What Is Vigiling? The In-Between Time After Death
When someone dies, there is often an immediate sense that something needs to happen.
Calls need to be made, arrangements need to begin, the next steps feel urgent.
But in many cases, there is more space than people realise.
How Death Is Honoured Around the World
In my work as a funeral director, I’m often reminded that while death is universal, the way we honour it is anything but. Across cultures, countries, and belief systems, people mark the end of life in deeply different ways.
What they all have in common is meaning. Ritual. Presence. And the need to gather and acknowledge what has been lost.