Respuestas claras, justo cuando hacen falta.
Lo que se busca cuando alguien acaba de morir, y lo que se sigue buscando meses después. Escrito sin jerga, verificado en la fuente.
Por dónde empezar
34 guías, ordenadas por grandes preguntas.
- 5 guías
Comparar y elegir
One payment or a yearly one, what is actually included, and the questions to ask before you pay.
- 6 guías
El código QR funerario
What a QR code on a headstone or an urn actually does, what it costs, and where it falls short.
- 23 guías
Rendir homenaje
The ways people keep a memory alive — words, objects, places, dates — and how to choose one that lasts.
Announcing a death on social media
Who has to be told first, what to write, and the mistakes that are hard to undo once posted.
En esta guía
- 1Tell the close circle first
- 2What to write
- 3What to be careful with
Según el momento
No se busca lo mismo la primera semana que seis meses después.
Los primeros días
Avisar, organizar
Para el funeral
Hablar, elegir, vestirse
Los meses siguientes
Recordar, seguir adelante
Todas las guías
One payment or a yearly one, what is actually included, and the questions to ask before you pay.
Comparar y elegirFree or paid online memorial: which to choose
What free memorial pages cost you instead of money, and when paying is actually the cheaper option.
2 minLeer
Comparar y elegirHow long does an online memorial stay online
What actually decides the lifespan of a memorial page, and the questions that reveal it before you pay.
2 minLeer
Comparar y elegirWhat happens to a memorial QR code if the company shuts down
The failure nobody plans for, how to tell in advance whether a service has, and what to do about it.
2 minLeer- Comparar y elegir
Who pays for an online memorial
How families split the cost without it becoming an argument, and who should hold the account.
2 minLeer
What a QR code on a headstone or an urn actually does, what it costs, and where it falls short.
El código QR funerarioEngraved or sticker: which QR code to choose
What each one costs, how long each lasts, and the reason a sticker is usually the better bet.
2 minLeer
El código QR funerarioHow long a QR code lasts outdoors
What actually destroys a code on a grave — sun, frost, dirt — and what to look for so it survives.
2 minLeer
El código QR funerarioPutting a QR code on a headstone
Where to fix it, what it holds up to, and who you need to ask first.
2 minLeer
El código QR funerarioA QR code on an urn
Why an urn is the case where a code earns its place, where to fix it, and what to do about a niche.
2 minLeer
El código QR funerarioWhat someone sees when they scan the QR code
What actually opens on the phone of a visitor who scans a memorial code, and who gets to see what.
2 minLeer
The ways people keep a memory alive — words, objects, places, dates — and how to choose one that lasts.
- Rendir homenaje
Announcing a death on social media
Who has to be told first, what to write, and the mistakes that are hard to undo once posted.
2 minLeer 
Rendir homenajeThe anniversary of a death: what to say and what to do
Why the day is harder than people expect, what to send, and what families do to mark it.
2 minLeer
Rendir homenajeThe funeral guest book: what it is really for
Why the book of condolences matters more than families expect, and how to get something out of it.
2 minLeer
Rendir homenajeChoosing a poem for a funeral
How to pick a reading that fits the person, with public-domain poems you can use in full.
2 minLeer
Rendir homenajeChoosing music for a funeral
How many pieces you need, where they go, and how to choose without the song becoming unbearable.
2 minLeer
Rendir homenajeThank-you notes after a funeral
Who to write to, when, and three short templates that do not sound like a form letter.
2 minLeer
Rendir homenajeHow to write a eulogy
A method that works when you cannot think, how long it should run, and how to get through it on the day.
2 minLeer
Rendir homenajeHow to write an obituary
What an obituary has to contain, what it costs to publish, and how to write one that reads like a person.
2 minLeer
Rendir homenajeLosing your husband or wife: the first months
What the first year actually looks like, what helps, and the decisions worth postponing.
3 minLeer
Rendir homenajePaying your respects when you cannot be there
What to do when distance, work or health keeps you from the funeral — and how to make absence count.
2 minLeer
Rendir homenajeWhere to go when there is no grave
What to do when ashes were scattered, the grave is far away, or there is no place at all.
2 minLeer
Rendir homenajeSpeaking at the funeral of a friend or colleague
What to say when you are not family — the register, the length, and the thing only you can give.
2 minLeer
Rendir homenajeTelling a child that someone has died
The words to use at each age, why euphemisms backfire, and what to do about the funeral.
2 minLeer
Rendir homenajeWriting a tribute to a brother or a sister
What makes a sibling tribute different, and how to write one when the history is long and mixed.
2 minLeer
Rendir homenajeWriting a tribute to a grandmother
How to write about a grandmother without turning her into a type, with examples of different lengths.
2 minLeer
Rendir homenajeWhat to do with a loved one's belongings
When to start, how to sort without regret, and what to do with the things nobody can throw away.
2 minLeer
Rendir homenajeWhat to put on a headstone
How much text actually fits, how to choose an epitaph, and the decisions that cannot be undone.
2 minLeer
Rendir homenajeWhat to say at your father's funeral
Speaking about a father when the relationship was undemonstrative, complicated, or both.
2 minLeer
Rendir homenajeWhat to say at your mother's funeral
How to speak about a mother without slipping into platitudes, with a structure and worked examples.
2 minLeer
Rendir homenajeWhat to say to someone who has just lost someone
The sentences that help, the ones that do harm, and why saying nothing is the worst of the options.
2 minLeer
Rendir homenajeWhat to wear to a funeral
The safe answer, what changes by country and faith, and what to do when the family asks for color.
2 minLeer
Rendir homenajeWhat to write in a sympathy card
Short messages that do not sound hollow, plus what to do when you barely knew the person.
2 minLeer