Lately Posts

At some point in each of our lives, we will experience grief. It’s one of our truly universal shared experiences as humans, yet the loss of a loved one is often incredibly isolating. Western cultures especially have constructed conflicting attitudes...

It was Monday, June 15, 2020. The day my restaurant died. Well, it wasn’t technically my restaurant, but it was the elegant French dining room on Manhattan's Upper East Side where I was a Maitre D. It was the restaurant where I felt at home welcoming...

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...

A few years after someone we love has passed, many of us find ourselves wondering which is better: to celebrate their birthday or mark the anniversary of their death?  Luckily with William Shakespeare, we don’t have to decide. With regard t...