This photo is of Edie Marie Clark Montgomery’s first headstone
This photo is of Edie Marie Clark Montgomery’s first headstone. Edie was brutally stabbed in her home in Ferndale in 1980. She was 18 years old. Her murder is still unsolved. I first learned about Edie this summer on Facebook of all places. Chrey Nelson, who works as an Identification Technician for the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Department, made a post about Edie and her crumbling headstone in a local Facebook group. Edie’s case has been recently reopened. Detective Derek Jone
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11 TV Shows That Handled Death Perfectly (Or Hilariously Badly)
Television has always been a mirror of how we live, love, and yes—how we die. Sometimes, shows handle death with profound beauty. Other times, they miss the mark so wildly that it becomes unintentionally funny. Either way, these moments reflect our culture’s ongoing attempt to wrestle with the universal truth: everyone dies, even our favorite characters.
Here are 11 TV Shows That Handled Death Perfectly (Or Hilariously Badly).
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8 Times Grief Looked Like a Walk in the Woods
8 Times Grief Looked Like a Walk in the Woods A Wildflower Funeral Concepts Blog Post When words fail, the forest listens.For some,...
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12 Things Grief Teaches Us (That We Never Expected)
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.
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8 Strange Victorian Mourning Traditions You’re Glad We Dropped
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.
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10 Animals That Mourn Their Dead: (Yes, Even Elephants Cry)
Grief isn’t just a human experience. In the wild, across species and continents, animals pause, linger, weep, and return to the places where their companions once lived.
At Wildflower, we talk about grief as something deeply human — but also something deeply natural. These moments remind us that loss is part of life’s design… and mourning is one of its most sacred expressions.
Here are 10 remarkable animals that seem to grieve their dead — each in their own quiet, powerful w
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5 Things People Regret Not Saying Before Someone Dies
We never think the last conversation will be the last. And then suddenly, it is.
At Wildflower Funeral Concepts, we’ve had the sacred privilege of holding space for people in their deepest moments of grief and reflection. Again and again, we’ve heard the same few regrets whispered through tears — the things people wished they had said when they still had the chance.
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The Hard Week
On the anniversary of my friend's death, I'm once again reminded that we are not supposed to get over grief. Being an active participant in the rituals of saying goodbye with grace allows us to metabolize grief into something sacred and meaningful.
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