End of Life Ceremonies
End of Living Celebrations - Remembrance/Memorial Ceremonies
Honouring Life's End
The End of Life is a challenging time that can be both disturbing and beautiful.
We feel the impending or actual loss acutely. We want to honour the life that has been lived respectfully and in a "real" way. Every life has had its proud and dark moments that we remember at the end. It is a time of strong feelings when love, gratitude, sadness, anger and forgiveness may all be expressed. It is a time for gathering to support each other in grieving.
A ceremony is a meaningful and effective way to commemorate a life that will soon end or has already ended, and help us deal with the loss.
Sonia Beverley will create …
End of Living Celebration
✓ You would like to celebrate your life's journey or that of a loved one who is close to the end.
✓You'd like a celebration that genuinely showcases the meaning of the life lived, however long or short, public or private it has been.
✓You or your loved one would like to participate in a living celebration of your or their life.
Remembrance Ceremony
✓ You are organizing a memorial or celebration of life service for a family member of friend who has passed away.
✓ You want to pay tribute to that person's life in a real and respectful way, that helps family and friends through this difficult transition.
✓ You'd like a non-religious, interfaith or multicultural ceremony or service.
✓ You would like a celebrant who handles difficult or sensitive circumstances in an empathetic, competent and professional manner.
"The end of a melody is not its goal: but nonetheless, had the melody not reached its end, it would not have reached its goal either. A parable."
Friedrich Nietzsche