Celebrating a life: planning memorial services and other creative remembrances

<DIV><DIV><DIV>The funeral is dead.

Today, many people are forgoing the maudlin trappings and timeworn rituals of traditional funerals and instead opting to celebrate their loved ones&#8217; lives in ways that are much more personal, meaningful, and memorable.&#160;A memorial service that truly honors the person who has died and that uplifts those who attend takes careful planning.</div><DIV>&#160;</DIV><DIV><I>Celebrating a Life </I>offers sensitive guidance on every detail&#151;venue, food and drink, music, flowers, eulogy, program, mementoes&#151;all with the aim of making sure that the memorial service&#8217;s honoree is remembered just as he or she would have wished.

Checklists and an extensive resource directory provide much-needed help to those who have very little time in which to make the arrangements.</DIV><DIV>&#160;</DIV><DIV>As author Faith Moore says, this book is not about regrets, but about reimagining how we say good-bye.<BR></DIV></DIV></DIV>