Celebration of Life Officiant or Family Emcee: Who Should Lead? How to decide who holds the room on one of the hardest days your family will share Quick answer A celebration of life can be led by a family member,…
Planning a Living Life Tribute: What I Discovered by Trying It Myself A celebrant’s personal experiment in hearing the love before it’s too late After years of standing at the front of the room during Celebrations of Life, I kept…
Celebration of Life Venues in Marin: Beautiful Places to Gather and Remember From Fernwood’s quiet hills to a rustic log cabin and a bayside bird sanctuary, the places that hold a life well The short answer A family that needs…
Preview — Living Funeral Ceremony Post Living Funeral & Living Tribute Ceremonies A gathering to say what matters, while there’s still time to say them. Ruth turned eighty-two in March. By summer, the family had stopped waiting for a “someday”…
What It Means to Write a Celebration of Life for an Elderly Parent On gathering a life already lived, instead of building one from fragments. When a family asks me to write a celebration of life for an elderly parent,…
What It Means to Write a Celebration of Life for a Child On building a ceremony from fragments, instead of gathering one from a story already told. When a family asks me to write a celebration of life for a…
Empty Nest Ceremony: 5 Meaningful Rituals to Mark This New Chapter Your child’s departure deserves its own moment of recognition — not just theirs In This Guide What Is an Empty Nest Ceremony? Why This Transition Deserves Its Own Ritual…
Honoring & Remembering What Is an Interment of Ashes Ceremony? A Clear Guide to Interment, Inurnment, and Committal Untangling the words families hear at the hardest possible moment — so you can plan with confidence, not confusion By Ema Drouillard,…
Dual Funeral Service: When One Ceremony Holds Two Lives A gentle guide to planning a service that honors two people at once, without shortchanging either story. Quick answer: A dual funeral service is a single ceremony written and delivered to…
Cultural Perspectives Catholic Perspectives on Cremation What the Church teaches, what families choose, and how I hold the space between In This Article The Short Answer A Quick History: How the Church’s Stance Changed What the Church Permits Today Where…