Julie Wright

 

Thank you so much for yesterday. The ceremony was beautiful and your presentation was wonderful.  I found it comforting to hear the words and music as did many others I spoke to.  They also were particularly appreciative of your way of delivering the texts, finding you voice calming and the content both interesting and moving.  Many also appreciated how personal it was, how it captured Mum’s life and her spirit too.  My previous experience of funerals has often left me with the sense that the celebrant was just “going through the motions”.  Not so with you, for which I thank you again for your kindness and your professionalism.

 

We thought Julie’s ceremony was excellent: the content she put together and the way she delivered it in such a kind thoughtful way. We were all very impressed as were most of the people who attended when they spoke to us afterwards.

 

Excellent tribute. Well researched

 

Julie visited my husband several times during the year following his diagnosis of terminal brain cancer, giving her time generously. She came to know G very well, enabling her to assist us, the family, in putting together a service which was fitting and beautiful. Thus Julie’s words were carefully chosen, sensitive and appropriate. Her dedication and professionalism which she bought to this vocation is awe inspiring.

 

We were really pleased with the ceremony. Everybody said how nice it was. Some comments were “That’s for me when my turn comes”.

 

Julie was happy to spend whatever time was necessary to get the content and tone of the ceremony exactly. Her involvement was very much appreciated

 

Everyone remarked what a lovely service it was.

 

Thank you from all the family for conducting dad’s funeral. You did him proud – it was a journey through his life with a touch of humour thrown in – just as he would have wanted. We had many comments afterwards on what a fantastic service it was, all credit to you.

 

Thank you from all of us for the kind considerate and thorough way that you led the service, from the way you came to visit us, organised the service and coped with our las minute changes. We felt we were in safe hands. Everyone felt the service and the ‘do’ afterwards hit the mark in celebrating mum.

 

We would both like to thank you so very much for the wonderful way you expressed our feelings in the service you gave for our mum. We very much appreciated it as did the congregation. Many people hadn’t been to a humanist service before and it gave them an insight in to this honest way of leaving life behind.

 

There has been so much pleasant feedback from the family about the ceremony. Thank you, Julie for your professionalism and warmth. As the number of people practising a religion diminishes, there should be many more wanting ‘something different’ but are afraid to take that final step.

 

Thank you for helping to make mum’s funeral such a special day.

 

Thank you for helping us to make mum’s funeral a truly special occasion. We have had such a lot of lovely comments from friends in particular who had not previously  been to a humanist celebration of life.

 

We wanted to say a few words to thank you for the lovely service last week. You really did an outstanding job and made such a tragic time so much easier. Your kind approach with understanding made things a lot easier for the family as a whole and something many people commented on, on the day. Dad would have been very happy with the service, music and words said to complete his life and send him off to rest.

 

Thank you so much for conducting C’s funeral in November; you set the tone perfectly. It was indeed a celebration of his life and many people said to me afterwards that ’it was the best funeral they had ever attended’! I miss C terribly but knowing that we gave him a good send-off will always be a great comfort to me.

 

This is just to thank you for taking my mother’s funeral last week; we all felt it was just what she would have wanted and C said that your calm manner helped her to get to the end of her reading.

On behalf of my family I am writing to express our gratitude and satisfaction with your lovely ceremony for mum last week. It was everything we could have hoped for and more. It was not just the excellent content of the ceremony but also the thoughtful and kind way in which it was delivered. You really captured the essence of mum’s life and made it a celebration rather than a memorial. We and everyone we spoke to afterwards found the occasion an uplifting and moving experience. You are a credit to your profession and we would highly recommend you to anyone.

 

Julie spent several hours with my son and me and quite obviously gained a great deal from our memories of my wife. She took the service with great professionalism and sympathy and turned a very sad occasion into a beautiful experience.

 

Many people commented it was lovely, so different and very personal.

 

It was particularly nice having the folder to read through at leisure.

 

She spoke like she had known my husband!