I have personal experience of unexpected bereavement and know the importance of kind and meaningful support, therefore I will meet with you and listen (I’m a good listener) to your stories about your loved one's life, their likes and dislikes, their foibles, their fun and the lives they touched.

 

You might want to chat to other family members and friends in advance of us meeting so that I can help you to pull together all the special memories and build a lovely picture of your loved one, what made them laugh, what made you laugh, their life achievements, anything that is specific to them so that we can make the ceremony personal and beautiful.

 

Using your stories, I'll write a fitting, personal and dignified tribute and when it meets with your approval, can deliver this as the eulogy at the ceremony.  If however, you would like to deliver the eulogy yourself, I can help you to write it. I will create a ceremony for you that reflects your story. You can choose how much, if any, religious or spiritual content there is in the ceremony.

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Your ceremony will be unique and conducted in a warm, professional manner. I promise I will do the best job I can for you and work with the funeral director to help ensure that the service is as you want it to be.

 

On the day of the funeral, you can depend on me to guide you, support you, coordinate the service and deliver your eulogy.

 

Ceremonies can include:

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Music, Poems, Readings, Hymns, Songs, 

The eulogy, Family participation, Closing words

 

You may have your own ideas for these things, but if not, I can help. We can discuss all aspects of the ceremony when we meet.

 

You will be offered a copy of the eulogy after the ceremony.

 

Rona Duncan, East Lothian