Planning a Life Story
Planning to celebrate a life lived: Every life lived has value. It is important to take time to acknowledge the uniqueness, personality and accomplishments of every life lived. Not just to honor their memory, but to help you. The service declares the relationship and significance of that life, and begins the healing process. Honoring the life of a loved one means you value the relationship you shared. We consider it an honor and priveledge to assist families in the process of designing a meaningful and personalized funeral or memorial service. We are experienced in the planning process, and we are open to personal desires to demonstrate the individuality of each and every service. Our experienced staff will guide you through the difficult decisions, process the necessary legal documentation and help you to handle all of the details and create a unique service that will honor your needs and values.
The Personalized Funeral or Memorial Service: Although some may believe that it may be easier not to have a funeral or memorial service, all grief experts agree: a ceremony is an important part of the healing process. Personalized funeral or memorial services make a significant difference in how families channel their grief towards health and healing. During the service, the community comes together and responds to the reality that someone has died, and that those remaining will need support, compassion, love and understanding. The service encourages thoughts about the person who has died and to explore the the meaning of their life and the ways in which they have touched the lives of others. The process of remembering, reflecting, planning and conducting a service are often an important part of the process of grief and mourning. This process of contemplation and discovery often helps to create a memorable and moving funeral service experience for all who attend.
When we experiences the death of a loved one, a funeral or memorial service helps to fill several important needs.It will provide for the dignified and respectful care of the person and a special tribute to their life. The funeral service helps the survivors face the reality of death, which is the first major step towards taking the grief from the inside and and allowing it to be expressed on the outside through mourning. The relatives and close friends can lend their support and consolation when they are needed most.
When we experiences the death of a loved one, a funeral or memorial service helps to fill several important needs.It will provide for the dignified and respectful care of the person and a special tribute to their life. The funeral service helps the survivors face the reality of death, which is the first major step towards taking the grief from the inside and and allowing it to be expressed on the outside through mourning. The relatives and close friends can lend their support and consolation when they are needed most.
Creating a Personalized Service: The first consideration for planning a personalized service is how to honor and celebrate the life lived. We acknowledge that this is a difficult time and you may feel overwhelmed by the many decisions that must be made as you begin to plan the service. We will do our best to assist you, and to help you to make informed choices. Then you will be prepared to design a personalized service. This is not the time to deny your need to mourn and embrace the painfull feelings of grief you will experience. You may feel deeply saddened as you plan the service and you may begin to acknowledge the reality that someone you love has died. But you will feel the deep satisifaction that you helped to plan a meaningul ceremony for someone who was a great value in your life, and you wil be on your path to a healthy grieving process.
Choosing the Method of Disposition: The second consideration for the care of the deceased loved is the method of disposition. What care will be taken with the individual and the final place of rest. Whether burial or cremation is chosen, you can use elements of ceremony to honor the life lived and impact upon the survivors, and to allow the survivors to say goodbye in in a meaningful manner.
Burial: When selecting burial, the graveside ceremony is the final opporturnity to say goodbye. Accompanying the individual to the gravesite, the final resting place, survivors experience the feeling of closure. A personalized committal service not only aknowledges the reality and finality of the death, it also represents the seperation that death has created. It is an essential part of the Personalized Funeral Service experience.
Cremation: When selecting cremation,it is important to realize that cremation does not limit your ability to spend time with the loved one, or to hold a personalized service. You may have visitation and a funeral service prior to the cremation. Or the family of the individual may select to have a private time together before the cremation process is completed, followed by a public or private ceremony a day or two later. You may wish to consider to have the body of the loved one present, it encourages more expressions of grief and more authentic mourning.
Think carefully about the many options available to you and your family.Take some time to slow down and plan. It is through planning that a meaningful, personalized, funeral service experience is created. Also remember that funeral directors, clergy, celebrants and close friends who have experienced these things before can be valuable resources to you. You do not need to be alone.