Make no mistake about it, cremation is here to stay, it is the new normal.

Mike Nicodemus

People aren't as religious as they once were ... and their attitudes toward death are changing, funeral homes were seen for one reason: to have a funeral. Now they're being used for all kinds of things.

Cost is a driving factor, the decrease in religious restrictions is another one, and it's a very transient world we live in today.

I've seen that ; the son sent me pictures, this man's father raised money to put on the annual 4th of July fireworks display in his Kansas town. When he died, there was no one to continue the tradition, but his family raised enough money to put on one last display. Sunset came, the fireworks went off, and there was dad.

Baby boomers, they're not doing what their grandparents did, what their parents did. They're going to do what they're going to do.