I quit fast-paced journalism to care for my sick mom. My experience in both led me to become a celebrant at funerals.

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Journalist Mandy Appleyard, who worked in the UK, the US, and Asia, became a caretaker for her sick mom. She later switched careers to preside at funerals.

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Funeral directors share 7 rules of etiquette and their biggest pet peeves they wish everyone knew

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Dino Cantelmi, Randi Goldstein-Casey, and Elizabeth Fournier.

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Funerals in China cost so much money that Beijing is encouraging digital cemeteries

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Traditional burial sites like the Babaoshan Cemetery in Beijing are becoming increasingly expensive as urban land grows scarce and expensive.

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Funeral homes may soon be forced to post prices online: 'People are at their most vulnerable when they're grieving'

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