Terms of Endearment Funeral and Memorial Program Services

05/07/2025

Thank you to Annie Pullum and Sheldon Pullum for allowing me to create this lasting memory of our beloved Gary Pullum. Rest in power Uncle Gary.

02/06/2024

HAPPY TUESDAY!!!

Visit DREAM PIXIE for your Valentine's Day gift baskets! With just a little over one week away from the big day, there is still plenty time to ship your order to recieve it in time! I will have locations set up on the east and westside for you to pick up your baskets as well!!!

12/01/2023

A REMINDER OF WHY I DO WHAT I DO...

I created Terms of Endearment Funeral and Memorial Program Services after I lost my sister in December 2001. I can remember it being around this time of the year that I was preparing to lay her to rest in the mist of the hustle and bustle of Christmas shopping. Quite vividly, I stopped at the TJ Maxx on 16 Mile and Grosbeck to get my niece some tights. It was so cold that night and I was running on God's power, because truthfully I had nothing left in me. I had my mother, my sister's children and creating her funeral programs in the back of my mind. I knew I was about to be at Kinkos printing 500 programs by myself. I can still see this woman and her daughter holding hands as they walked toward the entrance of the store. I said to myself, all these people around me that they have no idea I'm dying inside. Creating her obituary was the worst experience. I had no one with me to help. They looked horrible. I was not happy. I was so tired. I never wanted anyone to go through that experience. Shortly after, I created Terms to take some of the stress off of people who are tasked with the job of creating a home-going celebration for their loved ones. A few years ago, I said I was done with this industry. Over time with anything, it wears you down. I was becoming so emotional over people I didn't even know in a lot of cases. I can tell you that in the last 28 years of creating these lasting memories, I've given away way more than I can say I've made. It's one of the few things that I do that I don't put any real advertising to...only word of mouth. So it's fair to say it's not for the money. One morning I ran across a post from my niece asking us to pray for her family at the time of their loss. My thoughts.....who is this beautiful little girl? I didn't know her. She wasn't a part of my "model daycare" crew. So I asked. When she told me who she belonged to I asked her to ask the family could I do her obituary. They accepted my offer. The morning that received her pictures was the closest I've ever came to having a nervous breakdown. I think I cried for the whole day. THIS IS IT...I'm done. How I was going to get through doing this program, I didn't know. I took on the task the best I could but this one broke me to my core. A few short months later, I would be doing my mother's program and back to back to back to back relatives and friends. Recently I decided to go back into designing programs because basically I never stopped. The other day, I was called on to assist yet another family friend and I began to question if I'm built for it anymore when out of the blue I received a message from Kassidy's mom thanking me for being there for her and her family. God is so gracious in how He confirms. It's amazing how someone so small with only a short time on this earth can impact as many lives as a dictator who lived 100 years. Little Kassidy's purpose for me is to stay true to what God ushers me to do and to not question His will. I introduce to you Little Ms. Kassidy...my purpose...my reason.

12/01/2023

FAMILY IS DEFINED BY LOVE...NOT BLOOD. Coming from a family as big as mine, I don't tend to claim those who aren't mine. But within my family comes some amazing in-laws. My uncle, who we affectionately called "Cookie," married into this amazingly loving family we embraced as our own. Rod was a fun-loving individual who would have you laughing yourself into a belly ache. I want to thank his brother Dwayne for trusting me with assisting in his home-going celebration. Rest in power, Rod.

08/20/2023

REST IN PEACE COUSIN! You brought an over abundance of love and laughter to our family. Until our souls meet again...

07/16/2023

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE VANN FAMILY - Artis, Benjamin and Kevin - for allowing me to contribute to their beloved Dawn Vann's Funeral Services. I chose this pre-made design before I felt like it spoke so true to Dawn's spirit. Their sentiment to my expression was grand.

10/05/2022

REST IN PEACE DAISY SCOTLAND JONES....the Scotland family come near and dear to me by way of my dear friend Kelbert. I was honored they asked me to Design a tribute to their Beloved.

01/17/2022

09/23/2021

THEIR HAS BEEN TWO WOMEN IN MY LIFE BLESSED WITH THE NICKNAME "Lady T." That's Teena Marie and Tyronea Knox. My auntie was always so fly and forever the life of the party. The world was her stage and if you were lucky enough to be in the audience you got a good treat. Thank you, Desiree Marie Redrick for entrusting her final plans with Terms of Endearment Funeral and Memorial Program Services ❤

09/23/2021

"HOW EVA...I STAY COOGI DOWN TO THE SOCKS..."

My uncle Butchie was so much fun to be around. Coming from a family as larger as mine, everyone was a standout in their own way and adds a special value to our family. Butch was no exception. I still don't believe he left us...and I miss him dearly.

09/23/2021

MY LIFE HAS BEEN A WHOLE BUNCH OF TESTIMONIES about how your plan is not always God's plan. Just two days after I closed Terms of Endearment Funeral and Memorial Program Services, I lost my aunt and knew I had to come out of retirement to support my cousin, Betrina Tyson . That was without question. The matriarch of our family was called to glory. A great loss to our family...truly an end to an era.