Lately Posts

A Long-time Advocate for Dying Beautifully, and a Powerful Voice for Dying Equally.Oceana Sawyer found her vocation through an incredibly personal experience around her own father’s death, and his wish to embrace celebration as a part of that journey...

A Pioneering Woman in the Funeral BusinessAmy Cunningham is a funeral director who came to her calling after a long career in magazine writing. Grief had been a topic she’d visited in academia and in her personal life. Nourished by a blended faith fa...

I’ve been working in a largely woman-led industry--weddings--for many years. When I decided to point my designer’s eye toward the end-of-life planning sector, I looked for guidance and inspiration, and I was mesmerized by the book Advice for Future C...

In my work as a designer of bespoke events--weddings and engagements, product launches, birthday bashes--I’ve had the good fortune to bring beauty and magic to many celebrations. And to be honest, until a few years ago, I never really thought about t...

There are few journeys in life that are truly universal. Death is one of them, and recent current events have put the topic front and center, making our mission at Farewelling even more relevant and important than it was when we launched at the end o...

Even in “normal” times, addressing someone else’s loss can be awkward and difficult. Most of us like to avoid any talk around death or grief. Now, as we navigate a global pandemic, when due to COVID-19 restrictions we can’t just show up at someone’s...