by Jean Francis | Apr 22, 2021 | Ceremony, Death, Environment, Final Resting Places, Funerals
Unless you become aware of the many choices available when pre-planning your funeral, you will likely end up with a conveyor-belt funeral, with a huge price tag. It is possible for families to arrange a funeral, with or without the support of a funeral director. At...
by Jean Francis | Apr 15, 2021 | Celebration of Life, Environment, Funerals
We can spend a life time collecting milk bottle tops only to make bad and hurried choice when arranging a funeral. Become aware of the many options available; what to say ‘yes’ to and when to say’ no.’ The Greenest Choice: Green burial is the most natural way of...
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 | Jun 1, 2020 | Children, Environment, Humour, Uncategorised
, The Seagull A father was at the beach with his children when the four-year-old son ran up to him, grabbed his hand, and led him to the shore where a seagull lay dead in the sand. ‘Daddy, what happened to him?’ The boy asked ‘He died and went to Heaven,’ the Dad...
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,...
