Funerals

This part of life is the most difficult.

The funeral service is a carefully composed ceremony paying adequate tribute to your loved one… the Eulogy is delivered with dignity and empathy… it will be memorable, effective and compassionate… I make sure the person’s beliefs and ideals are reflected in the ceremony.

I can arrange to meet with you in your own home and I spend a few hours discussing the life of your loved one. We discuss where your loved one was born and raised, life achievements, special memories, work, hobbies, special words to describe the person.

A Eulogy helps give some “closure” to the family… In facing loss, we come to realise that love is all that matters. Love is the only thing we take with us… Unfortunately we are not taught how to prepare for the death of someone close to us, although grief is one of the strongest emotions we’ll ever have to bear. There is no easy way around grief. It is a natural response to loss... grief is a healthy, normal part of the healing process. Grief does not last forever. Each of us grieves in our own way over different periods of time.

“a loss is very personal and cannot be compared”

There are 5 stages of grief – denial/anger/bargaining/depression/acceptance…
We need to support and understand the family at this grieving time
We need to let them move through their grief in their own time
We need to realise, sadly, that it was our loved one’s time to die
We need to understand that our life’s journey continues
We need to learn to live without our loved one

I am available to help and support you in a time that can be very stressful. You can call me direct OR just tell your funeral director to contact me.

All enquiries welcome…