Why I Became a Celebrant
by Hilary Steel For five years the idea of retraining as a Funeral Celebrant has been floating...
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A Man Can – by Hilary Steel
This poem was written for Les, whose funeral I led on 26th May 2021 – I have changed the...
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Feel No Guilt in Laughter
Feel no Guilt in Laughter is a lovely poem to read at a funeral and it can easily be changed for a...
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How to Create a Funeral Ceremony – Basic Guide
Every person is unique in life and so should they be on their final public outing as it were. What...
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Is it okay to laugh at a funeral?
At first reading, the title of this post may seem a little inappropriate. Death is something to be...
Read MoreFirst Father’s Day Without My Dad
I was trying to write down my thoughts about Fathers’s Day and this being the first one...
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Personalised Readings
The poem you wrote for my Aunt was beautiful. I framed a copy and gave it to my Mum as a gift,...
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Riverview Natural Burial Ground
Look at the wonderfully moody sky at the Riverview Natrual Burial Ground in Kent. I have been...
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I Thought of You…
By Hilary Steel, Civil Celebrant “I thought of you today at first, I felt quite sad, Then I...
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I didn’t expect to feel the way I did…
When Mum died, it wasn’t a surprise, but it was the strangest moment of my life up until that...
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What to do when someone dies at home
If someone passes away at home; When someone passes away, it can be traumatic enough, but there...
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Attending a funeral?
ttending a funeral may be something you are doing for the first time, and you may be wondering how...
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