Initially I would normally be contacted by your chosen funeral director, however there is always the option for you to contact me directly and I will liaise with your funeral director to say that you would like to use my services.
I will make contact with you within 24-48 hours of receiving the booking and arrange to make an appointment to visit you in your home or if you would prefer another suitable place such as the funeral director’s office. I can be flexible with appointments offering evening and weekends as well as during the week.
Home visits tend to work well, as you will probably feel more comfortable in your own familiar surroundings and can invite other family members and friends to the meeting so that you can share memories of your loved one with me.
The appointment will normally take between 60-90 minutes, and I will be able to provide you with some structure to the ceremony itself, incorporating any ideas that you may like to add in. If you are struggling with which songs to choose poems or readings, I can make other suggestions to help you too for example opting for a photo tribute during the reflection song. You may of course opt to write the Eulogy part of the ceremony yourself and ask me to read it out or you may nominate somebody else to do this.
At every part of the process, I will work closely with you to ensure that the ceremony is a perfect send off for your loved one, a true reflection of them, written with warmth, with love and respect. The ceremony can of course include humour (when appropriate), anecdotal stories, and experiences that ultimately have meant and still mean so much to you and your family.
It is important that you feel comfortable with everything that is written within the ceremony from beginning to end, so in order to achieve this, once I have written the ceremony – you will receive a copy by email in good time to the day itself so that any amendments can be made.
On the day of the service, I will be there to greet you and then I will deliver the ceremony for you and be there to support anyone who will be contributing during the ceremony. Remember there is never any pressure to speak at the ceremony for your loved one as it can be an incredibly emotional time and you never really know how you will feel until the day.