I’m on vacation this week, so I wanted to share an article I wrote back in 2017 on How Funerals Help Us To Live.

When David Bowie passed away, according to his wishes he had a “direct cremation” without any funeral service. He was just gone without an opportunity even for family to mourn his loss. Are funerals outdated traditions? Should we replace them with happier substitutes? Or maybe just do away with them altogether?