Take The Rush Out With Cremation
When a family member passes on, there’s so much to do it can quickly feel overwhelming. If you have to go to a reading of the will, contact family members, arrange final services, and so much more, you can get buried in your grief. Many people today are using Jordan, MN cremation to take the pressure off and the rush out of at least some parts of the process. Here’s what that means.
Once you decide on cremation for your loved one, it’s a relatively simple process. You contact the funeral home and they transport your loved one to their facilities. You will then have some paperwork to tend to (and the funeral home can help!) like the death certificate and some consent forms. After that, the cremation can be processed. Once the cremation portion of the process is complete, you can sit back and take your time with the rest.
It’s important to grieve after a death has occurred and sometimes, all the rushing around doesn’t allow those in charge of the final services that luxury. They are too busy with tasks that ‘have to’ be done that they don’t take time to breathe and grieve as they should. Instead of worrying about all of the tasks that come along with a traditional burial, cremation is a way to slow things down. Once the cremation is complete, you can simple grieve for a while and only move forward when you are ready to take on the tasks at hand.
Cremation allows you to plan whatever type of memorial service you want at whatever time and in whatever location. You have flexibility and freedom. Perhaps you want to plan something really personal and special for your loved one—that takes time! Perhaps you want family members to have time to travel to the right location. If they have busy lives and are scattered all about, that takes time as well. All of that is okay and with cremation, there’s really no rush.
If it feels strange not having a memorial service right away, there’s no reason why you can’t gather with close family and friends soon after the death and do something informal, even in a park or a family home. You can save the real memorial service for later once you’ve had time to plan. When you choose cremation, the options are available to you and you don’t have to rush into anything until you are absolutely sure it’s the right direction to take.
If you’d like to move forward with a Jordan, MN cremation for your loved one so you can take the rush out of the rest of the process, contact the experts at Ballard-Sunder Funeral & Cremation. We’re located at 4565 Pleasant St SE, Prior Lake, MN 55372 and we’re here to help in any way we can. If you know you want cremation, but you don’t know what else to include at this time, that’s okay. You can take a step back from the situation and give yourself time. When you’re ready, call us at (952) 447-2633.
