Bereavement Is Bigger Than Grief
Most of us use the words grief and bereavement as though they mean the same thing – I certainly did. It wasn’t until I lost one of my closest friends, and later completed Death Walker training with Zenith Virago, that I realised they describe very different parts of the same journey. Understanding that difference changed […]
What It Means to Love Someone in Death Care
Loving someone in death care is not something people talk about very often. When they think about funeral work, they tend to think about the person doing it – the funeral director, the celebrant, the person standing in the room guiding families through the hardest days of their lives. What they don’t often think about […]
The Weight and Privilege of Bearing Witness
Some months in this work pass quietly. Others change you. A reflection on five services, six lives, and what grief – in all its forms – continues to teach me.
Grief Is Love and Pain, Walking Side by Side
Most of us expect grief to feel like one thing. But grief is love and pain walking side by side – and sometimes, in the right moment, that becomes something quietly extraordinary.