Caleb Wilde is a six-generation funeral director and writer of a popular blog centered on death, dying, and funeral arrangements, which Time Magazine called a “must read”. Confessions of a Funeral Director: How the business of Death Saved My Life reflects on mortality and the powerful lessons death holds for every one of us.
Death. It happens to everyone, yet most of us don’t want to talk about our final chapter of existence Caleb Wilde intimately understands this reticence and fear. The son of an undertaker, he hesitated to embrace the legacy of running his family business. Yet he discovered that caring for the deceased and their loved ones profoundly changed his faith and his perspective on death – and life itself. “Yes, death can be bad. Yes, death can be negative,” Wilde acknowledges, “but it can also be beautiful. And that alternate narrative needs to be discussed.” Wilde engages in a thoughtful and poignant conversation to push against the death negative narrative and to help us see the end of life in a positive and liberating way.
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