The Pieta Maple is an example of Batesville’s commitment to providing funeral homes with feature-packed caskets that can help make funerals more meaningful for families. Here are some of the features of this finely crafted Maple casket:
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A palliative nurse who has counselled the dying in their last days has revealed the most common regrets we have at the end of our lives. And among the top, from men in particular, is ‘I wish I hadn’t worked so hard’.
Bronnie Ware is an Australian nurse who spent several years working in palliative care, caring for patients in the last 12 weeks of their lives. She recorded their dying epiphanies in a blog called Inspiration and Chai, which gathered so much attention that she put her observations into a book called The Top Five Regrets of the Dying.
Ware writes of the phenomenal clarity of vision that people gain at the end of their lives, and how we might learn from their wisdom. “When questioned about any regrets they had or anything they would do differently,” she says, “common themes surfaced again and again.”
Here are the top five regrets of the dying, as witnessed by Ware:
I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
“This was the most common regret of all. When people realise that their life is almost over and look back clearly on it, it is easy to see how many dreams have gone unfulfilled. Most people had not honoured even a half of their dreams and had to die knowing that it was due to choices they had made, or not made. Health brings a freedom very few realise, until they no longer have it.”
I wish I hadn’t worked so hard.
“This came from every male patient that I nursed. They missed their children’s youth and their partner’s companionship. Women also spoke of this regret, but as most were from an older generation, many of the female patients had not been breadwinners. All of the men I nursed deeply regretted spending so much of their lives on the treadmill of a work existence.”
I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings.
“Many people suppressed their feelings in order to keep peace with others. As a result, they settled for a mediocre existence and never became who they were truly capable of becoming. Many developed illnesses relating to the bitterness and resentment they carried as a result.”
I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.
“Often they would not truly realise the full benefits of old friends until their dying weeks and it was not always possible to track them down. Many had become so caught up in their own lives that they had let golden friendships slip by over the years. There were many deep regrets about not giving friendships the time and effort that they deserved. Everyone misses their friends when they are dying.”
I wish that I had let myself be happier.
“This is a surprisingly common one. Many did not realise until the end that happiness is a choice. They had stayed stuck in old patterns and habits. The so-called ‘comfort’ of familiarity overflowed into their emotions, as well as their physical lives. Fear of change had them pretending to others, and to their selves, that they were content, when deep within, they longed to laugh properly and have silliness in their life again.”
Our gold logo sticker on the toe end of each Expression Coffin, is your guarantee that you are buying the original, patented, Australian made product.
We have superstars like Melissa on our team, who are passionate about keeping our standards of workmanship at the highest level. Melissa inspects each coffin before it is sent to your funeral home and once she is happy with the quality, only then will she fasten the gold foil sticker on the toe end of the coffin.
Our award-winning Artisan casket is created with the utmost care and attention to detail. It has a restrained material use which minimises its environmental impact and its one-piece arched lid removes completely.
The Artisan’s low coffin sides allows for easier, more intimate viewings. Family can sit with the deceased without having to stand.
The casket is supplied with an Australian premium wool fleece mattress & pillow and is part of our Memorial Tree Program.
Its internal dimensions are: 195 x 57 x 33 [L x W x D (cm)]
Optional extras for the Artisan are a:
soft bamboo blanket; and
a special crucifix.
Please note that the Artisan lid that we stock in Australia is the plain, natural timber finish only. As shown in the image above.
We’re proud that Expression Coffins help make funerals more meaningful for families…
“Dad loved cruises, especially the islands. Him and mum had been on more than 20 cruises in their life together. In their early cruising days, they spent a lot of time on the tropical islands of the Pacific, and in later years, the islands of the Caribbean. It was fitting therefore that when dad passed, that we were able to have an image of a beautiful tropical island on his coffin. The team at Expression Coffins were amazing to us and the coffin at the funeral was the most beautiful and fitting tribute to our dear dad.” -Jules Miller
We sourced a beautiful, high resolution image of a tropical island and based the Miller family’s Expression Coffin design around this. The family loved the design and we did too.
