Remember them as they were
A traditional funeral service with black suits and quiet church music and people gathered around a casket or urn, is okay for some, but it is not favorable for many people. Sometimes mourning a life does not feel right. Life should be celebrated. It is a special day when people who loved a person get together and celebrate their life, happily, and remember the person as they were...alive, and vibrant.
Planning a Celebration of Life, A Simple Guide for Turning a Memorial Service into a Celebration of Life
Planning a Celebration of Life, A Simple Guide for Turning a Memorial Service into a Celebration of Life
Amazon Price: $9.95 (as of 11/09/2009)
This book is full of unique and creative Life Celebration ideas that will help you creat a memorable and personalized celebration. Including: Activities like dove releases and candle lighting ceremonies, remembrance poem and song collections, flowers, food and drink ideas, parting gifts, remembering and coping ideas, a guide to scattering remains, 10 ideas for creating a memorial to keep the memory of your loved one alive.
Photos from Celebrations and Memorials
Russ Riviere Celebration
Russ Riviere Celebration
Video Clips
Barry's Jazz Funeral III
Celebration of Life
Helen Hill Jazz Funeral Parade
Gypsy Funeral
Maurice Brown@ "Missing Alvin Batiste" Jazz Fest Funeral 07
Speeches at Rex Celebration of Life
Dealing Creatively With Death: A Manual of Death Education and Simple Burial
Dealing Creatively With Death: A Manual of Death Education and Simple Burial
Amazon Price: $9.15 (as of 11/09/2009)
Now in its 14th edition, this classic book has sold more than 300,000 copies in earlier editions. It is a small encyclopedia on death-related problems; social, emotional, philosophical and practical. It is written simply and sensitively, drawing substantially on direct experience. It is thoroughly updated from previous editions. Topics include Death Education; Living with Dying; Bereavement; The Right to Die; Simple Burial and Cremation; Funeral Consumer Organizations; Death Ceremonies; and How the Dead can Help the Living.
Concentrate on how they lived, not on how they died
Sometimes death is a sudden tragedy, and sometimes it is a long expected one. Do not let the death of a person impede on the circumstances of their memorial. Celebrate their LIFE.
Traditionally dressed
Motorcycle officers
rose petal memorial
The men do a shot
Jazz Funeral
Motorcycle Funeral
Bali Funeral
Music Funeral
Funeral raft
ashes into the ocean
Celebration of Life Links
Sites to help you plan your Memorial Celebration
- How to Plan a Memorial or Celebration of Life Service
- This article helps explain the major topics involved in planning a memorial service of Celebration of Life ceremony from selecting the location and date to finding ways of sharing and preserving memories.
- The Funeral - A Celebration of Life
- Funeral - A Celebration of Life?
- Unique Funeral Ideas: Planning a fitting celebration of a young man's life
- When a young man without religious affiliation died suddenly, his family created a celebration that accurately shared highlights of his life
- Celebration of Life Stories
- Celebrating the life of a loved one is a deeply personal opportunity. Today there are so many ways to truly express who that was. What was their life was like? What did they valued most.
- How to Plan a Memorial Service: Planning a Celebration of Life Service or Memorial Ceremony
- A Memorial Service is a unique way to honor the memory of a loved one who has died, to express love and affection and most of all to Celebrate a Life.
Not sure you can celebrate?
Remembering Well: Rituals for Celebrating Life and Mourning Death
Amazon Price: $17.90 (as of 11/09/2009)
Embraced by the Light
Amazon Price: $7.50 (as of 11/09/2009)
Talking about Death Won't Kill You
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Good Grief Rituals: Tools for Healing : A Healing Companion
Amazon Price: $13.95 (as of 11/09/2009)
Celebration of Life: A Ten-Step Planning Guide
Amazon Price: $13.95 (as of 11/09/2009)
Africa Celebrates
In Celebration of Life
Kinshasa.--A Funeral Dance
Funeral dance in Dogon country
Final Celebrations: A Guide for Personal and Family Funeral Planning
Final Celebrations: A Guide for Personal and Family Funeral Planning
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He Was a Good Man, But Now He's Gone
by M. Ward
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Spook wrote...
I see where you are coming from. I think it depends on the person involved. Blessed by an Angel.
Posted November 05, 2009
JerryB wrote...
You've built a great lens and I agree completely. I've had a few close calls myself in the last couple of years and it got me started on my newest lens, http://www.squidoo.com/burial-on-a-budget
Posted November 01, 2009
Bonnie Hilberer wrote
Thank you for setting up such a wonderful website. I am a Funeral Celebrant, trying to change the way people think about the celebration of the life of their loved one. I am going to link your website to mine. As more and more people learn that they can and should celebrate their loved ones unique life, the sooner the healing process of grieving will happen. Great material here. Thanks for sharing.
www.betweenyouandme.org
Memories are the one thing no one can take from us - let them bring smiles to your lips.
Posted October 09, 2009
Toronto Funeral wrote
The majority of people believe funerals are for the deceased. In fact, funerals are for loved ones and close family and friends. Funerals are a way to remember, celebrate and rejoice in the life of the recently deceased.
Toronto Funeral Services
Posted September 24, 2009
Imsred wrote...
in reply to jesscee88
I completely agree. I recently lost my grandfather and the family was so shaken that we decided that we needed some help. We hired a service that plans everything. We gave them our wishes, made some decisions and they did the rest. I don't think that we could have gotten through this and had such a lovely event without them. If anyone needs this kind of help, I would absolutely recommend them, www.4celebrationsoflife.com . They were really great during a difficult time.
Posted July 17, 2009
LifeAdviceSite wrote...
I love this. It's touching and meaningful. Death is only a new beginning and never an end despite how final it might seem.
Posted July 02, 2009
hlkljgk wrote...
totally agree. if not at services, at least in time. we lost my brother when he was young and my mother still can't recall any happy times, which i find so sad.
Posted June 23, 2009
Suzie-Shine wrote...
My lovely grandfather, Pops, died recently and we did our best to celebrate his life. I found it hard on the day of his funeral but afterwards, once everyone got talking about him, we were actually laughing at all of the fun times he had given us. I still miss him though.
Suzie
Posted June 17, 2009
jesscee88 wrote...
People rarely talk about death in a realistic manner. It's either morbid or dramatic. But it happens, there's nothing we can do to avoid it. You are right that it should be planned to celebrate a life lived of a person who made his/her mark in our lives. Thanks!
Posted May 16, 2009
gurum wrote...
In spirituality there is a way to celebrate the life and death also
Posted May 13, 2009
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