by Amanda C Vesty | Feb 10, 2020 | Environment, Grief, Uncategorised, Well Being
Last Wishes is an offering to you and for you. What is the point of it? Why bother? What is my/our interest in death all about? I’m passionate about you, yes you, out there, sat on your computer or your phone or your tablet reading this. I’m passionate about people,...
by Amanda C Vesty | Feb 1, 2020 | Environment, Grief, Uncategorised, Well Being
Dealing With Grief – How can trees help us on dark days? Just as in the deep earth the trees send their roots into a place without light, so it is that we journey through days of darkness out in the world and some of us through dark soul times too. Counting our...
by admin-mcm | Jan 20, 2020 | Uncategorised
Jean Wins A Major National Award Jean’s work on pre-need funeral planning has won her the ‘Most Significant Contribution to the Understanding of Death’ award at the 2013 Good Funerals Awards ceremony in Bournemouth and was presented by Pat Butcher of East Enders. The...
by Jean Francis | Dec 20, 2019 | Uncategorised
What is a Last Wishes Tea Room? Adapted from an article first published on 22/03/2013 16:29 – in the West Sussex County Times – By Theo Cronin As a young girl Jean Francis grew up with an all-consuming fear of death. She remembers weeping at the sight of dead...
by Amanda C Vesty | Oct 29, 2019 | Ceremony, Community, Interfaith Funerals, Uncategorised
The Mexican Day of the Dead by Jean Francis 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 over three...
by Amanda C Vesty | Oct 10, 2019 | Humour, Poetry, Uncategorised
COFFEE IN HEAVEN by John Agard You’ll be greeted by a nice cup of coffee when you get to heaven and strains of angelic harmony But wouldn’t you be devastated if they only serve decaffeinated while from the percolators of hell your soul was assaulted By Satan’s fresh...
