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Write Your Legacy Love Letter. On Saturday, February 14, Wildflower Funeral Concepts will host a gentle, meaningful gathering led by end-of-life educator Ingrid Tegnér—an invitation to pause, reflect, and put love into words.

Holiday Blessings: Why This Funeral Home Loves "It’s A Wonderful Life" A Wildflower Funeral Concepts Blog Post Every December, millions revisit It’s A Wonderful Life . It’s a classic film wrapped in twinkling lights and quiet heartbreak, full of small acts of courage, compassion, and community. At Wildflower, we spend our days walking with families through some of life’s hardest moments. And maybe that’s why this film affects us so deeply: it contains truths we see every day

At Wildflower, we spend a lot of time talking about death. But really, what we’re talking about is life. To face mortality is to recognize how fleeting our time is—and how important it is to value the life we have. When we embrace this truth, we start to see our days differently. A morning cup of tea becomes more than a routine. A shared laugh with a friend feels more like a gift. Even the quiet moments alone in nature, listening to the wind in the trees, can take on a sense

12 Things Grief Teaches Us. We often imagine grief as one long, gray road — but living it reveals surprising truths along the way. While loss can be devastating, it can also bring unexpected lessons, reshaping how we see the world, ourselves, and the people we love. Here are twelve things grief has taught people — lessons they didn’t see coming.

Grief is not always something we can say. Sometimes it must be moved through — literally. For as long as humans have experienced loss, we’ve turned to the body to say what words cannot. Whether through private ritual or public performance, dance has become a sacred language of mourning, remembrance, and healing. Here are seven powerful moments — ancient, traditional, and modern — when dance became the language of grief… and said everything that needed to be said.

Grief and love often live side by side — and when it comes to honoring LGBTQ+ lives, memorials can become powerful acts of resistance, affirmation, and celebration. Whether quiet and poetic or loud and unapologetic, LGBTQ+ memorials around the world are reclaiming space, telling truth, and reminding us that every identity deserves to be honored exactly as it was lived: boldly, beautifully, and without compromise.

Mourning in the 1800s wasn’t just a feeling. It was a lifestyle. An entire etiquette system existed around death: how long you should grieve, what you should wear, where you could go, and even how to behave on your front porch. Here are 8 mourning customs from the Victorian era that we’re (mostly) glad have faded with time — and a few that still hold a kernel of meaning in how we grieve today.

Children experience loss just as deeply as adults — but in different, sometimes harder-to-understand ways. That’s why including them in funerals and memorials can be powerful. Not only does it honor their bond with the person who passed, but it also gives them tools for processing grief in a healthy, supported way. At Wildflower, we believe funerals should be inclusive, compassionate spaces — and that includes the smallest members of the family. Here are a few beautiful ways