Blogs

February 18, 2025

Kids and Their First Viewing: How We Prepared Them & How it Went | Part 1

This is Part 1 of a Series on Kids & Funerals … My dear 93 year old Grandma died in September. Her last 4 years were […]
October 9, 2024

Grieving Who You Were and Who You Will Never Be

Grieving Who You Were and Who You Will Never Be   When death strikes, life changes. Nothing will ever be the same again. Initially, everything focuses […]
December 23, 2023

All the Ways You’re Still With Me

If you are grieving this holiday season – we are so sorry. Grief is likely not going the way you thought it would. That’s kind of […]
November 20, 2023

The Opposite of “Happy Holidays”

How to Thoughtfully Cope with Grief and Gatherings If you are facing the holidays in a way you’ve never faced them before, the word “HAPPY” may […]
August 30, 2023

Don’t Pause Your Life to Heal

Casually scrolling through Instagram I came across a post from a therapist I started following during Covid. What I read sent off an alarm in my […]
June 22, 2023

Grief is Connective Tissue

Grief is Separation Grief is the product of loss and separation. We experience loneliness in our deepest places and even intangibly as we look to the […]
April 17, 2023

125 Years – Our Legacy

The O’Connor family legacy is tremendous. We have served tens of thousands of families in Southern California since we opened our doors in 1898. Since then, […]
March 8, 2023

Why Do We Tell Stories?

Stories are so important and to grieving people, stories can feel like everything. After a death, stories immediately begin coming out as memories are recalled to […]
September 28, 2022

What is the Goal of Grief?

In our goal-oriented society, we want to finish grief, check the boxes on grief stages and cross the finish line. We think that grief ends and […]