Brewer & Sons Funeral Home - Dunedin

10/25/2024

08/14/2024

Welcome back to school kiddos!

08/08/2024

We will never be able to say thank you enough for your brave sacrifice.

08/04/2024

365 Days of Healing

Day #365 – Gone but not forgotten

Our loved ones are physically gone, but they will be with us forever. Their memories will be imprinted in our hearts forever and we will share their love for eternity. Cherish that they entered our lives and we were able to experience their love.

07/24/2024

365 Days of Healing

Day #354 – All that truly matters in the end was you were loved
A comforting feeling to know the pain you endure during grief is in direct correlation to the love you shared with the person you lost. Whether the death was untimely or took its natural progression, knowing that you shared a loving bond with the person you lost is what you can cherish the rest of your life.

07/21/2024

365 Days of Healing

Day #351 – Your new journey

Year two starts the next phase of your grief with a new journey. All the grieving tools and guidance you have received from reading, friends, counselors and family members during the first year of grief can be applied to set up the next path of your journey.

Your journey for year two should emphasize learning to live with the loss on a daily basis. Learning to reclaim your emotions, your home, your day, your social life and your work obligations will help you with your next phase in life.

Create a plan, follow a path and make your journey meaningful for you and your family.

07/20/2024

365 Days of Healing

Day #350 – Flowers

There is something about flowers that can make anyone feel good. The vibrant colors, the beautiful shapes, and the wonderful fragrance bring life to any room or garden. Whether the flowers are part of a plant or remain on their stems in a vase, they have a tendency to enrich our lives through natural beauty.

Surround yourself with the gifts of flowers

07/19/2024

365 Days of Healing

Day #349 – Creating a happy home

With all the ups and downs you have experienced over the year it is time to create a happy home. Make your house have life again; therefore it is time to:

Cook regularly

Arrange fresh flowers

Play music

Entertain friends and family

Plan a holiday gathering

Spruce up areas that look tired

Paint a room

07/18/2024

365 Days of Healing

Day #348 – Healthy lifestyles

Maintain your newfound healthy lifestyle that you have created over the last year. Keep up the motivation, eat three meals a day and exercise on a daily basis. Be sure to spend time relaxing, engaging with friends and family while working or going to school. Get up each day, dress as if you own the world, keep your shoulders back and smile.

07/17/2024

365 Days of Healing

Day #347 – Five senses

Each of the five senses associated with the human body are touched by grief in different ways. While we can no longer directly hear, see, touch, smell or taste our loved one who has passed, we can connect with them via our senses.

Hearing the voices of those who have passed through video recordings provides music to your ears of a special voice that will always remind you of your loved one.

Seeing pictures of your loved one will provide a constant reminder of the beauty they posses.

Touching your loved ones belonging will offer you warmth through objects that are associated to who they were.

Smelling their clothing or cologne/perfume provides a feeling of nostalgia and closeness. A special feeling that triggers great emotion.

Tasting their favorite foods will remind you of days of cooking, eating and spending time together.

07/15/2024

365 Days of Healing

Day #345 – Do something crazy today

Go to a matinee movie – buy popcorn and even stay for a double feature

Go skydiving and jump out of an airplane

Eat breakfast for dinner

Go back to your high school and watch a sporting event

Paint a room in your house

Play hooky from work or school

Walk or ride your bicycle to work

Try a new activity

In summary, drop the routine for one day.

07/14/2024

365 Days of Healing

Day #344 – Rain

There is something about rain that is soothing. The combination of moisture in the air, the smells of the rainwater as they touch the ground and the tapping of the raindrops on the windows that provide a warm feeling.

Just like grief there are many dimensions of a rainstorm that can come and go in one weather pattern. Each period of wet weather can be labeled as a drizzle, downpour, shower or even a hurricane. With each storm the sun returns and the ground dries making for a new day.

07/12/2024

365 Days of Healing

Day #342 – Write your story

Everyone has a story to tell and yours is as compelling as the others. Your experiences, your emotions and your outcomes are worthy of documenting, whether verbally or on paper; and it should be shared.

Start by writing notes, then organize the notes and write away. Be sure to capture life changing events, how you felt about them and the outcomes. Include thoughts of growth and disappointment -- what went right and what went wrong.

When you are ready, share the story with friends, family and even new acquaintances. You will be pleasantly surprised by the reaction of others as they will listen attentively with both ears.

07/10/2024

365 Days of Healing

Day #340 – Changes you forever

Grief can transform a human forever. The experience of losing someone you love, the permanency of the loss and the emotional reaction leaves an everlasting impression on relationships, activities and the future.

For most, the changes are positive. People who have experienced a loss have a tendency to love a little deeper as they move forward, have a bit more patience for those who are suffering and appreciate what they have as tomorrow it may be gone.

07/09/2024

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