by Amanda C Vesty | Jan 4, 2022 | Children, Community, Family, Funerals
The Forgotten Mourners – By Wendy Clarkson How to involve children with a funeral. How to help children deal with a funeral and how to include them in the day in a family friendly funeral.. Honesty Is The Best Policy With Children As a parent, we all want to...
by Amanda C Vesty | Jan 12, 2021 | Children, Death, Grief, Poetry
A very beautiful heartbreaking and heart healing poem. Say Olin The time of concern is over. No longer am I asked how my wife is doing. Never is the name of our son mentioned to me. A curtain descends.The moment has passed. A life slips from frequent recall. There are...
by Amanda C Vesty | Aug 23, 2020 | Beliefs in Afterlife, Children, Death, Environment, Final Resting Places, Poetry
Nature poems by Alexis Kivi (1834-1872). He was originally known as Alexis Stenvall. Kivi is the Finnish national writer, poet, playwright, novelist and the creator of modern Finnish literature. Kivi changed his name from the Swedish ‘Stenvall’, meaning ‘stone bar’,...
by Amanda C Vesty | Jul 31, 2020 | Children, Community, Death, Environment, Final Resting Places, Trees The Green Legacy, Uncategorised
Arnos Vale Cemetery In Bristol Speak to a lot of people about graveyards and many will no doubt talk about them being ‘creepy’ and full of ghosts. For myself however I have always found them to be peaceful places where you can spend a pleasant afternoon...
by Amanda C Vesty | Jun 30, 2020 | Ceremony, Children, Final Resting Places, Funerals, History & Culture, Uncategorised
As a lover of history and archaeology I was fascinated by the following discovery in Poland. Not only does it give us an isight into how our ancestors behaved but also how traditions around death are remembered and carried on down the centuries. It brings us a very...
by Amanda C Vesty | Jun 5, 2020 | Children, Pets, Uncategorised
Rainbow Bridge Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge. When an animal dies who has been especially close to someone they go to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty...
