Comfort

Over at The Huffington Post, grief expert Gloria Horsley offers a helpful list of things to say (and things not to say) to...

This month marks the first anniversary of my mother’s death. Even though she’s been gone for a year, in many ways I’m just...

For many parents, talking with children about death is a daunting task. Death is a scary topic for a lot of us, and we want...

Hidden in the back of my closet is a yellowing plastic bag filled with AquaNet-crusted, faded pink, partially broken hair...

Five lessons from guest blogger Roz Jonas My father died, suddenly and unexpectedly, at the age of 79. He and my mother had...

Scott Simon, host of NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday, has been sitting with his mother in a hospital Intensive Care Unit...

For as long as I can remember, every night when my dad would arrive home from work and turn the handle on the apartment...

A few weeks after my father died, long after the funeral and shiva were over, it hit me that my dad was really gone. Since I...

A viewer of my videos wrote in: "I'm going to a Catholic wake for the first time. Will there be an open casket? What if I'm...

When a friend experiences a loss, it's hard to know what to say. Writer Mary Elizabeth Williams intimately understands the...

It's traditional to have a funeral or memorial service when someone dies. But why? What purpose does a funeral serve? Check...

Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Source: National Parks Service) Memorial Day is a time to honor all the men and women in...

We came across this clever alteration of a Game of Thrones' billboard in a New York City subway station. Rather than...

Source: Instagram, grandmabetty33 Call her InstaGranny! Betty Simpson, who goes by the Instagram handle Grandmabetty33,...

The popular financial site LearnVest has jumped on the Death Over Dinner train with this recent article "Death Dinners:...

Mark lost his wife of 28 years to cancer two years ago and documented his experience on his site. It's quite comprehensive...

Johnny Wells is not going to live to see his daughter grow up and get married. To replace this loss, he and his family held...

Our friend Kathy Kastner of BestEndings.com has put together a very down-to-earth and helpful video series dealing with...

Death + Dinner = Delicious. Bloomberg Media recently highlighted the “death dinners,” which recently collaborated with...

The death of a celebrity is often a complicated emotional experience for many people. Though we didn't really "know" the...

As I headed down to DC for work the other day, my cab driver pointed out something I’d never seen. “See that limo over there...

One of the first things my mother did when she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer was contact an estate attorney. She was...

In Issue 11 of The Magazine (a subscription-based online and iPhone/iPad app that features fascinating short articles on a...

When someone is dealing with a significant hardship, like death or caring for someone who is dying, the natural inclination...

Today's blog post is by our Editorial Intern, Ariana Dindiyal. We're so happy to have her on the Everplans team, and look...

In cities across the country (and the world), curious people of all ages and backgrounds are gathering regularly to share...

A Matter of Life and Death As an only child with a single parent, I was always scared to death of losing my mother. Life...

In the Huffington Post today, religion reporter Jaweed Kaleem looks at the rise in home funerals, and offers a number of...

This week in the New York Times, columnist Maureen Dowd turned her column over to Father Kevin O’Neil, a Catholic priest,...

I feel the sting of my mother’s absence most acutely at the milestones. In some ways, the milestones, no matter how many...

After my mom’s cancer diagnosis, lots of things changed: schedules, diets, and priorities, to name a few. But one of the...

If you've even been on the receiving end of a terminal diagnosis or watched someone struggle with a serious illness, then...

The New York Times has shared a short documentary called "The Caretaker" that looks at the loving, compassionate, and...

Death, Dying, and Dealing with It Three years ago, I could never have imagined that I’d be contributing to a blog about end...

We've talked on the blog before about how to help a friend who's experiencing a hardship and what to say (and not to say)...

The day someone you love is diagnosed with a terminal disease, the sheer terror that takes over will likely cause you to go...

Friend-of-Everplans Mark Dimor is producing a documentary that we think is both powerful and important. The film is inspired...

For most humans, thinking about death is stressful. A new study now shows that acetaminophen, the primary ingredient in...

For a blog series called A Matter of Life and Death, I admit that I’ve probably talked a lot more about the latter. (Sorry...

A palliative care nurse recently wrote a list of the top 5 regrets people make on their deathbed. It became really popular....