The Role of Executor: Blessing or Curse?
The advantages of serving as an executor should be balanced against the potential disadvantages of the role. Accepting the role of executor means you have agreed to take on the responsibility of ‘executing’ the wishes of the deceased. It may […]
Wills – Why We Procrastinate
Whether from your own planning perspective, or from the perspective of handling someone else’s estate, it’s important to understand why a properly written will is essential and pivotal to the accurate and smooth handling of your funds and possessions after death.
Basic Black – A Funeral Director’s Story
Article written by: Jo Warren How do I want to be remembered anyway? For what I’ve done, or for what I haven’t done? We hear so much talk about honouring life. How come nobody ever says, ‘Hey, let’s hear it […]
Travel Insurance with a Difference
Imagine… While scuba diving in Costa Rica, your father-in-law suffers a heart attack and drowns. Driving the Coquihalla Highway, your elderly parents hit a patch of black ice, crash into the median, and both die. Your husband, returning from a […]
Rituals can Heal
Rituals bring people together at a time of tumultuous change (wedding, baby, retirement, death) to bear witness to this change and to begin the new steps in a new direction of life which helps make that journey easier.