If you or your family are navigating an active diagnosis or loss, call (206) 617‑1199. For emotional crisis, call or text 988 anytime.

Bainbridge Death Support

Handling the earthly details so you can remain present now.

Private crisis support for families.
Legacy, cross-cultural ritual and remembrance.

The Practice

What we do.

Most of our work is private crisis support. A family calls because someone is dying, or someone has died, and there is suddenly an enormous amount to handle. We become the single point of contact and take over the logistics: the vigil, the paperwork, the service, the relatives who need calling. You stay with your person.

Miranda is a certified end-of-life doula with a background in cross-cultural ritual and remembrance. Everything is confidential.

Creating Heirlooms That Last.

Documentary Video
& Oral History

Handmade Stationery

Custom Bookbinding

Memorial Websites

Obituaries

Help with the writing, or a place to write it yourselves.

Most families have never written an obituary, and it usually needs to be done within a day or two. There are two ways we can help.

With Us

Send us whatever you have, even if it's nothing yet. We write or edit alongside you, check the facts, and take care of the newspaper submission, including the fees and word limits.

On Your Own, with Obituate

Obituate is our writing platform for families who want to do it themselves. Everyone works on the draft together, the facts get checked, and nothing gets lost. It's free to use. When the obituary is finished, a small fee covers the newspaper-ready export.

"Dearly beloved. We are gathered here today. To get through this thing called life."

Prince, Let's Go Crazy
Miranda Sita, founder of Bainbridge Death Support, laughing beside the Salish Sea.

meet Miranda →

A deck of 35 prompts for families

Start the conversation.

Every story deserves to be told. Work with us →

If a prompt brings up something difficult, support is available at 988 anytime.

The Journal

Miranda writes when there's something worth saying: essays about the work, local events, practical notes on the details. It's a good way to get to know us before you need us.

"A fresh, brilliant thinker. Miranda's work captures the story with a modern pulse."

A client family

Pricing

What this costs.

Obituate
Free to use. A small export fee when you submit to a newspaper.
Obituary Editing & Ghostwriting
Flat rates. We can quote it in one phone call and meet a newspaper deadline.
Retained Family Engagements
Everything above, scoped to what your family needs and quoted by private proposal. These are substantial engagements and we only take a few at a time.

We keep a few reduced-rate spots each year. If the rates are out of reach, ask anyway. If we can't make room, we'll point you to community resources that can help.

Bainbridge Death Support calls home the ancestral lands of the Suquamish People (suq̀wabš, the People of Clear Salt Water) and their Coast Salish relatives, who have tended these shores and waters since time immemorial, and tend them still. It's God's country. We are so fortunate to be here.

If this place has given you something too, consider giving back through the Suquamish Foundation, which supports the Tribe's cultural revival, education, and community.

Call or text our monitored line at (206) 617‑1199 to leave a message or schedule a time to talk. Or book directly → Reserve 30 minutes

Not ready to connect yet? Read the Journal or join our newsletter and get to know our work quietly, from a distance. We don't update it often on purpose.

Founded by Miranda Sita, Bainbridge Island. she/they

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