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People die every day. This is an irrefutable fact. Sadly, my friend died a few days ago. My heart goes out to her family and other friends. There’s never a good time for someone to die- there’s always a birthday or an anniversary. But December always feels so much worse. The Holiday season can be fraught at the best of times, but when a loved one dies in December, the holidays become very difficult. There’s a lovely article here about ways to cope over the coming weeks. Amids

Did you know that October and March are Free Will months? There's a charity called (you guessed it https://freewillsmonth.org.uk ) When you get a Will written it's really important that the person writing it is regulated. If they're not, then it can lead to all sorts of issues, possibly even going to probate or intestate. This can drag out the process for years and it's expensive and worrying all round. With the Free Will Month, certain charities pay for your Will to be writt

As an Independent Celebrant, my work centres around life and death, love and loss, happiness and grief. Most Celebrants go by their name...

That is a very good question #VGQ. Some phrases are banded around and it seems that everyone knows what that is but actually, some people don't know. The best thing to do in this instance is to ask. So, what exactly is a #cremation? When someone dies, there are currently two options for a funeral. A cremation and a burial. A cremation is a process that uses intense heat to reduce someone's remains to ash. This takes place at a #Crematorium, which is normally attached to a Ce