The differences between a celebration of life, a memorial and a funeral are significant. All have value and give meaning and purpose to life in the face of death.
Celebrations of Life honor you or a family member during life.
In the book Tuesdays with Morrie, Morrie throws his funeral before he dies, saying he wants to hear what everyone has to say about him while he's still alive! It's a bittersweet, yet inspiring act of courage and compassion that we might choose to imitate, creating our own ceremony affirming the value of life while we're still alive.
A Celebration of Life Ceremony is appropriate at any time. Retirement, old age, or when in the face of a chronic or terminal illness and when a person has chosen palliative care or hospice.
If you are the kind of person who is courageously facing the reality and finality of death head on, you might choose to honor friends and family with a Celebration of Life Ceremony. In this you have a context to say "thank you, you matter and I love you" to people who have given your life meaning.
To do this in the presence of others who know bear witness to your love, caring and affection is a powerful, valuable experience and provides a model and example of a new way of living, a new way of growing old, a new way of dying.
Or maybe you are a friend or family member, and you want to gather friends and family to do celebrate the life of a loved one.
How powerful, beautiful and valuable it is to say the words to a person who we treasure and value that would otherwise be reserved for for a eulogy.
Contact me for a complimentary consultation to see if a Celebration of Life Ceremony would be of value to you or someone you love.
Click here to see packages and fees
Celebrations of Life honor you or a family member during life.
In the book Tuesdays with Morrie, Morrie throws his funeral before he dies, saying he wants to hear what everyone has to say about him while he's still alive! It's a bittersweet, yet inspiring act of courage and compassion that we might choose to imitate, creating our own ceremony affirming the value of life while we're still alive.
A Celebration of Life Ceremony is appropriate at any time. Retirement, old age, or when in the face of a chronic or terminal illness and when a person has chosen palliative care or hospice.
If you are the kind of person who is courageously facing the reality and finality of death head on, you might choose to honor friends and family with a Celebration of Life Ceremony. In this you have a context to say "thank you, you matter and I love you" to people who have given your life meaning.
To do this in the presence of others who know bear witness to your love, caring and affection is a powerful, valuable experience and provides a model and example of a new way of living, a new way of growing old, a new way of dying.
Or maybe you are a friend or family member, and you want to gather friends and family to do celebrate the life of a loved one.
How powerful, beautiful and valuable it is to say the words to a person who we treasure and value that would otherwise be reserved for for a eulogy.
Contact me for a complimentary consultation to see if a Celebration of Life Ceremony would be of value to you or someone you love.
Click here to see packages and fees
Laura Zuckoff is a professional Celebrant offering meaningful, personalized weddings, baby welcomings, personal histories, celebrations of life, memorials, and funerals that celebrate values, purpose, love and life in Sandbridge, Virginia Beach, Norfolk and Hampton Roads.
