Instead of mourning the loved one and looking ahead to the afterlife, British funerals have now become a time to celebrate the deceased’s life through memories of his or her triumphs, relationships and favourite songs. It’s less popular to have a sombre mood and black clothing and over 70% are now non-religious. According to a...
An Italian company is re-thinking burials and the way we think about death. They’ve come up with an egg-shaped pod, made of biodegradable material, where our loved ones are placed for burial. The pod will then be buried as a seed in the earth. A tree, chosen in life by the deceased, is planted on...
Last week I lost a friend and ex-work colleague to cancer. The world we inhabit now makes it more likely that we all have friends and family scattered across the globe. My friend lived in the US, so it was not possible to attend her funeral. The result is that I found myself feeling very...
A simple poem that we’ve used at many funerals, an innocent blog and then an eye-opener to some very bad behaviour. In a recent blog (now withdrawn) we used a bit of a poem called ‘The Dash’ by US author Linda Ellis (with full credit given to the author). That simple act of sharing resulted...
In memory of Lubomir Wojciech Orzechowski. 1st May 1923 – 8th May 2012 This past ten days has been amazing for three distinctly different reasons. A wedding at the Bay Hotel in Fife in glorious sunshine with Edinburgh in the distance across the shimmering Forth; a baby naming for a beautiful wee boy named Alastair, also in...
