Coping with Grief and the Holidays
Coping with Grief and the Holidays Traditions that have been carried out for many years, may look different right now. I am often asked, do I put up a tree, send out cards, cook traditional dishes, keep everything as it was last year, change it or do nothing at all? Your energy levels may feel [...]
Why More Families are Choosing to Prearrange Than Ever Before
Why More Families are Choosing to Prearrange Than Ever Before The “New Normal.” This sure is a phrase that we have all heard a lot of lately. Reality seems to look different nearly every day, and changes are just a part of life. When things are uncertain, we inherently do what we can to prepare [...]
Preparing the Gardens for Fall and Winter
Preparing the Gardens for Fall and Winter We are very busy at St. Charles Memorial Gardens preparing the gardens for the winter. There is a lot we do now to set the cemetery up for success through the winter and into the spring. We will be placing green flags in the cemetery. These are [...]
Creating Community During a Time of Mourning: You Are Not Alone
Creating Community During a Time of Mourning: You Are Not Alone 2020 has been a difficult and unique year for everyone, but if you are someone that has encountered a loss during this unprecedented time, it may seem that the upcoming holidays will be too much to bear. Dealing with toxic relatives, a busier schedule [...]
Understanding Your Grief: Hope for the Holidays by Dr. Alan Wolfelt
Helping Yourself Heal During the Holiday Season by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. Holidays are often difficult for anyone who has experienced the death of someone loved. Rather than being times of family togetherness, sharing and thanksgiving, holidays can bring feelings of sadness, loss and emptiness. Love Does Not End With Death Since love does not [...]
Stomp Out Stigma Virtual Walk
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Shine the Light on Suicide Prevention and Awareness
Shine the Light on Suicide Prevention and Awareness Baue Funeral Homes, the Megan Meier Foundation, the Liam Michael Foundation and the Center for Hope and Healing are honored to partner for a candlelight vigil memorial program and night of awareness and advocacy on Thursday. According to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, suicide [...]
COVID-19, Grief Overload, and Secondary Trauma: Coping with Too Much Loss
COVID-19, Grief Overload, and Secondary Trauma: Coping with Too Much Loss by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. For many funeral directors, COVID-19 has been a nonstop wrecking ball. It has swung back and forth across the globe, decimating families and communities. And who’s there in the midst of the ongoing crisis, providing care to the [...]
A Tribute to Veterans and Memorial Day
A Message from USN Submariner, Colby Hitchcock, Director of Baue Funeral Service Operations Spring is here and the weather is warming up. May is a time of year when we typically gather to remember our veterans on Memorial Day. This year will be different in many ways. We are in the midst of a pandemic [...]
Ten Freedoms for Using Ceremony During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Ten Freedoms for Using Ceremony During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. If someone you love has died during the novel coronavirus pandemic, you have come to grief in an exceptionally challenging moment in history. You may have been separated from your loved one as they were dying. You may have been unable [...]