The Date That Cannot Move

A funeral hour is fixed almost as soon as the death is, and whatever the flowers turn out to be, they have to be right at ten o'clock on Thursday. What surprises most families is that the short notice usually has nothing to do with the death. It comes from where flowers sit in the order of the week. James Dempsey AIFD on what a compressed date actually costs, what it does not cost, and the one question that changes the whole conversation.

Read by the author. The full essay is published at studioherbageflorist.com.