Earthly After

For the people who were never ordinary.

We help you tell their story, plan the goodbye, and return them to the places they loved. Rooted in Northern Michigan. Planning sessions on video, anywhere.

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Four ways we help

Tell their story
Two hours with a Grief Guide, turned into a book you'll actually keep.
From $225
Start planning
Plan the goodbye
We scatter their ashes for you at Sleeping Bear Dunes, or plan a national park goodbye with every detail handled.
From $650
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Keep them close
Urns, jewelry, and keepsakes that hold a small amount of ashes.
From $49
Shop keepsakes
Talk about it
One-on-one Grief Guide sessions, plus Death Club: tea, stories, and the one thing we all have in common.
Free to start
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How planning works

1. Pick a time
That's it. That's the hard part.
2. Talk for two hours
Tell us about them: the good, the weird, the legendary. On video, from your couch.
3. Get your book
Their story and your plan, in one place. Your first draft arrives within 10 business days of getting your photos.

See what's inside

Two printed Earthly After Life Story Books with illustrated personalized covers

Memorial Planning + Life Story Book, $595

Most memorials get planned in a week, exhausted, in a room with bad lighting. Ours get planned over two hours and a cup of coffee.

You walk away with their story and your plan in one beautiful book. The kind your grandkids will fight over.

See what's inside

A family honoring their dog at a snowy forest memorial with flowers and a photo

A stone painted with the word WOOF, held up at a Lake Michigan beach memorial for a beloved dog

Some goodbyes belong outside.

We can scatter their ashes for you at Sleeping Bear Dunes. Or we can help you plan a goodbye on a national park trail they loved. The lake has seen a lot of tears. It doesn't mind yours.

Explore nature goodbyes

The honest questions

Are you a funeral home?

Nope. We don't handle the body. We handle the story, the plan, and the goodbye, and we play nicely with whatever funeral home or crematory you choose.

Do I have to live in Michigan?

No. Planning happens on video, from anywhere. Our scattering services happen at Sleeping Bear Dunes, and we can help you plan a goodbye in a national park near you.