By Jean Francis Featured in the Autumn 2013 edition of Farewell Magazine. I wrote this article about the experience of family friends to share how comforting, beautiful and heart-warming a funeral ceremony can be. Then later I conducted my friend’s Memorial Service. ‘I just want the love to continue,’ Mary replied when asked if she […]
Next May we will be having a ‘Dead Good Day Out’ A day of thinking about Death – confronting a few taboos, some myth busting, how to lighten the environmental impact of funerals, and providing an informative and open atmosphere for questions and debate. Our date will be Saturday May 10th 2014….a date for your […]
Death Cafe with Josefine in Lewes on Monday November 18th http://deathcafe.com/deathcafe/215/
Harry Edsel Smith of New York – 1903 – 1942. ‘Looked up an elevator shaft to see if the car was coming down. It was!’ In a Thurmont, Maryland cemetery: ‘Here lies an Atheist, all dressed up and no place to go.’ On the grave of Ezekial Aikle in a cemetery in Nova Scotia: ‘Here lies […]
A new business had started up and a friend of the budding entrepreneur decided to send a bunch of flowers to mark the occasion. A large bunch of cream and white flowers arrived. The owner opened the card, which read: ‘Rest in Peace.’
Little Tim was in the garden filling in a hole when his neighbour peered over the fence. Interested in what the cheeky faced youngster was doing, he politely asked: “What are you up to there Tim?”
A man and his friend are playing golf at their local golf course. One of the guys is about to chip onto the green when he sees a long funeral procession on the road next to the course. He stops in mid-swing, takes off his golf cap, closes his eyes, and bows down in prayer.
A Death Café is where people come together in a relaxed and safe setting to discuss death, drink tea and eat cake. It’s a chance to share your fears, feelings and experience of mortality in lively conversation with others. A yurt was the venue used at the Bournemouth Good Funeral Awards for the Death Café but […]
Jean’s work on pre-need funeral planning has won her the ‘Most Significant Contribution to the Understanding of Death’ award at the Good Funerals Awards ceremony in Bournemouth and was presented by Pat Butcher of EastEnders.
As we approach Halloween I am reminded of probably my best holiday ever. The Mexican Day of the Dead is know in Mexico as Dia los Muertos and is recognised as a national holiday. The festival takes place each year on All Saints Day, Nov 2nd. Festivities begin with children parading the streets in spooky […]