Five days before Christmas, my dad died. And like so many families do in the days that follow, I found myself sitting in a funeral home in Albany, having conversations no one is ever really prepared for. We talked about paperwork, timelines, and my dad’s final wishes.
How End-of-Life Choices Are Evolving
My dad had made one thing clear: he wanted to be cremated. That part was simple, at least on paper. But as the funeral director gently walked us through options, the conversation widened into something I hadn’t expected. We started talking about how end-of-life choices are changing, and how more families are asking questions that weren’t even on the table a decade ago.
An End-of-Life Option Many New Yorkers Haven’t Heard Of
Somewhere in that conversation, the topic of an alternative I’d only vaguely heard about came up: human composting. It definitely stopped me in my tracks because it felt very unfamiliar. Sitting there, grieving my…..