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Grief is a tough issue. It is not linear and does not follow any time lines or schedules. Grief is unique. And, there is no doubt that each of us grieves differently. . . .and, differently in different death scenarios. For instance, you may grieve a death of a great aunt who you…
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I’ve never been a procrastinator about planning or getting things done. However, the world around me has changed over the last couple of decades and because of that, and today’s convenience in purchasing, I don’t need to plan or purchase certain items as early as I did in the past. Take for…
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We’ve just passed the time period where the companies that comprise the Funeral Director Daily Death Care Index (DCI) have publicly shared their results for the April thru June 2023 time period. The five companies that comprise the index include Matthews International, Security National Financial Corporation, Carriage Services, Park Lawn Corporation, and Service…
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“Interest rate increases are aimed at curtailing swelling inflation But using interest rate hikes to bring down inflation creates a whole new set of problems for small business owners,” said Aleksandar Tomic, an economist and associate dean at Boston College in this article from Business News Daily. The United States Federal Reserve…
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By the time you read this the 20th season and 22nd chosen Bachelor (two seasons had two episodes) will have been chosen on the television reality show “The Bachelorette“. What drew me to this past Sunday’s article of The Hustle is that the daily article highlighted, by occupation, the 523 men who…
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Last December I was welcomed into the world of Medicare. Prior to that I had either had my health insurance paid for by the business I was working for or, since I sold our funeral home, paid for it out of my own pocket on an individual plan basis. Quite frankly, Medicare and its…
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A couple of weeks ago I was talking to a person who worked for about 30 years in death care — both as a funeral director and on the supply side of the business. First he complimented me with some of the articles that I write about the results of funeral homes…
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Editor’s Note: This is a reprint of my article of August 17, 2021. I think the message to Death Care professionals still resonates so it is reprinted with only the calendar numbers changed. Thanks for reading. Today is August 17. Today should be my younger brother, Jim’s, 62nd birthday. Instead I’ll spend…
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I recently read about two different funeral homes that were acquired by individual funeral directors. More on those specific funeral homes in a minute. When I read the newspaper articles about each it was interesting to note that one funeral home would be keeping its name, at least for some time, and…
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For my entire life I’ve enjoyed watching what is happening around me and then trying to figure out why it is happening. It’s kind of an odd hobby but it has proven to be a really good hobby to help one keep ahead of his competitors in business. What I’ve deduced…
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