Making the Most Out of Your Summer
This summer, as we slowly begin to reconnect and recover, let’s consider how we can rediscover our favorite traditions.
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Jim's CornerSharing the Care: Reflecting on our Connection Communities
While Caregiving comes with undeniable challenges, it can also be an incredibly rewarding experience.
July 30, 2021 -
Jim's Corner
Celebrating the 31st Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act
This week, we would like to share with you some of the challenges still faced by Americans with disabilities, but also highlight all the progress made.
July 23, 2021 -
Jim's Corner
Making the Most Out of Your Summer
This summer, as we slowly begin to reconnect and recover, let’s consider how we can rediscover our favorite traditions.
July 19, 2021 -
Jim's Corner
Reflections on the Value and Dignity of Work
Work is about a lot more than a paycheck. It’s about who we are. It’s social. It’s about fulfillment engagement, a sense of contributing, and giving back. Above all, it’s about learning, and growing.
July 9, 2021 -
Jim's Corner
Making the Most of Summer
As we celebrate our nation’s independence, let’s remember that our country affords us opportunities to learn, grow, and be exposed to many interesting people and places.
July 6, 2021 -
Connectivity
Ways to Make the Most of Your Time in the Car and at the Destination
For your family car trip this year, our team offers some creative suggestions that will keep the kids, and the parents, well fed while on the road.
June 25, 2021 -
Connectivity
Today’s the Day to Celebrate Dads
This is a day for all paternal figures to know how much others love them. Let’s make that circle of affection a big one.
June 18, 2021 -
Connectivity
Our Concept of Fatherhood is Changing
There were always men who had much richer relationships with their kids than being the traditional authority figure of the family.
June 17, 2021 -
Connectivity
Reestablishing Baselines After A Tumultuous Year
Many of us have spent more time with our families than we did before the pandemic, and we have no plans to go back to the old normal.
June 10, 2021
Jim’s Corner
Community favorites
Some Smile Farms History, And Our Hopes for Its Future
We started Smile Farms in 2015 to help people with developmental disabilities.
The Importance of Caring for Others
Nothing is more important to our happiness and well-being than knowing that others care about us. Expressions of connection…
Coping With Grief
How COVID-19 Is Reshaping the Rituals of Death, and Life Itself
We’ve been living with COVID for 10 months, and it has changed many aspects of our lives.
The Funeral Industry Overcomes Challenges of 2020
COVID-19 restrictions required funeral directors to think outside the box about funeral planning this year.
The Importance of Funerals on Our Emotional Well-Being
Grief and grieving have become more complicated due to the challenges of COVID-19.
The Long Term Impact of COVID-19 on the Funeral Industry and Funeral Planning
One outcome of COVID-19 is an increase in the public’s understanding and appreciation of the funeral industry
Let’s Talk About Our Own Mortality
At some point in the last 70 years, we stopped talking about death. That has changed.
Sympathy Trends That Will Prevail Post-Pandemic
1-800-Flowers.com Founder and Chairman Jim McCann reflects on changes in sympathy since the pandemic.
