30/03/2025
“Grief is the price we pay for love” - The Queen
I’m sure we all remember the poignant moment of this photograph and the phrase above, how shocked we all were that no one could attend funerals 5 years ago and how angry we all were that the Queen had special permission to attend Prince Philip’s funeral alone? Yet now, none attendee cremations are being pushed upon us daily.
I understand that we believe it relieves the stress, the anxiety and maybe even a small financial burdon from our loved ones we leave behind, yet “Grief is the price we pay for love!”
After many chats, discussions, chin wags with Vicars, Celebrants, Funeral Directors and the families of lost loved ones who have attended our offices these past few months, it seems the more, out-way the few, that a funeral , a service, a graveside burial where we can all attend , listen to a eulogy, sing, celebrate and then meet and drink with stories is what we all need, no matter the stress, the pain, the cost, because being able to attend a funeral is far better then regretting not being able to later, and to be able to say our final goodbyes is the way we all travel through the 5 stages of grief and how we can all accept the loss of our loved one.