On 16 March, my friend Paul called to say that a close friend had died. He’d known her for many years and, through him, I’d met her many times. Deborah Ballard. She was in truth something of a force of
Could it be a faded rose….?
This has been a time of anniversaries and reflection for me. I’ve been looking back over my seven years as a funeral celebrant. Those years included the pandemic of course. It was a difficult time for bereaved families. Families were
Water cremation is now legal in Scotland
It’s now legal in Scotland to offer aquamation funerals as an alternative to more traditional cremation or burial. Aquamation is also called water cremation, resomation or, more technically, alkaline hydrolysis. The process involves immersing the body in a strong alkaline
Seven years!
Today, 1 March 2026 (and St David’s Day), marks my seven-year anniversary of becoming a funeral celebrant! It’s been a most fascinating and rewarding period of my life. I’ve done a lot of different things in work down the years