I made my husband carry a corpse on our second date. And somehow… that became the biggest green flag of my life. 😳 Most people would have walked away. Instead, Jeremy followed me into the world I came from. A world of midnight calls. Hospital collections. Grieving families. And mo

It sounds unbelievable, but this is a traditional funeral custom that still appears in some Chinese funerals today. According to an old folk belief, if two family members pass away within one year, a third death may follow. To symbolically prevent this, a strawman—a human-shaped figurine made

This is probably one of the biggest misconceptions I hear as a funeral director. The truth? They can. In many Chinese Buddhist and Taoist traditions, a pregnant woman attending a wake wears a red ribbon around her waist with a piece of ginger or a key attached. Why? ❤️ Practical: It lets

Nobody wants to talk about death. I’ve built my life doing exactly that. Most people avoid the topic. Until they’re forced to face it. As a funeral director, I’ve sat with families in moments they never imagined. And I’ve realised something quietly universal: It’s never really about deat