Government keeps close tabs on delis, on funeral parlors not so much
<p>Burying a loved one is much harder than buying a corned beef sandwich. More expensive, too.</p><p>Trust me, I've done both.</p><p>When my mother died last year, my brother and I were immediately faced with a series of difficult decisions.
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<p>Burying a loved one is much harder than buying a corned beef sandwich. More expensive, too.</p><p>Trust me, I've done both.</p><p>When my mother died last year, my brother and I were immediately faced with a series of difficult decisions. She had bought burial plots in Colorado. I pictured the two of us standing in some windy nowhere in Boulder County, at a funeral attended by nobody else.
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- <p>Burying a loved one is much harder than buying a corned beef sandwich. More expensive, too.</p><p>Trust me, I've done both.</p><p>When my mother died last year, my brother and I were immediately faced with a series of difficult decisions.
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Government keeps close tabs on delis, on funeral parlors not so much
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