If It Looks Too Good To Be True . . .
Lisa Thomas • October 18, 2017
So, just out of curiosity, have any of you ever Googled “cremation providers in _____________” where the blank is your city and state of residence? If you haven’t, why don’t you take a minute and do that now? Go ahead. I’ll wait . . .
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Kathryne Hall Shackelford, my paternal grandmother, died quite young (at least in my mind) and very unexpectedly on August 20, […]
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