When a loved one passes away, most families are faced with the cost associated with arranging a funeral. There are guests to feed, bills to pay, an expense for someone to transport the body, and time off...

There’s nothing that can prepare you for losing the love of your life. Even if you were prepared for widowhood, and even if you saw it coming. Saying goodbye and letting go is one of the most...

According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), there were 161,374 unintentional injury deaths in the U.S. in 2016 equaling about 50 unintentional injury deaths per 100,000 members of the U.S. population, and the death occur for...

Your children are grown and your debts are little to none. You might even be retired and living comfortably with your spouse. You most likely don’t need a term life insurance policy anymore. Still, you want to...

By Kelli Parisian– When you reach a certain age, and attend enough Memorials/Celebrations of Life, you begin to ponder the topic of death more often, and more seriously. People will say death is a part of life,...

Submitted by Kevin Hanna− Losing a spouse or partner is a stressful event. Yet, during this time, you must complete a variety of tasks and make important financial decisions. You may need to make final arrangements, notify...

Here we are, in the tropics of Alaska, also known as Barrow. When we were packing for this trip, I told Dave, “Honey, you need to take a jacket or sweater.” He barely glanced my direction. “Oh...

“Good grief!” (no pun intended) I can hear you saying. Is she going to ratchet on again about grief? Well, yeah so if you don’t want to read this post, now would be a really, really good...