I was working two part-time jobs up until my third semester of Mortuary School. My first job was with an event coordination company I'd been with as a full-time employee for about two years at that point. I worked remotely, so there was a fair amount of flexibility
Trusting high schoolers to know what they want to do with their lives and jump directly into college is absolutely bananas. If I could go back to 17-year-old me and just set me down for a second, I’d tell me to take a few years off from schooling. I
Let’s get a few things in order before we go all-in, shall we? First and foremost, if you’re new here, welcome and thank you! I recommend checking out the post “Forward” first, and then reading through “In the beginning there was the Word”. Before we go any further,
Death and I began our relationship when I was just five years old. There was a death on my mother's side of the family, and I was going to attend my first wake. A few important key moments I distinctly remember: 1: I wore a matching top-and-skirt set
In April of 2020, after the world had been in Lock-Down for over a month, I was involved in a traumatic car accident. This event set into motion an unexpected yet not entirely surprising journey for me. In the Fall of 2020, I made the decision to enroll in Mortuary
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