I have conducted funerals for my own loved ones, and I know how urgent it feels to get this ‘last thing right’ for the person who has died.
Funerals and memorials in Australia are changing to be more flexible and personal.
There is no legal requirement for an authorised celebrant to officiate at a funeral. In fact, you don’t even have to have a funeral. That said, if you are holding a funeral, as an authorised celebrant I have the training and experience to come in just when you need me, guide you through composing this farewell, and conduct on the day a meaningful, expressive ceremony in the place of your choosing – to help you get it ‘just right’.
I will work closely with the other professionals involved, and I will be honoured to help you say goodbye just the way you want to.
Please contact me if I can be of service.
LET’S WRITE YOUR EULOGY – NOW.
I invite you to join me in making funerals easier for the people left behind: how about writing your own funeral now?! Funeral planning is about more than the finances – let’s get together and carry out (some of!) your wishes yourself.
When you think about it, no sooner are people struck with a bereavement, then they are handed a major Family History assignment. Let’s change that! In my case, I have not just written a ‘wish list’ for my family to consult after my death – I have written a letter as a’ eulogy’ for my loved ones to read out to any gathering they decide to hold in my honour, giving some biographical details, of course, but mainly saying what I want my friends and family to know: what did I enjoy most, and what were my favourite times; who taught me things, and who loved me, and how grateful I was for those blessings.
I am compiling photos and putting music over the top, ready for my family to play just for themselves, or to everybody if they have a Wake.
I want to make it easier for my family and friends to stress less, at a time of the greatest stress I have ever caused them.
Join me in making things as easy as possible for everyone else, when we leave it all behind. Talk to me about getting together to write your own eulogy – now. You might never see it – but your family will thank you.
Photo credit: Oliver Holmgren Photography