Celebrations of Life for Funerals, Memorials and Grave-Side services
At Saying Goodbye, our mission statement is to do all that is necessary to create fitting Celebrations of Life filled with compassion and care while remaining inclusive and sensitive to the diverse needs of our modern families.
Having someone you love die can be overwhelming. Many decisions have to be made – quickly. Burial or cremation, a religious service in a church or a spiritual service lead by a Funeral Celebrant?
For many who want Spirituality without religion, your choice will be to have the funeral or memorial celebration facilitated by a Certified Funeral Celebrant.
At Saying Goodbye, we are dedicated to writing a funeral or memorial celebration dedicated to the life of your loved one. As we prepare for your loved one’s celebration of life, we listen from our heart to create a personal, dignified, end-of-life tribute that accurately reflects the life and the beliefs of the person that has died.
As we write with compassion and understanding we personalize the celebration with integrity and generosity but also with an honesty about who the decedent truly was, their accomplishments, and the legacy they leave.
We respect that we are all individuals with values, beliefs, opinions, and experiences.
We view religious, race and gender diversity as normal within the community where we live, our country, and the world, and we honour all philosophies, beliefs and traditions – religious, secular, spiritual, inter-faith, and multi-cultural, and we appreciate the opportunity of giving support to everyone,
In addition, we are able to research special traditions you may want included in the ceremony, just as we are able to suggest meaningful ways to honour and celebrate your loved one’s life.
These principals guide us in our daily decision making and are captured in our writing and presentations.
Funerals and memorial ceremony offered on online platforms have become a reality in 2020. There are as many positive as there are a negative aspect to this: You’ll be missing the hugs from family members and life-long friends but you’ll be able to invite anyone with access to a computer to take part in the event and you even have the opportunity to offer eulogies, tributes and a word of comfort without having to travel anywhere other than to where their own computer is located.