Monday, January 24, 2011

How to deal with family conflicts at funerals

Having a death in the family is never easy. Over the grief and the sorrow at the loss of a loved one, sometimes unscrupulous family members try to take advantage of the weakness of the close family of the deceased to wash some dirty laundry or even gain material advantage. When life insurance, material property and liquidities are involved, sometimes unfortunate things can happen, especially if the amounts are high. How do you, as a close family member, deal with those people who try to take advantage of the situation either to start conflicts or to gain money out of the succession?

Family Funeral
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Let us not be hasty. Not all people do these kinds of things on purpose, actually only a few very actually have evil intentions. Most people who become hard to deal with after someone’s death are only so because of grief. Focusing on the material things or in conflicts latent in the family makes them forget about their grief. However, for others who are trying to heal, it is not easy to be around them.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Funeral Speeches 101: Learn the Secrets to Writing a Memorable Funeral Speech

In the life of every human being alive, there is one thing that will remain certain- that is, everyone will die and it just a matter of who will go first and who will be next. In every occasion of death there will always be someone who will grieve for the loss, but no amount of grief can return the life of a person who has left the world.

Funeral Speech
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In the end, the only thing that is left for anyone to do is to share his or her grief and sorrow to others. Through a funeral speech that is usually being heard during a funeral, one is able to share the fond memories he or she had with the person who died, and express his or her emotions about the death of this loved one.