We honestly can’t thank you enough for all your love, care, wisdom, kindness, thoughtfulness and support. As well as seeing my husband (!) it meant so much to see you there at the end of the aisle in your amazing yellow dress! You were a really calm and reassuring presence and I’m so glad we chose you.

E&L

I do not think either of us expected to get so emotional, but it was an exceptionally special ceremony that we will always remember. Upon reflection we both said it was one of our favourite memories of the day.

S&S

We absolutely adored having you as a celebrant and couldn't have imagined our day any other way! You really were perfect and so many people have said how unique and special the ceremony was. My Dad isn't a crier or emotional but said that if anyone in the room said they didn't have a tear in their eye they would have been lying!  H&J

You hit all the right notes, told our story in an honest, funny and beautiful way. You captured the essence of what makes us us, and the love of our family around us. We can't get over the heavens opening and closing to greet us into married life, it felt magical from beginning to end - and I think our cheeks have just about recovered from smiling.  E&H

I feel you are an unusually special person and what you give to the service is the human touch, making it light and uplifting which is a gift to the person who we are sending off but mostly to those feeling their loss. Having you taking us through the service is a comfort in itself and I would always recommend you to anyone, for any ceremony. The whole family thought the service was incredibly fitting and beautifully judged. KH

To your delivery, you brought consummate skill: grace, empathy and understanding, lightness and warmth,  a natural and expressive ease, clarity and poise. It was beautifully done. And it was perfect. LB

The diligence and care that you showed when compiling the ceremony were wholly appreciated by all the family. Other family members also watched the webcast and they too have commented on what a beautiful ceremony the funeral was. Your sensitive guidance and involvement with the funeral, certainly helped all of us find a peace and a closure at that point in our grieving. It does feel odd thinking that we may not ever see you again, given that Mum, I & I so enjoyed getting to know you over such an emotional & personal time. That connection we had with you, and that you subsequently extended to our wider family & friends via the ceremony you created, is testament to your wonderful ability to genuinely empathise with people and care about them. And for that we are extremely grateful. You helped make an otherwise painful time easier to process and gave us all a sense of acceptance and serenity. We will all be forever grateful, and the memories we hold of that day will be cherished forever, thanks to the care you took to make it just right. LT

The ceremony went way above all of our expectations. I didn't know what to expect especially with Corona Virus making all our meetings to be held via the phone. Sian soon put us at ease with her lovely calm voice and asking inquisitive but leading questions of us to enable her to get to know and understand what type of man she would be celebrating. Any information she was given by friends and family was weaved wonderfully into her words making it a very touching and true tribute. Before and after the service she spoke calmly to me but with such warmth which really steadied my tears and my nerves. I cannot speak highly enough of her. TW

Just a huge thank you for being at D`s Memorial Service. I cannot thank you enough for your professionalism and "humaness". Wish I was more eloquent but as I am not I will simply give you an 11 out of 10. NF

My father was not a religious man and there were aspects of planning the ceremony that I rather dreaded, not least in a pandemic. Sian's time, patience and experience really helped me and my mother decide what we wanted to do to reflect my father's life. She did such a good job in making a coherent summary from our rambling meanderings of memory; the readings were respectful, warm, amusing, spirited, honest. Her guidance through the process, including her suggestions of readings and pointers on music choices, was really valuable and much appreciated. CD

I can’t thank you enough for how you managed yesterday. It made the day really beautiful. All my family and friends thought you provided such an up lifting service. The time you took to understand her by talking and listening to all of us reflected in all you said. The service was so meaningful. Not just another tick box in the process of death. Also your suggestions and personal touches added in all worked so well. The little flowers you handed us are on or sunny windowsill in the kitchen. They look lovely! Thanks again we are so happy to have chosen you to help us say goodbye. NF

I felt I just had to write a sincere thank you for the beautiful service we held for Dad last week. I felt so much better as I walked out, we could have done no more for dad and I knew he was pleased with his good bye. The love and sense of us all supporting each other, (even though physically so far apart) was so moving. You set the atmosphere with such care, you made it safe for us to hurt, to take life's backwater while you stood firmly and caringly in the mainstream of life making it safe for us to rest, knowing a full life would be there for us once again. AB

Thank you so much for today. This was a perfect conclusion and closure to mum’s long and full life. The picture you created of mum’s life was very special, it showed her strengths and her gentle sides, this was a stunning piece of work thank you. If mum had been there in her teaching capacity she would have given you a distinction. DM

Thank you Sian for creating such a fitting funeral for our Mum. Both my sister and I had clear ideas of how we wanted Mum’s funeral to be and we wanted to be very involved in its planning; thanks for supporting and welcoming this. You were very generous with your time and listened carefully to everything we shared with you about her, and we felt your idea for capturing our Mum’s personality in the language of flowers...and even bringing a vase of them to the ceremony...was so creative and touching.  Your advice was very helpful throughout, and you advised us of several options that we chose to go with that we wouldn’t otherwise have known were open to us. You worked around the current coronavirus restrictions very well and we both felt the ceremony was a perfect remembrance of our wonderful Mum. We especially loved that you brought a positive energy and warmth to the day that helped us to remember Mum in the way she would have wanted. JS

At the start of this process I thought the funeral was just something that had to be got out of the way. Instead with your thought and care, it has been a very healing process for me and I think significant for other members of the family too. I know it allowed my son to feel his grief.  AC

A and I would also like to say thank you for the beautiful service yesterday, it really was lovely. I feel lucky that we had you as a celebrant because you really seemed to understand Mum, and were able to communicate her many great qualities. Going through the process was difficult at times, as we spoke about on the phone the last few years had not been easy for Mum; she'd struggled a lot with alcohol, and that had an impact on our relationship. Through your words and our conversation, I feel like I have started to reconnect with what made her such a special person and such a great mum growing up. FJ

You got Dad spot-on, you created a container for us that had just the right balance of spirit, formality and humour. I loved that you wore a butterfly brooch and thought to bring the crystal .. the rainbows on the wall made a difference for me. CK

Thank you so much for your thoughtful handling of the service yesterday.  D and I very much enjoyed our Zoom call, remembering Mum - it was very therapeutic!  I thought the candle bowl and words were a lovely, appropriate way to bring ceremony to a non-religious service and friends watching thought that it captured Mum's personality and honoured her life. JH

Thank you for a lovely relaxed but meaningful ceremony to welcome and name our son. It could have been tricky outdoors but I loved the spot you suggested with the hills behind us and the stream beside, and then incorporating that stream into the ceremony. Writing biodegradable messages was a great way to involve all ages. We aren’t church goers or Christians, so a christening would have been irrelevant. This was personal and memorable.

LJ

The ceremony was incredibly special - everyone said how wonderful it was. Lots of our friends and family had never been to a Naming Ceremony and had so many positive things to say. We were so delighted with all of the thought, effort and research that went into making the ceremony so personal for S (and for us!). You really took on board everything we talked about and went above and beyond to offer suggestions, support and advice, while ensuring the ceremony was individual to us. Thank you so very much!

VHM