10/08/2026
I grew up on a cattle farm in Kansas, and my parents even got into raising and processing their own beef as a hobby later in life. So I know a thing or two about a rare steak.
I've also had the privilege of working in some absolutely beautiful funeral homes.
In Kansas City, I worked at a beautiful, predominantly Catholic funeral home. In Atwood, Kansas, a big Victorian funeral home, my first taste of management. And here in North Carolina, I held it down in a beautiful, massive, old plantation style home.
And I was PROUD of those places.
I loved being able to say I managed that Victorian and that mansion. I loved driving into the parking lot of those beautiful buildings and thinking, "This is where I work."
I still appreciate every bit of that grandeur.
Somewhere along the way, I started realizing something.
I was so busy running, trying to keep everything moving, that I didn't always have the time to give grieving families the attention I wanted to give them.
And I started wondering what funeral service might look like if we built the entire experience around that part of the work.
More time with families. More opportunities for meaningful goodbyes. More attention to the little things that can make an incredibly difficult experience a bit more bearable.
That's a big part of what eventually became Into Our Kare.
I still love a beautiful funeral home. I always will.
These days, however, I'm a lot more interested in what we're doing for the people inside than how impressive the building looks from the road.
Grief over grandeur.
And apparently, that's a pretty rare cut. 🥩
