Confessions of a Funeral Director: How Death Saved My Life

by Wilde, Caleb
ISBN: 9780062465252
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"I tremble to say there's good in death, because I've looked in the eyes of the grieving mother and I've seen the heartbreak of the stricken widow, but I've also seen something more in death, something good. Death's hands aren't all bony and cold."--from Confessions of a Funeral Director

We are a people who deeply fear death. While humans are biologically wired to evade death for as long as possible, we have become too adept at hiding from it, vilifying it, and--when it can be avoided no longer--letting the professionals take over.

Sixth-generation funeral director Caleb Wilde understands this reticence and fear. He had planned to get as far away from the family business as possible. He wanted to make a difference in the world, and how could he do that if all the people he worked with were . . . dead? Slowly, he discovered that caring for the deceased and their loved ones was making a difference--in other people's lives to be sure, but it also seemed to be saving his own. A spirituality of death began to emerge as he observed:

- The family who lovingly dressed their deceased father for his burial

- The act of embalming a little girl that offered a gift back to her grieving family

- The nursing home that honored a woman's life by standing in procession as her body was taken away

- The funeral that united a conflicted community

Through stories like these, told with equal parts humor and poignancy, Wilde offers an intimate look into the business and a new perspective on living and dying.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Wilde, Caleb
  • ISBN: 9780062465252
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 7.90 x 0.50
  • Number Of Pages: 208
  • Publication Year: 2018
Language: English

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