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By Kristan Dean
In 2000 Kristan Dean began working with her family to bring
Merry Christmas From Heaven
®
to all who need the gifts’ mes-
sage of Comfort, Love, and Faith. Today she is the Vice President
of Marketing and one of the primary members of her family’s
Bereavement Ministry.
Thanks, in great part, to the thousands of funeral directors and
retailers nationwide who make Merry Christmas From Heaven
®
a
part of their communities, countless numbers of families reach out
to their family every year. Their bereavement ministry helps families
realize that those in Heaven live forever in our hearts. Their love is
with us always.
Prior to Mooney TunCo, Inc. Kristan worked with companies nation-
wide helping them build revenues by creating greater sales opportuni-
ties through the use of sales intelligence and marketing alignment.
one becoming better at something makes my life harder.
If you can then maybe it is time to find new ways to be
grateful for every improvement people make.
Sitting in judgment makes it impossible for us to help
ourselves or others become more. When we judge we can
only say what is good or bad, wrong or right. To be con-
structive we must go beyond judgment and embrace that
no one, including ourselves, is on this planet to be per-
fect. We are here to learn, grow and become our best self
so that we may give our best to each other and the world.
To be constructive we need to open ourselves up to our
own imperfections and realize that no one is able to go
above their abilities without the right tools, support and
encouragement. This does not mean that we always need
to give criticism in a way that makes people feel warm
and fuzzy. There are times when the most constructive
thing we can do is tell it like it is.
When a person’s actions continually hurt themselves or
others we need to do more than provide the right tools, sup-
port and encouragement. There comes a time when we need
to empower that person to choose to stop causing pain right
now or move on. The trick is getting to this point before I
get to my wits end because I know if I fly off the handle I
will only create more pain for them and for me.
The only way I can be constructive in these moments is
to step back, realize, and acknowledge that I am unable
to give whatever this person needs for them to be able to
become their best self. My imperfection is a part of the
problem, not the whole problem, just a part of the reason
this person is continually making harmful choices.
Admitting that my inabilities are a part of the reason
this person is causing pain helps me remember that ev-
ery time I ask someone to change I am asking that person
to please make my life easier and their life better. Know-
ing this gives me the ability to tell the person what I need
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them to change if they want to stay a part of my world
and that I understand if moving on is best for them.
I now know when I offer criticism that I am tell-
ing someone what I need. For it to be constructive I
need to be open to receiving what they need in that
moment to become their best self. I look forward to
learning your thoughts on what criticism is and how
we can get better at communicating what we need and
want from each other.
Please give me a ring at 781-331-5308, email me at
Kristan@mooneytunco.com, or…even better…join
family and me at the NFDA convention in Nashville.
Last month I began to explore how giving criticism is
more than what the dictionary tell us. It is more than
expressing our disapproval, telling another person
what their faults and mistakes are, and letting them
know how they can fix them. To be constructive we
must realize how imperfect we are before we criticize
someone else. We must understand every time we offer
criticism that we are asking that person to help us.
Every time we criticize someone else we are asking that
person to please change so that our life will be easier and
their life will be better. Writing these words again I can
almost hear someone saying huh…that doesn’t make
sense. When I tell someone how they can improve it is
for them not for me. Really? Think about it.
Are you saying when someone in your company or
your world improves the way they approach life, treat
other people, or do something that your life gets hard-
er? That seems impossible. Unless I concentrate only
on howmuch more that person needs to do to meet my
standards or somehow I process their improvement(s)
into my being inferior I cannot imagine how some-
to the continued min-
istry of Holy Sepulchre
Cemetery and Ascen-
sion Garden. I have con-
fidence that both Sullivan
and Drexel will effectively
guide this important area
of ecclesial life, and pre-
serve the cemeteries as sa-
cred places of prayer, re-
flection and beauty. Their
stewardship of the ceme-
teries will positively con-
tribute to our belief as
Catholics in Eternal Life,
and promote continued
awareness of the impor-
tance of Christian burial.”
Holy Sepulchre Ceme-
tery was founded in 1871
by the first Bishop of
Rochester, the Most Rev-
erend Bishop
Bernard J.
McQuaid.
It was his vi-
sion to create a cemetery
in a garden-like setting
that would welcome the
Catholic community of
the Diocese of Rochester
for years to come. Build-
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery & Ascension Garden
Appointments
As a thoughtful and often unusual accommodation to
the families they serve,
Greg Moore,
funeral director and
vice-president, went the extra mile to provide a facility,
completely separate from the funeral home proper, for
those who have chosen cremation. Families are able to
enter the crematory directly into a comfortable environ-
ment for private viewing and identification.
Speaking of the preparation and dressing room, Moore is
especially pleased to have provided his twin sons,
Brett
and
Steven
, with a modern state-of-the-art facility in which to
work. “The space, the lighting and particularly the PrepAir
and PrepArm ventilation systems are extremely nice,” he
stated, “making it a pleasant and efficient workplace.”
Moore also commented that the consulting services DST
gave to the contractor was a real benefit, relieving him of
much of the detail involved in construction and installation.
With the
NFDA
annual convention in Nashville in the
offing, Moore recalled that his niece’s wedding reception
was held in the Ryman auditorium.
Moore Funeral Services has locations in Hattiesburg,
Petal, Purvis, and Wiggins, MS. All facilities are served
by the new Care Center. A member of the
International
Order of the Golden Rule,
the Moore family is firmly com-
mitted to the organization’s motto, “Service measured
not by g
onal de-
tails, visi
Moore Funeral Home
Serves Four Facilities
with New Care Center
ing upon that vision
Holy Sepulchre Ceme-
tery opened Ascension
Garden in Henrietta in
2010.
Holy Sepulchre Cem-
etery & Ascension Gar-
den accommodates tradi-
tional in-ground burials
as well as above-ground
interments in beautiful-
ly designed mausoleums
that are prayerful and re-
flective
environments.
The Catholic Cemeteries
of Holy Sepulchre and
Ascension Garden repre-
sent a meaningful history
of loved ones, a record of
their lives and a sanctu-
ary for peace and prayer.
Holy Sepulchre and As-
cension Garden exist
not merely for the me-
morialization of the de-
ceased, but also because
every life is worth lov-
ing and remembering in
the tradition of the larger
Catholic faith family. For