We’re back! Makaila and I had a great time on our excursion south of the border before school started. Sometimes my schedule gets hectic and we don’t get to spend enough father/daughter time together so when we do, I appreciate it a lot! A couple of weeks ago I put information in both the Blenheim… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Marc’s Musings
2011-09-07 “Makaila”
2011-08-24 “Let’s Talk About It”
2011-08-17 “Makaila”
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about Lynn’s thirtieth birthday. This week Makaila turned thirteen. My baby, who is nothing short of a miracle for her mother and I is growing up too fast! In three more years she might drive a car and in five more years she might be collecting the things… Read more »
2011-08-10 “Pre-Arranging Part 3”
So you’ve decided that you would like to pre-pay your funeral expenses…how will your money be invested? It’s your choice. As I said last week, there are three different investments offered at the Blenheim Community Funeral Home each with it’s own characteristics: Annuity: -Pre-arranged funeral can be paid in full or in installments (up to… Read more »
2011-08-03 “Pre-Arranging Part 2”
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 »
2011-07-27 “Pre-Arranging My Own Funeral”
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 »
2011-07-20 “Lynn’n”
Last week there was a very special day for us. Our first born child, the girl who made me a dad in the first place and then the grandfather of two beautiful boys turned thirty. Yes Lynn, I told the world how old you are. You said that it was just another day to you… Read more »
2011-07-13 “Care Guides”
I have always felt that one of my jobs as a Funeral Director is to do whatever I can do to take some of the burden off families when a loved one dies. Between the time my Mom died and her funeral I felt like I lived in my car because there were so many… Read more »
2011-07-06 “Mr. V”
It was the last day of school and Makaila was safety patrolling so I knew that she would be later than usual. But when she came into my office and I didn’t hear the official “hooray, school is done” I looked up. Something was wrong. “Dad, I cried so much at school today” were the… Read more »
