The true meaning of permanent remembrance.
STEP FOUR Achieving Remembrance
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A life to be remembered. A story to be told. A place to visit and share memories for generations to come. Here you will find how families today have chosen to honor and remember their loved ones with fitting tributes in words and pictures.

Pre-Planning & Caregiving
- Plan Ahead: Guide to ease the burden on families
- Palliative Care: Information, costs, eligibility and more
- Why palliative care? A personal perspective
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When Someone You Love Dies
- 24/7 emergency help
- Who to call and documents you will need
- Reducing stress at the worst time in your life
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Saying Good-Bye
- Memorial services
- Obituaries: How to write
- Eulogies: Do’s and don’ts
- How families are choosing caskets
- How families are choosing urns
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Achieving Remembrance
I'll Remember You
Why do people carve their initials in trees? Or place their hands in cement? They want to leave their mark, and to be remembered. But the real marks they leave are the ones they've made on us. A hug. A smile. A kind word. We want to remember them. This touching video helps families see how remembering can help them deal with loss.
Inspirational Quotations
“A smile of encouragement at the right moment may act like sunlight on a closed-up flower; it may be the turning point for a struggling life.” -Unknown
“Cry out for insight and understanding. Search for them as you would for lost money or hidden treasure.” -Proverbs 2:3-4
Remembrance Process in the News
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People who deal with death every day, professional caregivers such as palliative care, grief counsellors, clergy and medical practitioners have long understood the importance of remembrance. It is an established principle that helps heal, so we can go on living our lives in meaningful ways.
Creating a Bronze Grave Memorial is a beautiful way to show remembrance and to have a visual image of your loved one.
Bronze Grave Memorials, known for their beauty and elegance, are a traditional and popular choice for many families. Bronze is a semi-precious metal and communicates a refined sense of style and taste.
When many people think of a permanent remembrance for their loved one, their first image is often of a traditional granite monument or headstone. And there is good reason for this. Granite monuments have been a traditional choice to mark a life since colonial times. Granite is a time-defying material, it can last for hundreds of year, and it allows for remembrances in all different shapes and sizes, from two-dimensional headstones, to fully realised three-dimensional upright monuments that truly capture a life.
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