What Comes After Death: Making Arrangements
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Cremation and burial: We’re not quite ready to bury the urn but that is the plan.
The mom of a son who passed away after being diagnosed with Neonatal Marfan Syndrome at birth talks about his cremation and their burial plans.
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Cremation and burial: We’re not quite ready to bury the urn but that is the plan.
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The post-mortem debrief: We were grateful for the opportunity to ask questions and find healing.
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A mom - "My mom initiated conversations about plans for arrangements after the death."
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Because we got to do it twice, we learned what we wanted from the first time. It was so draining to carry other people's sadness.
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People need to do what feels right to them.
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I didn’t plan anything.
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We didn’t let ourselves think about the After, before.
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The funeral began the healing.
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