by Linda Stuart | May 12, 2020 | Funerals, Death, and Dying, Ritual Moments
This article is a collaboration between Heike Mertins, author of “Grief is…” and Linda Stuart, creator of memorable ceremonies. Instinctively we come together when death happens. The need to be comforted and the need to offer comfort is part of what it means to...
by Linda Stuart | Dec 12, 2016 | Funerals, Death, and Dying, Ritual Moments
It’s supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year: Bright lights, cheerful greetings, the jubilant faces of excited children, and tasty treats everywhere you go. It’s a time for family to come together, for friends to celebrate, for treasured heirloom...
by Linda Stuart | Nov 29, 2016 | Funerals, Death, and Dying, Ritual Moments
I sleepily stirred my coffee while attempting to focus my blurry vision on the shards of ice that covered the backyard deck and patio furniture. I stared in disbelief out the window. The calendar said it was still autumn, but my feet, cold and bare on the...
by Linda Stuart | Oct 28, 2016 | Funerals, Death, and Dying, Ritual Moments
I know, I know. It was never your intention to keep grandma in the closet. She used to have a proper home: Lovingly perched on your parents’ rustic fireplace mantel, next to her bright smiling face delicately framed in antique silver. But when dad died and mom...
by Linda Stuart | Jul 27, 2016 | Funerals, Death, and Dying, Ritual Moments
“We sincerely apologize for the unfortunate delay,” the pilot announced just after we touched down at Prestwick Airport in Scotland. I scrambled to get off the plane and through customs, but with over an hour drive to the Glasgow Crematorium, it was no...
by Linda Stuart | Jul 4, 2016 | Ritual Moments
Not much distracts me from my novel when I’m on the beach in Grand Cayman, but I often find myself enchanted with Betty and Doug and their romantic sunset ritual. Apparently, my husband David does too. “Is that what “Happily Ever After” looks like?” he...
