When you die, do you want to be buried? Or perhaps cremated? Where will your body or ashes go? What kind of funeral do you want? A sacred and somber affair? Or a celebration of life complete with music and jokes? And who should be there? Better yet, who shouldn’t? Will you livestream the occasion for those not able to attend? (Yes, that’s a modern reality.)
Perhaps the most important question of all, especially for those who you’ve left alive: Who’s going to pay for it all?
Most people have no experience planning a funeral, but once someone dies, there are a lot of immediate decisions that need to be made. “Just like talking about sex won’t make you pregnant, talking about funerals won’t make you dead — and your family will benefit from the conversation,” explained Gail Rubin, the self-proclaimed Doyenne of Death who started the Death Café movement and has written numerous books on the topic. Learn more about her at agoodgoodbye
.com.