Services in End of Life Planning can include:

• After Death Care and Rituals - These can be anything that is meaningful to you, your culture, or your religion that you would like observed after you die. Many people believe that you have to call the funeral home immediately, but you do not. Your loved ones are able to spend time with your body, a time to process your loss, to conduct meaningful rituals and care, and take the time they need to say goodbye.

• Body Disposition - There are more options than ever before about the wishes you can have for what happens to your body. Burial and cremation are only the most known options. I can go over the different options available to you, their environmental concerns and point you towards resources once your choice is made.

• Organization Support - These plans can cover things like keeping track of what cherished items you would like to go to certain people, writing out a pet care plan for the person that will be taking care of yours, and other plans for physical items that need to go from one place to another. We will go over plans not covered in wills to make sure that nothing gets overlooked.

• Obituary and Eulogy Writing or Editing - Have you ever read an obituary and thought ‘damn, I wish I’d known them.’? More than likely it’s because the obituary was written by the person themself, or by someone close to them that could distill a life concisely and interestingly. Having been a freelance editor, I can either help you create or simply edit for you.

• Funeral/Celebration of Life Planning - Do you want a traditional funeral or a celebration of life? Who do you want to speak? Are there certain things you do want incorporated? Are there things, like that picture that is never to see the light of day, you absolutely do not want as part of your service? We’ll work together to make sure that whatever you choose, it’s individual to you and a reflection of your life.

• Document & Digital Life Planning - This is where all the paperwork and accounts that are part of your life get organized and plans figured out for who is going to close down and administer them for you. Things to consider are your email accounts, digital subscriptions, transferring your Facebook account to a memorial page. If you have pets that are going to be cared for, we can make sure that they have all the information they need to take the best care of them in your absence.

These services are starting points in what can be done. You are in control of what you want and my job is to help that happen. If you have other planning you’d like done, we’ll discover that during our discussions, or you can bring it to me at any point and we will get it done.

You are in charge of your experience.