At The Funeral

Jeffrey’s graveside funeral at Forest Lawn took place on an overcast afternoon on Saturday, December 20, 2014. Over 300 friends, members of the community at […] Read More

Cremation or Traditional Burial?

Many people have asked the question: what’s the better choice— traditional burial or cremation? For one family, the answer was both.  And here’s why. The […] Read More

Angels, Ladybugs & Bees

Angels, Ladybugs & Bees:  Communications with my son’s spirit and heightened awareness of beauty and joy in the signs of God at work in the […] Read More

Father’s Day

“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person—he believed in me.” – Jim Valvano The late basketball coach Jim Valvano led […] Read More

Beginning to Heal

About two months after his transformation on December 14th, 2014, Jeffrey appeared in a vivid dream I had during the early morning of February 7th […] Read More

Revolution is in the Air

Have you ever been listening to the radio—or nowadays, Pandora, Spotify, SiriusXM, or iTunes—and heard a song that immediately takes you back to a specific […] Read More

Reflections

We expect our grief to last a long time, perhaps even our lifetimes.  However, nothing lasts forever here on earth, and I sincerely hope this […] Read More

Endowment Care

For decades, there has been a fascinating love affair between Southern Californians and their automobiles. At Forest Lawn, we see this love for the automobile […] Read More

Lessons Learned

Somebody said that any burden of grief could be carried so long as it became part of a larger story.  Another coping strategy is to […] Read More

New Horizons

Back in 2009, a small spacecraft called New Horizons began a 9 ½ year, 3 billion mile journey to “boldly go where no man had […] Read More