In early December, 2021, Adrienne Parker discovered that her oldest child, Brandyn, had died in his car.  Brandyn's life had been caught in a cycle of mental illness and incarceration, resulting in his being homeless and living in his car.  His body needed to be examined by the coroner before Adrienne, with the help of her friend, Rebecca, had him brought back home to be cared for there by his loving family.Support the show

In early December, 2021, Adrienne Parker discovered that her oldest child, Brandyn, had died in his car.  Brandyn's life had been caught in a cycle of mental illness and incarceration, resulting in his being homeless and living in his car.  His body needed to be examined by the coroner before Adrienne, with the help of her friend, Rebecca, had him brought back home to be cared for there by his loving family.<a href="https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>

Bound by the Ropes of Love

Today we hear from two members of the Arizona Community Death Care collective, Dani LaVoire and Jade Sherer. This is another episode that will be of interest to those listeners who are either already engaged in or just beginning to form community groups. If you have any questions for the AZ collective you can reach out to them here: https://www.azcommunitydeathcare.org/missionThe website for White Eagle Memorial Preserve is here:https://www.naturalburialground.org/And to learn more about Jade's offerings check out these beautiful pages:https://www.itsournature.net/https://www.patreon.com/jadeshererhttp://insig.ht/jadeshererSupport the show

Today we hear from two members of the Arizona Community Death Care collective, Dani LaVoire and Jade Sherer. This is another episode that will be of interest to those listeners who are either already engaged in or just beginning to form community groups. If you have any questions for the AZ collective you can reach out to them here: <a href="https://www.azcommunitydeathcare.org/mission" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.azcommunitydeathcare.org/mission</a> The website for White Eagle Memorial Preserve is here: <a href="https://www.naturalburialground.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.naturalburialground.org/</a> And to learn more about Jade's offerings check out these beautiful pages: <a href="https://www.itsournature.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.itsournature.net/</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/jadesherer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/jadesherer</a> <a href="http://insig.ht/jadesherer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://insig.ht/jadesherer</a> <a href="https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>

Arizona Community Death Care

Sarah is joined by Angela and Michael Franklin, founders of Crossroads Community DeathCare, for an in-depth conversation on how engaging in community led death care has the potential to shift the culture around dying and death. To find out more about what they offer, find them on Facebook:https://m.facebook.com/crossroadsdeathcare and Instagram:https://instagram.com/crossroads_deathcareSupport the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

Sarah is joined by Angela and Michael Franklin, founders of Crossroads Community DeathCare, for an in-depth conversation on how engaging in community led death care has the potential to shift the culture around dying and death. To find out more about what they offer, find them on Facebook: <a href="https://m.facebook.com/crossroadsdeathcare" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://m.facebook.com/crossroadsdeathcare</a> and Instagram: <a href="https://instagram.com/crossroads_deathcare" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/crossroads_deathcare</a><a href="https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a> (<a href="https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html</a>)

Crossroads Community DeathCare

Tim Johnson shares the story of choosing to care for his dad at home, and his journey getting there through the stories of two other significant deaths in the family. To see Debbie Wagner's art work click here: http://www.debbiewagnerart.com/Support the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

Tim Johnson shares the story of choosing to care for his dad at home, and his journey getting there through the stories of two other significant deaths in the family.  To see Debbie Wagner's art work click here: <a href="http://www.debbiewagnerart.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.debbiewagnerart.com/</a><a href="https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a> (<a href="https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html</a>)

Healing Through Participation

On this episode Sarah has a conversation with three members of a community led death care group in Canada. They share the touching story of bringing Gypsy's son, Andrew, home to the island to care for his body and lay him to rest in a natural burial.Here is the link to the article: https://news.yahoo.com/grassy-green-future-composting-human-095323526.htmlAnd the Community-Led Death Care group:https://communityleddeathcare.ca/Support the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

On this episode Sarah has a conversation with three members of a community led death care group in Canada. They share the touching story of bringing Gypsy's son, Andrew, home to the island to care for his body and lay him to rest in a natural burial. Here is the link to the article: <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/grassy-green-future-composting-human-095323526.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://news.yahoo.com/grassy-green-future-composting-human-095323526.html</a> And the Community-Led Death Care group: <a href="https://communityleddeathcare.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://communityleddeathcare.ca/</a><a href="https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a> (<a href="https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html</a>)

Bringing A Homeless Son Home

Sarah has a conversation with North Carolina based singer songwriter Laurelyn Dossett who shares the story of the burial she and her brothers provided for their mother in a hand crafted wooden box in Laurelyn’s garden.Here's the link to her piece,  A Family Project, in The Bitter Southerner:https://bittersoutherner.com/feature/2022/a-family-projectFind out more about Laurelyn and her music here:https://www.laurelyndossett.com/ Support the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

Sarah has a conversation with North Carolina based singer songwriter Laurelyn Dossett who shares the story of the burial she and her brothers provided for their mother in a hand crafted wooden box in Laurelyn’s garden. Here's the link to her piece,  A Family Project, in The Bitter Southerner: <a href="https://bittersoutherner.com/feature/2022/a-family-project" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bittersoutherner.com/feature/2022/a-family-project</a> Find out more about Laurelyn and her music here:<a href="https://www.laurelyndossett.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.laurelyndossett.com/</a> <a href="https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a> (<a href="https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html</a>)

Lola in the Garden

Today I have a conversation with Kelly Parker. Kelly’s husband Rick Robson died in late January and was buried at Heart Land Prairie Cemetery earlier this month. Rick had determined that he wanted to have a green burial and sent an email to me through the cemetery website inquiring about building his own casket. Over the course of the next few months, Kelly and Rick, educated themselves about the logistics and legalities of home funeral practice. They ultimately decided that not only would he have a natural burial in a homemade casket, but that Kelly, along with their family and the support of their community of friends and hospice would make all the arrangements, care for his body themselves, and keep him in the home he designed and built with Kelly until it was time for the burial.Support the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

Today I have a conversation with Kelly Parker. Kelly’s husband Rick Robson died in late January and was buried at Heart Land Prairie Cemetery earlier this month. Rick had determined that he wanted to have a green burial and sent an email to me through the cemetery website inquiring about building his own casket. Over the course of the next few months, Kelly and Rick, educated themselves about the logistics and legalities of home funeral practice. They ultimately decided that not only would he have a natural burial in a homemade casket, but that Kelly, along with their family and the support of their community of friends and hospice would make all the arrangements, care for his body themselves, and keep him in the home he designed and built with Kelly until it was time for the burial.<a href="https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a> (<a href="https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html</a>)

A Green Burial for a Green Builder

Circle

Today I have a conversation with four members of the Threshold Care Circle in Viroqua, Wisconsin; Charlene Elderkin, Susan Nesbitt, Kelly Whited-Ford, and Tracy Mangold. Threshold Care Circle began as a community death care collective in 2006. On this episode, we’ll hear how they got started and eventually evolved into an educational 501c3 providing workshops, death care support and advocating for green burial.https://www.thresholdcarecircle.org/Support the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

Today I have a conversation with four members of the Threshold Care Circle in Viroqua, Wisconsin; Charlene Elderkin, Susan Nesbitt, Kelly Whited-Ford, and Tracy Mangold. Threshold Care Circle began as a community death care collective in 2006. On this episode, we’ll hear how they got started and eventually evolved into an educational 501c3 providing workshops, death care support and advocating for green burial. <a href="https://www.thresholdcarecircle.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.thresholdcarecircle.org/</a><a href="https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a> (<a href="https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html</a>)

Threshold Care Circle

Emily Miller shares her experience of opening Colorado's first dedicated green burial ground, Colorado Burial Preserve. https://www.coloradoburialpreserve.com/https://www.greenburialcouncil.org/so_you_want_to_start_a_green_burial_cemetery.htmlSupport the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

Emily Miller shares her experience of opening Colorado's first dedicated green burial ground, Colorado Burial Preserve. <a href="https://www.coloradoburialpreserve.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.coloradoburialpreserve.com/</a> <a href="https://www.greenburialcouncil.org/so_you_want_to_start_a_green_burial_cemetery.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.greenburialcouncil.org/so_you_want_to_start_a_green_burial_cemetery.html</a><a href="https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a> (<a href="https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html</a>)

Colorado Burial Preserve

Today Sarah is joined by Deborah Thornton and Angela Franklin. Deborah's daughter, Scout, died in a car accident in the summer of 2019. With the help of Angela and her husband, Michael, both death midwives and home funeral guides in the rural Oregon town where Scout was living with her partner, Travis, and their dog, Mowgli, Scout was given a natural burial on the farm she called home.watch Scout's performance at the 2019 Kate Wolf Festival here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYpIV7By9BE contact Angela here:https://www.facebook.com/crossroadsdeathcare/Scout's mother, Deborah Thornton, is a transformational life coach based in Maryland. The story of her emotional journey following Scout's death will appear in a forthcoming collaborative book on cultivating emotional resiliency.Learn more about Deborah's work here:https://prismatic-coaching.com/Support the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

Today Sarah is joined by Deborah Thornton and Angela Franklin. Deborah's daughter, Scout, died in a car accident in the summer of 2019. With the help of Angela and her husband, Michael, both death midwives and home funeral guides in the rural Oregon town where Scout was living with her partner, Travis, and their dog, Mowgli, Scout was given a natural burial on the farm she called home. watch Scout's performance at the 2019 Kate Wolf Festival here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYpIV7By9BE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYpIV7By9BE</a> contact Angela here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/crossroadsdeathcare/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/crossroadsdeathcare/</a> Scout's mother, Deborah Thornton, is a transformational life coach based in Maryland. The story of her emotional journey following Scout's death will appear in a forthcoming collaborative book on cultivating emotional resiliency. Learn more about Deborah's work here: <a href="https://prismatic-coaching.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://prismatic-coaching.com/</a><a href="https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a> (<a href="https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html</a>)

Scout Flies Home

What is a home funeral? How can I have a green burial? Do I have to hire a Funeral Director? On this podcast we’ll be focusing on reclaiming our innate right to care for our own loved ones at death in natural, and often, environmentally friendly ways. We’ll demystify the tasks related to after death care through hearing stories from people who have ventured into culturally unfamiliar territory and cared for their own deceased loved ones at home, chose a natural burial or both. Hearing what’s possible and how lives have been transformed by engaging in this final act of love is one path towards changing our culture and our relationship to death. A Path Home is a production of the National Home Funeral Alliance.

Today Sarah reposts an episode from our first season in 2019 called Grief and the Holidays with a couple of changes. Several people have asked about the song at the beginning and end of A Path Home. The title of the song is The Next Step.  At the end of this episode you will hear a rough recording, made outdoors on a cellphone,  of the whole song. Here are the links for the resources used in the original episode.https://www.refugeingrief.com/https://johnpavlovitz.com/2015/12/18/blue-christmas-what-to-do-when-the-holidays-hurt/https://www.centerforloss.com/https://www.griefhealingblog.com/Support the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

Today Sarah reposts an episode from our first season in 2019 called Grief and the Holidays with a couple of changes. Several people have asked about the song at the beginning and end of A Path Home. The title of the song is The Next Step.  At the end of this episode you will hear a rough recording, made outdoors on a cellphone,  of the whole song. Here are the links for the resources used in the original episode. <a href="https://www.refugeingrief.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.refugeingrief.com/</a> <a href="https://johnpavlovitz.com/2015/12/18/blue-christmas-what-to-do-when-the-holidays-hurt/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://johnpavlovitz.com/2015/12/18/blue-christmas-what-to-do-when-the-holidays-hurt/</a> <a href="https://www.centerforloss.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.centerforloss.com/</a> <a href="https://www.griefhealingblog.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.griefhealingblog.com/</a> <a href="https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a> (<a href="https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html</a>)

Thoughts on Grief

On this episode we hear from Jonel Kiesau, who shares the tender, sorrowful, yet somehow joyful experience of caring for her beloved husband, Andy, at home along with their two young daughters, family and community. Andy was buried in a hand-crafted wooden box on their farm in Wisconsin. You can find Jonel's essay, Fifty Acres, in the book Contours: A Literary Landscape here: https://www.driftlesswritingcenter.org/product-page/contours-a-literary-landscapeAnd read more about their story along with photographs on her blogspot: https://possuminthecompost.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-beauty-of-loss.htmlSupport the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

On this episode we hear from Jonel Kiesau, who shares the tender, sorrowful, yet somehow joyful experience of caring for her beloved husband, Andy, at home along with their two young daughters, family and community. Andy was buried in a hand-crafted wooden box on their farm in Wisconsin. You can find Jonel's essay, Fifty Acres, in the book Contours: A Literary Landscape here: <a href="https://www.driftlesswritingcenter.org/product-page/contours-a-literary-landscape" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.driftlesswritingcenter.org/product-page/contours-a-literary-landscape</a> And read more about their story along with photographs on her blogspot: <a href="https://possuminthecompost.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-beauty-of-loss.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://possuminthecompost.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-beauty-of-loss.html</a><a href="https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a> (<a href="https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html</a>)

In the Cabin and On the Hill, Andy's at Home

Today Susan Mackey shares her creative solution for providing after-death care when a home funeral wasn't possible, home funeral care just not in a home. To learn more about Sue and her work see her website here: https://www.outoftheboxfuneralplanning.com/Susan serves on the board of the Funeral Consumers Society of Colorado, an affiliate of the national Funeral Consumers Alliance. Here are those links: https://www.funeralconsumercolorado.org/https://funerals.org/Support the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

Today Susan Mackey shares her creative solution for providing after-death care when a home funeral wasn't possible, home funeral care just not in a home. To learn more about Sue and her work see her website here:<a href="https://www.outoftheboxfuneralplanning.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.outoftheboxfuneralplanning.com/</a> Susan serves on the board of the Funeral Consumers Society of Colorado, an affiliate of the national Funeral Consumers Alliance. Here are those links: <a href="https://www.funeralconsumercolorado.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.funeralconsumercolorado.org/</a> <a href="https://funerals.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://funerals.org/</a><a href="https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a> (<a href="https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html</a>)

Home Funeral Without the Home

On today's episode I speak with three members of the Pomerantz family, sisters Jennifer and Katie and their father, Sanford. It was almost exactly one year ago, November 13th, 2020,  that I met the family at Heart Land Prairie Cemetery where they buried Francine, the girls' mother and Sanford's wife of 51 years. To find out more about HLPC, check out the website:http://www.heartlandprairiecemetery.org/Support the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

On today's episode I speak with three members of the Pomerantz family, sisters Jennifer and Katie and their father, Sanford. It was almost exactly one year ago, November 13th, 2020,  that I met the family at Heart Land Prairie Cemetery where they buried Francine, the girls' mother and Sanford's wife of 51 years. To find out more about HLPC, check out the website: <a href="http://www.heartlandprairiecemetery.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.heartlandprairiecemetery.org/</a><a href="https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a> (<a href="https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html</a>)

A Place in the Prairie

Bonni Goldberg shares the story of reckoning a complicated relationship with her mother by caring for her at the end of her life and after her death. The women in Bonni's family performed the taharah, a final act of great kindness in Jewish tradition, for Bonni's mother when she died. What followed was an Aquamation, also known as "water-cremation."Bonni is an author of several books for young people and adults. To see her titles and read about her work visit her webpage at: https://bonnigoldberg.com/She has written several essays on death under the pen name Batya, that you can read at the following links: https://medium.com/take-too/the-real-reason-i-wash-the-dead-63b0269edee8https://psiloveyou.xyz/searching-through-my-fathers-ashes-70d5dad2f453https://medium.com/take-too/meet-me-at-the-death-cafe-90280eb5b4c3More on Aquamation here: https://aquamationinfo.com/Support the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

Bonni Goldberg shares the story of reckoning a complicated relationship with her mother by caring for her at the end of her life and after her death. The women in Bonni's family performed the taharah, a final act of great kindness in Jewish tradition, for Bonni's mother when she died. What followed was an Aquamation, also known as "water-cremation." Bonni is an author of several books for young people and adults. To see her titles and read about her work visit her webpage at: <a href="https://bonnigoldberg.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bonnigoldberg.com/</a> She has written several essays on death under the pen name Batya, that you can read at the following links: <a href="https://medium.com/take-too/the-real-reason-i-wash-the-dead-63b0269edee8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://medium.com/take-too/the-real-reason-i-wash-the-dead-63b0269edee8</a> <a href="https://psiloveyou.xyz/searching-through-my-fathers-ashes-70d5dad2f453" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://psiloveyou.xyz/searching-through-my-fathers-ashes-70d5dad2f453</a> <a href="https://medium.com/take-too/meet-me-at-the-death-cafe-90280eb5b4c3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://medium.com/take-too/meet-me-at-the-death-cafe-90280eb5b4c3</a> More on Aquamation here: <a href="https://aquamationinfo.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://aquamationinfo.com/</a><a href="https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a> (<a href="https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html</a>)

From Taharah to Aquamation 

Maggie Jones

Writer Maggie Jones shares with Sarah the after death care her family provided for both of her parents some 18 years apart. The experience of remaining with her father's body for a full night after his death, stayed with her and ultimately inspired her to write a story for the New York Times Magazine called The Movement to Bring Death Closer. To learn more about Maggie's work visit her website, here: https://bymaggiejones.com/You can find the NYT story here: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/19/magazine/home-funeral.htmlAnd listen to the piece on The Daily, Sunday Read edition here: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/20/podcasts/the-daily/home-funeral-guides.htmlSupport the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

Writer Maggie Jones shares with Sarah the after death care her family provided for both of her parents some 18 years apart. The experience of remaining with her father's body for a full night after his death, stayed with her and ultimately inspired her to write a story for the New York Times Magazine called The Movement to Bring Death Closer. To learn more about Maggie's work visit her website, here: <a href="https://bymaggiejones.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bymaggiejones.com/</a> You can find the NYT story here: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/19/magazine/home-funeral.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/19/magazine/home-funeral.html</a> And listen to the piece on The Daily, Sunday Read edition here: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/20/podcasts/the-daily/home-funeral-guides.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/20/podcasts/the-daily/home-funeral-guides.html</a><a href="https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a> (<a href="https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html</a>)

A Conversation with Maggie Jones

Diana Lindsay and her friend, home funeral guide Lucinda Herring, share the story of Kelly Lindsay's dying process and the family who gathered to accompany him on his final journey with brain cancer. Here are the links to Healing Circles, the support organization founded by Diana and Kelly: https://healingcircleslangley.org/ and https://healingcirclesglobal.org/#topI mention in the introduction just a few of the things Healing Circles offers, but there is SO much more. It is really worth taking a look!If you're interested in reading Diana and Kelly's book on caregiving and grappling with cancer or any other life-limiting illness you can find it on Amazon. Amazon Smiles will donate to the National Home Funeral Alliance if you select it when ordering. https://smile.amazon.com/Something-More-Than-Hope-Everything/dp/099124270X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=something+more+than+hope+diana&amp;qid=1623966311&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1Support the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

Diana Lindsay and her friend, home funeral guide Lucinda Herring, share the story of Kelly Lindsay's dying process and the family who gathered to accompany him on his final journey with brain cancer. Here are the links to Healing Circles, the support organization founded by Diana and Kelly: <a href="https://healingcircleslangley.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://healingcircleslangley.org/</a> and <a href="https://healingcirclesglobal.org/#top" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://healingcirclesglobal.org/#top</a> I mention in the introduction just a few of the things Healing Circles offers, but there is SO much more. It is really worth taking a look! If you're interested in reading Diana and Kelly's book on caregiving and grappling with cancer or any other life-limiting illness you can find it on Amazon. Amazon Smiles will donate to the National Home Funeral Alliance if you select it when ordering. <a href="https://smile.amazon.com/Something-More-Than-Hope-Everything/dp/099124270X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=something+more+than+hope+diana&amp;qid=1623966311&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://smile.amazon.com/Something-More-Than-Hope-Everything/dp/099124270X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=something+more+than+hope+diana&amp;qid=1623966311&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1</a><a href="https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a> (<a href="https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html</a>)

Accompanying Kelly

Lauren Carroll is a funeral director based in Colorado Springs. After finding out about home-based, family-centered after death care, Lauren devoted her practice to helping families create home funerals. On this episode we discuss everything from filing a death certificate to rigor mortis and body care. She is a co-founder of Deathwives, a non-profit death education and advocacy collective. Find out about the courses they offer here: https://deathwives.org/Support the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

Lauren Carroll is a funeral director based in Colorado Springs. After finding out about home-based, family-centered after death care, Lauren devoted her practice to helping families create home funerals. On this episode we discuss everything from filing a death certificate to rigor mortis and body care. She is a co-founder of Deathwives, a non-profit death education and advocacy collective. Find out about the courses they offer here: <a href="https://deathwives.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://deathwives.org/</a><a href="https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a> (<a href="https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html</a>)

Home Funeral Basics with Lauren Carroll

Aubrey Brinneman and her friend, home funeral guide Lauren Richwine recall the dying, death, home funeral and natural burial of Aubrey's husband, Tyler. Ty faced his diagnosis with a rare, aggressive cancer by being actively involved in preparing his young family for what was to come. If you are in Indiana and would like some support or have questions regarding holding a home funeral or natural burial, you can contact Lauren through her website: http://deathdonedifferently.com/ The shroud the couple ordered for Ty's natural burial came from Kinkaraco, Green Funeral Products.  https://kinkaraco.com/Support the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

Aubrey Brinneman and her friend, home funeral guide Lauren Richwine recall the dying, death, home funeral and natural burial of Aubrey's husband, Tyler. Ty faced his diagnosis with a rare, aggressive cancer by being actively involved in preparing his young family for what was to come. If you are in Indiana and would like some support or have questions regarding holding a home funeral or natural burial, you can contact Lauren through her website: <a href="http://deathdonedifferently.com/ " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://deathdonedifferently.com/ </a> The shroud the couple ordered for Ty's natural burial came from Kinkaraco, Green Funeral Products.  <a href="https://kinkaraco.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://kinkaraco.com/</a><a href="https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a> (<a href="https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html</a>)

Wrestling with Death

In this episode Ray Mulvey and his daughter Laurie describe the home funeral they arranged for Ray's wife of 58 years, Judy. Ray lives in New Jersey, one of the states that requires hiring a funeral director to oversee certain aspects of the funeral. Laurie is a resident of Pennsylvania and a member of her local chapter of the Funeral Consumers Alliance. To learn more about this important organization see their website here:  https://funerals.org/The movie Laurie mentions watching is the 2003 PBS documentary called, A Family Undertaking.  It is available to order on DVD from Netflix.Support the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

In this episode Ray Mulvey and his daughter Laurie describe the home funeral they arranged for Ray's wife of 58 years, Judy. Ray lives in New Jersey, one of the states that requires hiring a funeral director to oversee certain aspects of the funeral. Laurie is a resident of Pennsylvania and a member of her local chapter of the Funeral Consumers Alliance. To learn more about this important organization see their website here:  <a href="https://funerals.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://funerals.org/</a> The movie Laurie mentions watching is the 2003 PBS documentary called, A Family Undertaking.  It is available to order on DVD from Netflix.<a href="https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a> (<a href="https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html</a>)

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