Palm Cheyenne Mortuary

«Yay! I’m a fan» and being the «duchess» of a mortuary/​cemetery (after 2 check-​ins) are both strange but I’m comfortable enough to talk about death. In case you didn’t know, people die everyday. I’ve lost the most important people in my life. For some odd reason, I just can’t cry at funerals. Well, I cried once and it was horrible. I was 4 years old and it was my first time to attend a funeral. «Why is grandma in a box while we’re eating?» I’ve associated funerals with eating lasagna after and staying up late. All of a sudden, everyone’s crying — I was not sure what was going on so, I copied everyone and started crying too.
The staff members at Palm are very professional. The place is clean. There were boxes of tissue on every pew and a basket of bottled water at the entrance. They have a projector screen so we can watch a video to commemorate the life of the person that just passed away. They listen to all requests for services and execute them well.
Everyone deals with death differently. I can empathize with those who experience death of a loved one but crying is just not my way of expressing it. Sometimes I’ve already cried my heart out that by the time of the funeral, I’m already emotionally exhausted to shed another tear… that or I think about the lasagna I’m about to eat after the funeral. I could only imagine what employees at Palm deal with everyday.

Conveniently located less that 10 mins from my house.
Death is never an easy subject to tackle and I was very fortunate that the friend who passed prearranged their funeral wishes years ago with Palm. We weren’t left waiting long and the entire staff was very accommodating and friendly. My mom and I only had to make a few decisions because everything was pretty much prearranged but what decisions we did make went smoothly and not pressured. I hope I don’t have to deal with a funeral again soon but I will remember the care and respect that Palm gave.