Posts Categorized: Marc’s Musings

Over the next couple of weeks I want to talk a bit about what I think makes us different at the Blenheim Community Funeral Home…this is week one.  Our motto at the Blenheim Community Funeral Home is “yes we can” or more importantly “yes YOU can”.  I encourage people to follow their hearts.  There is… Read more »

Last week I wrote about pre-planning a Funeral Service for yourself or for someone whose affairs you have been entrusted with.  I ended it with the statement that there is no obligation to pre-pay your funeral expenses but that there are some advantages if you do.  The benefit of pre-paying funeral expenses is that your… Read more »

What are the reasons that I would pre-arrange my own funeral?  First, I would want to help my family by answering some questions that they might not know the answers to.  I’m pretty sure my kids know my Mom’s maiden name but I’m also pretty sure they don’t know where she or my Dad were… Read more »

Last week we took down the Christmas Memorial Tree.  This year there was a total of 723 ornaments  on the tree…it’s so nice that as a community we remembered so many of our family and friends.  I want to take this time to thank everyone who had a part of making the Christmas Memorial Tree… Read more »

Last night as I sat at my desk wondering what to write about this week, I went on the computer and googled “what do people want to know about funerals” but the websites that came up were pretty much all advertisements about pre-arranging funerals. The funeral world is changing and Funeral Homes will need to… Read more »

If I could give something to you this Christmas, this is what it would be: Patience It seems that we are always in a hurry and maybe at Christmas time it’s even worse.  When you’re in the grocery store on the day before Christmas and somebody just took the last loaf of bread, you’re going… Read more »

As I sit at my desk this Monday morning, a month from today will be Christmas.  Sometimes I sit and think..if I could bring back one Christmas, which one would it be?  There always seemed to be a build up to Christmas.  We had traditions that made the season exciting.  We listened to Burl Ives… Read more »

There seems to be an evolving trend in funeral service these days which includes a very simplified service.  More and more people are choosing cremation and following that there may be a memorial service or there may not be one.  Sometimes there is a very personal gathering of family at the graveside to say goodbye… Read more »

In our daily lives we all need to feel connected with people and the way we do that can be through conversations, activities and shared experiences.  When someone we love is dying, that need for connection remains strong but ways we experience those connections begin to close down.  When someone may be drifting in and… Read more »

When someone dies, our concern tends to be directed to that person’s family and rightly so.  But there are other people who will grieve that same loss…those people who we call friends.  Webster’s Dictionary includes the definition of a friend to be a “favoured companion” and so although we may not live with our friends… Read more »