Welcome. My name is Johanna, and I’m an obituarist.

It is a strange tension to offer a welcome to this space, while knowing it is likely because you’ve lost, or will soon lose, someone you love.

What an honor that you wish to remember them, but what a tremendous sadness that you must do so.

This tension– finding joy, pride, and reflective remembrances in grief- imbues all of my work as an obituarist.