We are writing some new brochures and reprinting others. This is an opportunity to memorialize your loved one or family members on the back of the brochure. What a beautiful gift to give to someone who is grieving. Also, consider how many readers will be praying for the deceased!

One of the things I've learned in decades of working with grieving persons (and being one myself) is how much we want to be sure our deceased loved ones are remembered. When my sister, Terry, died in 1988 my mother exemplified that feeling continuously until her death in 1997. We, at NCMB, were republishing some of our brochures so Mom chose CLICHES: What to Say...What Not to Say When Comforting the Bereaved and she, my brothers and I contributed the funds needed for it's printing. At her funeral we had a newly reprinted supply of the brochures available during the calling hours and every one of them disappeared so that there was not even one left to place in her casket. My brothers and I have been able to continue this family tradition, memorializing this same brochure in memory of Terry and our parents each time it is reprinted. I take copies of the brochures many places with me and make them available to the grieving people with whom I am privileged to work. Often I smile and remember my loved ones just because I learned from my family members, grieving clients and my own experience how much we benefit by remembering those we love by memorializing.