Comments on: Planning funerals in advance makes decisions easier http://swktalk.com/livingwell/planning-funerals-in-advance-makes-decisions-easier/ Linda Beech, Finney County extension agent, will help you improve your home and family life with information on raising kids, eating right, spending smart — and living well. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:58:25 +0000 hourly 1 By: Gail Rubin http://swktalk.com/livingwell/planning-funerals-in-advance-makes-decisions-easier/comment-page-1/#comment-2286 Gail Rubin Mon, 31 May 2010 17:26:01 +0000 http://swktalk.com/livingwell/?p=2753#comment-2286 Absolutely, shopping around before there's a death saves money, reduces stress at a time of grief, can help minimize family discord, and allows you to plan a meaningful ceremony. I write a lot about this topic at my blog, The Family Plot, http://thefamilyplot.wordpress.com/, and my forthcoming book, A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don't Plan to Die. Just as talking about sex won't make you pregnant, talking about funerals won't make you dead - and your family will benefit from the conversation. Absolutely, shopping around before there’s a death saves money, reduces stress at a time of grief, can help minimize family discord, and allows you to plan a meaningful ceremony. I write a lot about this topic at my blog, The Family Plot, http://thefamilyplot.wordpress.com/, and my forthcoming book, A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don’t Plan to Die.

Just as talking about sex won’t make you pregnant, talking about funerals won’t make you dead – and your family will benefit from the conversation.

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