Stories

Posts in celebrate

Fathers

Who I see inside you and me...

wisdom, stories, celebrateCaren MartineauSeptember 25, 2024fathers, personal growth, fatherhood, lessons, legacy, Death Literacy

Chapters

When the magic ended too soon

celebrate, stories, wisdomCaren MartineauFebruary 3, 2022mothers, daughters, memories, magical reality, mourning, grief

A Few Words

At last, a line of painfully blunt (but still funny) maybe-you-won’t-get-well cards.

celebrateCaren MartineauMay 10, 2019cards, greeting cards, illness, cancer sucks, Emily McDowell, illustrator, illustrations, uncertainty, honesty, humor

A Written Legacy

A lasting love is its own poetry.

celebrateCaren MartineauJuly 23, 2018poetry, Josephine Hart, Saatchi, London, legacy

A Test of Wills

Ethical wills pass on values, not just your valuables.

celebrateCaren MartineauJuly 17, 2018will, making a will, ethical wills, legacy, values

Comfort Food

Sustenance steeped in centuries of ritual and tradition.

celebrateCaren MartineauJuly 9, 2018food, style, funeral, funeral food, death warmed over, funeral potatoes, funeral cake, jai, kolliva, irish wake cake, johnny cakes

Come Fly with Me

That final visit, no tickets required.

celebrateCaren MartineauJune 13, 2018drone, visit, tour, memory, family, travel, a flight to remember, flight, video, drone camera, tours, drone tours, places

In the Swim

An artist creates a glorious water dance so her friends can say goodbye.

celebrateCaren MartineauJune 13, 2018memorial, celebrate, water ballet, friends, public art, joy, Rose Bates

Making a Statement

Your final appearance need not be a repeat of funerary cliché.

celebrateCaren MartineauJune 12, 2018burial, funerals, funeral, casket, green burials, eco burial, buried at sea, cremation, ashes, space, personalization, customization

Only The Best (for Fifi and Fido)

Only the luckiest pets get to spend their eternity at two of America’s most famous pet cemeteries.

celebrateCaren MartineauJune 12, 2018pets, pet cemetery, pet cemeteries, Foothill, Bubbling Well, Hartsdale Pet Cemetery, lion, dog, cat, animals