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    Posted on March 5th, 2009

    Written by Judy

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    Do-It-Yourself Funerals

    My initial reaction to home funerals, when I first heard about them was simple, direct, and pretty infantile: Yuck.
    But over the last year, especially since I”ve been exposed to the horrifying  practices of certain funeral directors, I’ve learned better. About the strongest and most compelling case for doing it yourself was made in this month’s issue [...]

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    Posted on June 26th, 2008

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    Dealing With Afterwards (Part I)

      One of my favorite coffin-buying stories was told to me by the television chef Nigella Lawson about her own mother. Year ago at age 49, Vanessa Lawson was diagnosed with liver cancer and given just weeks to live.
      Nigella, 25 at the time of her mother’s diagnosis, got the diagnosis from her mother’s physician. That is [...]