During a time of sorrow, it helps when we remind

ourselves that death is a part of life, and every

one of us is connected to the eternal flow of life,

death, and rebirth. We remind ourselves by

seeking signs of the renewal that inevitably

follows a death. For example, we know that

when we are attending a funeral, babies are

being born at that very moment.

To help provide those important reassurances

of the continuation of life, we can offer each

funeral attendee a lovely bookmark with seeds

embedded in the paper. The planting of this

bookmark with seeds, and the joy we

experience as we watch them grow,

are tributes to the person who has

died, and signs of the fact that life,

in many ways, is everlasting.

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