The First 30 Days After a Loss

A free, simple checklist for the hardest month. When someone you love dies, you are asked to make dozens of decisions while your heart is breaking. After more than 14 years in funeral service and pastoral care, Dr. Kendrick L. Meredith Sr. put the most important steps on one page, in the order they usually come, so you can stop trying to remember everything.

Inside the checklist: • What to do in the first 24 hours • Calls to make in the first week (and who can make them for you) • Papers and accounts to handle in weeks 2 to 4 • How to take care of yourself while you do it • What you can wait on (you don't have to do it all now)

You are not alone in this. If you are in crisis or thinking about ending your life, call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, U.S.) any time.