Treasured Words

A few gentle reflections and shared memories from the beautiful ceremonies I've had the honour to lead

How do you summarise 78 years of life in just 30 minutes? Drew somehow managed it beautifully.From just an hour spent listening to us and asking all the right questions. Drew got the complete measure of the man my dad was. The funeral service was truly beautiful, and the eulogy was absolutely spot on - accurate, thoughtful, and deeply personal. The balance Drew struck between laughter and tears was perfect, and it felt like he genuinely knew my dad. So many people came up to us afterwards to say what a brilliant celebrant he was and how moving and accurate the eulogy had been. We couldn't have asked for anything more. Drew helped us honour my dad in the most meaningful way, and we're incredibly grateful.

We had the pleasure of having Drew as our Celebrant for a wedding we had long awaited - with all our nearest and dearest present. Drew embraced the novelty wedding we had wanted - in our garden festival. We had a wonderful time in the planning stage as Drew evoked some of our most tender memories in our time together and we fell in love all over again with Drew's sensitive direction! Thank you Drew, you are wonderful!

We were so very lucky to have you as the Celebrant for Bren's funeral. You managed, with the few sketchy details we gave you, to bring Bren to life one last time, and we were grateful for that. Thank you so much - just keep doing what you do so perfectly.

At such a difficult time for myself and my family, Drew's compassion, caring, yet professional organisation of my Dad's funeral was invaluable. Drew's respectful approachability enabled us to say goodbye to dad in the way we wanted to. He expertly liaised with the funeral director and chapel staff on our behalf. Drew's delivery at the service was perfect and completely in line with our own eulogies.

Treasured Words

I just wanted to say one final, huge thanks for the wonderful send off you gave my darling dad. I truly couldn't have asked for more. Thank you for your beautiful card and a copy of the service. I will treasure them always. Once more - thank you.