The Funeral Gal 

You know the definition of insanity right? Not the literal definition, but the figurative definition. Insanity – doing the same thing over and over, and expecting different results. So, I ask… are you insane? I think we all are at some point or another. If we are all having an honest conversation here, there are certainly times where we all do the same thing we have always done, hoping that circumstances change and we get a different result. But why is human nature’s default

Throughout the last three weeks, I spent time with funeral directors in Staten Island, North Jersey, metro Atlanta, Alabama, rural Georgia and more (all ends of the spectrum, as you can imagine). No matter where I was, everyone was talking about how “rollercoaster” this winter has been – really busy some times, but really slow other times. Funeral directors were curious about if we were busy and what we heard from other funeral homes, trying to gauge their call volume again

About 50 years since the civil rights movement and much like other holidays, MLK Day is becoming more and more commercialized as a day when malls have sales, car lots have special deals, ski slopes are packed, and many look at the day as an opportunity for a long weekend as children are off school. Despite all this, we need to remember what this day is really about. What we need to remember is that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a leader, a thought pioneer, and a disciple o