First and foremost, I want to offer my sincerest apologies for my lack of blog writing. Midterms came up and I spent a lot of my time studying. Though I am sorry I haven’t written to fulfill your death curiosities, I am not really sorry for putting my studies first. I know you’ll understand. You are all cool people.
Y’all the end of October is every mortuary students’ favorite time of the year. (I mean, I love Christmas so maybe not mine, but death holidays are kind of my jam.) For example, we were given skull momentos at school. Skull momentos. How cool is that?! It’s the little things, ok? Don’t judge. What I love most about this time of year, though, is that death becomes less “scary.” Children want to dress as zombies, dead cheerleaders, Pennywise, and almost every other horror creature or character you can think of. For a brief time, people celebrate death, but is it only because candy is involved? Probably. I feel there is something more to this phenomenon though. Maybe a deeper connection to death than people want to think about.
In Mexican culture, there is a little celebration known as the Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos). From midnight of Halloween (technically Nov. 1) until midnight on November 2, people celebrate their loved ones who have passed on. Parents, grandparents, children, and even pets, their lives are being celebrated though they are gone. This is the time when the world of the dead and the living are closest. The dead are invited to celebrate in the world with the living. You can find massive gatherings at cemeteries where people picnic, share stories, and spend whatever time they wish with someone they love. Think about this for a second, an entire culture coming together for death. This is death positivity.
I know Halloween is all fun and games. I wore skull socks and a shirt with “Future Corpse” wirtten on it (which you can own at The Order of the Good Death’s etsy page, linked here –> http://etsy.me/2xLcwJz). However, you can make this holiday meaningful to you. Today, think about someone you’ve lost. Cherish them. Celebrate them. Invite them into your home.
As always, stay intrigued by death, my friends. Happy Halloween. 
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