Danna D. Schmidt

Master Life-Cycle Celebrant®
Ordained Wedding Officiant
Funerals/Memorials Specialist
Certified Grief Educator/Tender
ADEC-Certified Thanatologist®

Category Archives: Grief and Loss

Funerals, Family Feuds & Other Exciting F Words (Part 1)

Posted on September 7, 2018 by Danna • 2 Comments

Death at a Funeral (2010). Lean in a tad too close to any funeral director and they’re sure to either regale or terrify you with tales of family dramas in the funeral parlor. Heck, if you’ve watched Death at a Funeral – either the UK or American version – you’re already an armchair expert… Continue Reading

Of Love, Lent + Lunar Offerings.

Posted on February 16, 2018 by Danna • 2 Comments

A friend and I went out to celebrate Fat Tuesday the other night and we couldn’t help but smile at how Valentine’s Day, Mardi Gras, and the Lunar New Year bumped up against each other in the décor at this popular Cajun eatery in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District. Valentine’s Day. Ash Wednesday. Chinese New Year. I… Continue Reading

Writing Poems for the Dead

Posted on January 31, 2017 by Danna • 4 Comments

Writing Poems for the Dead I’ve heard that the dead gather to watch and listen when we write about them, and even if they want to be remembered in our small bodies of words, all too often the poems are a tight fit, clumsy and shapeless as air. We have to be careful writing poems… Continue Reading

Say it RITE…the Ceremonious Way!

Danna D. Schmidt

Category Archives: Grief and Loss

Say it RITE…the Ceremonious Way!

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