definition, but the figurative definition. Insanity – doing the same thing...

So where exactly has the Funeral Gal been? It seems as if I have been a slight bit absent lately from the blogosphere – I know, I know....

Self-confessed, I fell asleep watching the election coverage last night. I woke up this morning, checked my phone with my bleary eyes and...

Besides my beloved home state of Maryland, Philadelphia is the next closest place that I can call home. I spent four years in the suburbs...

In the beginning of the summer, our company hosted a contest called “Community Connections”. Our goal was to create a forum by which...