Risposte chiare, nel momento in cui servono.
Quello che si cerca quando qualcuno è appena morto, e quello che si cerca ancora mesi dopo. Scritto senza gergo, verificato alla fonte.
Da dove cominciare
34 guide, ordinate per grande domanda.
- 5 guide
Confrontare e scegliere
One payment or a yearly one, what is actually included, and the questions to ask before you pay.
- 6 guide
Il codice QR funerario
What a QR code on a headstone or an urn actually does, what it costs, and where it falls short.
- 23 guide
Rendere omaggio
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.
In questa guida
- 1Tell the close circle first
- 2What to write
- 3What to be careful with
A seconda del momento
Non si cerca la stessa cosa la prima settimana e sei mesi dopo.
I primi giorni
Avvisare, organizzare
Per la cerimonia
Parlare, scegliere, vestirsi
I mesi successivi
Ricordare, andare avanti
Tutte le guide
One payment or a yearly one, what is actually included, and the questions to ask before you pay.
Confrontare e scegliereFree 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 minLeggi
Confrontare e scegliereHow 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 minLeggi
Confrontare e scegliereWhat 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 minLeggi
Confrontare e scegliereWho pays for an online memorial
How families split the cost without it becoming an argument, and who should hold the account.
2 minLeggi
What a QR code on a headstone or an urn actually does, what it costs, and where it falls short.
Il codice 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 minLeggi
Il codice 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 minLeggi
Il codice 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 minLeggi
Il codice 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 minLeggi
Il codice 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 minLeggi
The ways people keep a memory alive — words, objects, places, dates — and how to choose one that lasts.
Rendere omaggioAnnouncing 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 minLeggi
Rendere omaggioThe 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 minLeggi
Rendere omaggioThe 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 minLeggi
Rendere omaggioChoosing a poem for a funeral
How to pick a reading that fits the person, with public-domain poems you can use in full.
2 minLeggi
Rendere omaggioChoosing music for a funeral
How many pieces you need, where they go, and how to choose without the song becoming unbearable.
2 minLeggi
Rendere omaggioThank-you notes after a funeral
Who to write to, when, and three short templates that do not sound like a form letter.
2 minLeggi
Rendere omaggioHow 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 minLeggi
Rendere omaggioHow 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 minLeggi
Rendere omaggioLosing your husband or wife: the first months
What the first year actually looks like, what helps, and the decisions worth postponing.
3 minLeggi
Rendere omaggioPaying 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 minLeggi
Rendere omaggioWhere 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 minLeggi
Rendere omaggioSpeaking 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 minLeggi
Rendere omaggioTelling a child that someone has died
The words to use at each age, why euphemisms backfire, and what to do about the funeral.
2 minLeggi
Rendere omaggioWriting 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 minLeggi
Rendere omaggioWriting a tribute to a grandmother
How to write about a grandmother without turning her into a type, with examples of different lengths.
2 minLeggi
Rendere omaggioWhat 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 minLeggi
Rendere omaggioWhat to put on a headstone
How much text actually fits, how to choose an epitaph, and the decisions that cannot be undone.
2 minLeggi
Rendere omaggioWhat to say at your father's funeral
Speaking about a father when the relationship was undemonstrative, complicated, or both.
2 minLeggi
Rendere omaggioWhat to say at your mother's funeral
How to speak about a mother without slipping into platitudes, with a structure and worked examples.
2 minLeggi
Rendere omaggioWhat 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 minLeggi
Rendere omaggioWhat 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 minLeggi
Rendere omaggioWhat to write in a sympathy card
Short messages that do not sound hollow, plus what to do when you barely knew the person.
2 minLeggi