Posts Categorized: Marc’s Musings

Have you ever wondered about Funerals or Funeral Homes? Have you ever wondered what’s behind those doors? I’m sure lots of people do wonder, but few people ask. When I first got into Funeral Service, there were very few questions but at the same time there were very few options. Back then it may have… Read more »

There are a couple of things that I believe: “never underestimate the power of having children around you” and “you’re never too old to play”. Those beliefs make me think of an e-mail that one of my friends sent me a long time ago entitled “My Official Resignation”. “I am hereby officially tendering my resignation… Read more »

Spring, and the land lies fresh green Beneath a yellow sun. We walked the land together, you and I And never knew what future days would bring. Will you often think of me When the flowers burst forth each year? When the earth begins to grow again? Some say death is so final, But my… Read more »

Let me step out of my Funeral Director shoes for a minute and talk about wills. In my mind, making a proper will with the help of a lawyer is worth the cost. Think for a minute about the person who will make decisions regarding your funeral. The following is an excerpt from a newsletter… Read more »

April 19 – 25, 2015 is National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness week in Canada. There are differences between organ donations and tissue donations. To be an organ donor, you must die in a hospital with your body supported by a ventilator. With a ventilator, oxygen is circulated in the blood so that organs can… Read more »

When you pre-pay your funeral expenses, we calculate how much money it would cost today and then that money gets put away in your name to cover the cost of your funeral at the time it is needed. So lets say that you wanted to pre-pay your funeral today and the cost of everything you… Read more »

On Saturday March 21st, family and friends celebrated the life of Stewart “Stubby” Knights, a man who will be fondly remembered by many and for many reasons. Stubby loved life…he had fun wherever he went. One time at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto he got a horse into the hotel elevator and took it… Read more »

A while ago I was asked to do a Marc’s Musings on how different situations would affect how differently we grieve. First let me tell you this…although everyone grieves differently, I believe that we all grieve for the same reason…we grieve because we have loved and we grieve because we have lost. Some people will… Read more »

Often times we hear about or talk about a “bucket list”…the things we want to do before we die…the countries we want to visit, the adventures we want to experience, and the people we want to see. When we make our bucket lists, we assume that we’ll be given enough warning to carry them out;… Read more »

My mother came from a large family. She was the second youngest of 12 surviving siblings. When we think of life today vs life back then some of us would think that she was raised in simpler times, but I’m not so sure of that. When Mom spoke about her childhood, she never complained. We… Read more »