The "Why?"
In 2020 for the first time, I was involved deeply in funeral planning with my family. My relative drove the planning and arrangement most of the time - but seeing and experiencing the amount of logistical consideration while battling emotion in making decisions made us realize how much we are not prepared for this.
I decided to talk with 9 other people with different experiences with loss and direct and indirect experiences with funeral and/or memorial services. I also sent out a survey through Forms and was able to get responses from 19 users. From sharing their stories of loss and grief, I was able to learn that:
When they had to plan a funeral for the first time, they didn’t know what to do, and they wish they had known all the information they need are searchable online.
They find expenses as the heaviest burden as these arrangements are costly though necessary.
They are hoping that help in the planning part of loss and grief can lift a burden from their minds.
When discussing with their family, they find it hard to make logical decisions when it comes to expenses while everyone is going through grief.
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