http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Hal+Stevens Death Hal Stevens Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=381585&ca=Death Burial is commonly called interment. It is frequently has a considerable price tag and unquestionably the most pricey part of a funeral. In an ideal world, burial or interment arrangements would be made beforehand with a pre-planned funeral. Still, often, this is just not feasible. Now and then, a d... Death Hal Stevens Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=381586&ca=Death Not many people want to reflect on death—particularly the loss of their loved ones or even their own death. However, planning a funeral in advance it is always an excellent plan so that you’ll be ready when the time comes (and sooner or later comes for everyone), for the most part people haven’t giv... Death Hal Stevens Thu, 07 May 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=375971&ca=Death When most people think of “home,” the first thought is of our mother. The mother is the foundation of comfort, the supplier of food, of praise, of warmth, of love. Mom was always the one who bandaged our bloody knees and who knew what our favorite cookies were. As we grew older, maybe we didn’t appr... Death Hal Stevens Thu, 07 May 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=376004&ca=Death Losing parent is painful regardless of your age or your relationship with that parent. There’s a part of us that will always feel like a child, no matter how full-grown or sophisticated we become and despite our age. When your father dies, the feelings you experience may confuse you and make you fee... Death Hal Stevens Thu, 07 May 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=376018&ca=Death As youths, we frequently fight with our brothers and sisters. It’s just the normal order of things. As adults, we still battle with our siblings. However, for many of us, our relationships with our brothers and sisters grow deeper as we get older. Our siblings are, in many ways, the only other peopl... Death Hal Stevens Thu, 07 May 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=376046&ca=Death Through exceptional times and dreadful, through delight and pain, your partner is the person whom you have chosen to spend your life with. When your husband or wife departs this life, you might feel lost and very alone. Sometimes a spouse may not want to deliver the eulogy at the funeral or memorial... Death Hal Stevens Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=374721&ca=Death If you’re thinking about going with the conventional style of writing a speech for the eulogy you’re going to deliver, I’d like to present some tips that will help you. Take some time alone to sit down in a quiet place and reflect. Sit at your computer and type what you are thinking, or bring a pen... Death Hal Stevens Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=374726&ca=Death 1. People are enjoying a longer life (the average life expectancy for men is 73.3, and for females, 79.6). This sets aside additional time for pre-planning of funerals and complex decision making. The more time that is made available the more time that people have to thoroughly consider all of the o... Death Hal Stevens Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=373361&ca=Death • How does cremation work? Does the body turn to ash? Cremation is a method of reducing the human body to bone fragments using intense heat and flame. Then, it is followed by a process of refining the remains. The result is not “ash” in the sense of cigarette or fireplace ash, but rather a refined p... Death Hal Stevens Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=373366&ca=Death Not many people want to dwell on the technicalities of death but we do need to be educated about it so that we are fully conscious of the choices we’ve made and what they mean. In this section, I will talk about the basic steps of a cremation which I have divided into five distinct phases. 1. Let’s...