Lately Posts

Hi All, Karen here! As we creatives know, inspiration does strike at all hours. That said, when I woke up at 2:47 this morning, I wasn’t really in search of anything more exciting than a bathroom break and a way back to sleep. I did have a sip o...

My family are big-time music lovers, each with their own preferences. But when I planned funerals for my dear Italian grandmother and my own father, it wasn’t yet a trend to play nontraditional music at a funeral service. For my grandmother, it...

I’ve been in the events and entertaining world for over a decade. A few years ago, when my younger sister confronted a serious health crisis, I started thinking—reluctantly—about life and death. I didn’t know where to turn for information, and I was...

The Cost of Avoiding the Death Conversation As I was growing up, when it came to intimate or difficult topics, we weren’t a very open family. I had girlfriends who couldn’t wait to ask their moms for love advice—not me. I was the teenager who us...