I can recall arranging mum’s funeral in 2015 with my sister.  We went to the funeral director, they allocated a vicar to meet us, who made note of a few names in the family they would mention, recommended a generic widely used funeral poem we could use, and then left the rest up to us. The service was then delivered by someone who had not known our family, not taken much time to try to get to know our family, and had just done their job. If it weren’t for my sister and I delivering our personal, heartfelt eulogies, sometimes through tears, sometimes through laughter, throwing knowing looks to members of our family when recollecting times spent with this darling mum, sister and nanny, the ceremony could have been about anyone…

By becoming a Funeral Celebrant, I can offer a truly personal, empathic experience. There are many choices to be made for your loved one when they die, and one important decision you can make is to ask for an individual, unique ceremony to be written. This then allows that person to become as important in death as they were in life – front and centre. Their personality and character can be explored, their achievements can be acknowledged and their distinctive, one of a kind life can be celebrated with love, with humour, maybe through the sting of sorrow, but always with the honour and respect demanded. We are all valuable. You would want the same, wouldn’t you?

Spending the time getting to know as much about your loved one as I possibly can, I can then draft a meaningful and authentic  script for the ceremony, where you can be sure to have encapsulated the very essence of them within.

Please get in touch if I can help. I’ll be with you every step of the way.