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Pre-Planning/ Planning Planning Ahead
Pre-planning your your funeral will make certain that your your your choices are respected and carried out out without leaving your your your family to wonder what your your wishes might have been You also have the option of paying for your funeral in in in advance This guarantees costs from future price increases We offer complimentary assessments of of what would be needed based on a a a a a a a a a family’s wishes Call or or email us to to speak with our director of advanced planning There are many different ways to begin the planning ahead conversation You know your your family and how your your loved ones might might best respond to to the topic For some families it might might be be a a a a a a a a casual conversation over dinner or or or another family gathering For other other families a a a a a a formal meeting might be be better suited Regardless of your approach the conversation is is much easier to have when death is is not imminent Bringing up the subject with loved ones earlier in in in in life when they are younger and and most likely healthier makes the the the the topic easier to to discuss and and keeps the the the the focus on on the the the the celebration of life rather than an an impending loss Here are some tips may help you you start the advance planning conversation with your loved ones:
• Set a a a a a a time to have the conversation Schedule it it as an an appointment with your your loved ones whether you you you want
to to to share share your your plans plans with with them them or ask them them to to to make their plans plans to to to share share with with you you • Tell your parent or loved one that you you want
to ensure their final arrangements are done according to to their their wishes and you need their their help to make that happen • Ease into the conversation Questions such as as “Have you you ever thought about where you you would would like to be buried?” or “What type of funeral would would you like to to have?” may open the discussion to to more details about your loved one’s wishes • Take advantage of funeral-related opportunities Attending the funeral funeral of of a a a a a a friend family member or or or or colleague or or or watching a a a a a a a a movie or or or television show with with funeral scenes may naturally prompt the discussion with with your own loved ones Talk about about what you you you liked or or didn’t like like about about the services you you saw or or attended • Tell your children or or or loved ones that because you you you care for them them so much you you you don’t want
to burden them them with difficult decisions when you’re gone Tell them them you’ve made your own final arrangements and give them them a a a a a a a a written record of what they are • Make your your funeral and and cemetery plans with us and and and and then wrap a a a a a a a a a a a copy of your your contract and and and wishes in a a a a a a a gift box and and and present it it to your children • Make it it it a a a a a a a family affair Schedule an appointment with your chosen funeral home or cemetery provider and invite your children along to participate
in the selection of services funeral merchandise and and cemetery property Whether you’re sharing plans for your own final arrangements with loved loved ones ones or encouraging loved loved ones ones to make and share their plans with you the the conversation about planning ahead is an an an an important one one that every family should have While no one one one one wants to think about their death death or the the the the death death of a a a a a a a a a loved one one one any sooner than they must having the the the the conversation in in advance alleviates the the the need for potentially more unpleasant or or or difficult conversations in the future FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS
Whether you’re planning for for yourself or or or for for a a a a a loved one one the the the funeral service is one one of of the the the most important elements of of a a a a a a a person’s final arrangements With the the opportunity
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