Our View of Death is Deeply Disconnected

Odessa Denby
3 min readMar 11, 2022

The funeral industry reveals our values, our fears, and our blindness.

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As a freelancer, I spend much of my time working at home, but there are times when I go to my clients. A few weeks ago I was working on location at a local funeral home.

It certainly wasn’t the best ambiance. The office I worked in was right next to the embalming room, so the scent of formaldehyde…

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Odessa Denby

Professional writer and editor, former expat. Conscientious lifestyle and relationships, mental health, and the arts.