Christine Eddes Life Celebrations

06/07/2023

Hi everyone…

Another Christine post… lol… long one 🤣🤣🤣

I know I haven’t posted for a while… but wanted to write about an incredible service I did yesterday. Now mind you, I feel incredibly humbled and honoured at every service
I conduct, but yesterday’s hit me a bit more.

An amazing woman who adored her hubby and family, but adored life and everything it threw at her.

And it sure did throw many challenges over the years.

But she never complained, never let on how sick she was, but continued to live, laugh and make a true contribution to others lives.

She embodied everything I would like to be and I believe I was, but lately I’ve noticed the last year or two, that spark and bubble isn’t there as much.

I’m thinking Covid has a lot to answer for that.. we got caught up in the fear, instability, anger and change and personally I haven’t turned that off as I need to.

We are all still caught up in the anger of this world, tired of being told how to think, feel and act.

I’m going back to the ‘old’ days where we shared gratitude and embodied gratitude,
were Respectful, we had respect, we embraced each other and truly appreciated and loved our life 🤗

I want that back!

So thank you for yesterdays service as it has really made me pull my socks up, straighten my back and be me again. Watch out everyone… silliness, enthusiasm and love for my life to follow🤣🤣🤣🤣

Love you all
Christine

12/04/2023

This is the company I work with. They are great🤗🤗🤗. They have awesome celebrants too🤗🤗🤗

This April we proudly celebrate 30 years operating as a funeral company in Melbourne, owned by the same local family business.

In 1993, the year that we began, so too did the World Wide Web, changing our lives and the way we work forever….in both good and not so good ways.

Melbourne’s population has also changed significantly since 1993, with over a million and a half more people living in the city.

During all of this change, we are pleased to have adapted while continuing to provide a supportive and reliable service to people….provided by people.

We continue to ensure that we provide affordable, quality funeral services throughout all of Melbourne and Geelong, including new suburbs on the outskirts.

Over the past 30 years, we have had incredible staff and have been fortunate to have worked with so many inspiring families. We welcome the years ahead.

To coincide with the 30 year milestone of our company.. and the internet… we have launched a brand new website. We hope that people will find it helpful.

www.australianpensionerfunerals.au

19/01/2023

On Wednesday I had the absolute priveledge of conducting a service for a beautiful lady Helen. I have known Helen for many years and, as I do with all services, I really wanted to do her justice and provide the type of service fitting for her and her family.

Helen was feisty, funny, strong, stubborn and really likeable. There was a certain warmth about her that was hard to see beneath the veneer of her humour and presence (of the above mentioned…lol). But when you could see it, she was very sincere and cared about so many.

She was certainly a unique woman who led a relatively simple life but her family will miss her wit, presence and wisdom. I think of you all at this time.
RIP Helen ###

13/01/2023

On those days, from ‘LOSS’

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07/01/2023

Growing up in country Victoria and NSW, Neville certainly packed a lot in his life. He worked on farms and then on equipment that was used in the Snowy Mountains. His career saw him shift around the states and he eventually settled in the Western Suburbs of Melbourne with his lovely wife and family.

He met the love of his life at a bonfire in their hometown and asked her out on a date to a ball. This was the beginning of their love for the next 70 years plus.

Together this lovely couple had a fully and varied life, where they brought up their family and involved themselves in their lives. Neville loved to play bowls and became president of his club for many years.

They both enjoyed travelling. Once, to Scotland and the UK for 6 weeks and then also around Australia a couple of times, in their combi van.

They enjoyed dancing together and their love for each other shone through. He was also very involved in the community in which he lived.

Farewell and I know your darl is being well looked after by your kids.

28/12/2022

I wish you all peace 🤗

Why do we start a new year, with promises to improve?
Who began this tradition of never-ending pressure?
I say, the end of a year, should be filled with congratulation, for all we survived.
And I say a new year should start with promises to be kinder to ourselves, to understand better just how much we bear, as humans on this exhausting treadmill of life.

And if we are to promise more, let’s pledge to rest, before our bodies force us.
Let’s pledge to stop, and drink in life as it happens.
Let’s pledge to strip away a layer of perfection to reveal the flawed and wondrous humanity we truly are inside.

Why start another year, gifted to us on this earth, with demands on our already over-strained humanity.
When we could be learning to accept, that we were always supposed to be imperfect.
And that is where the beauty lives, actually.
And if we can only find that beauty, we would also find peace.

I wish you peace in 2023.
Everything else is all just a part of it.
Let it be so.

Donna Ashworth

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ART BY Demelsa Haughton Illustration

#2023

30/11/2022

A little page from my poetry book ‘Loss’ for new followers and anyone who needs it today.

LOSS: https://amzn.eu/d/fwIp4VX

28/11/2022

Yesterday I conducted another beautiful service with the input of two lovely ladies. Some beautiful songs, reflection, petal ceremony and memorabilia of all the love and life of their lovely Mum.

A Werribee lady who lived here since coming out to Australia in the 1950’s. I feel we may have crossed paths many times due to her working life and social life.

The love in the chapel was evident for this lovely lady who passed away.

Irene had a Scottish heritage and loved to pass on her knowledge and love for her homeland. The stories were meaningful, funny and full of love.

RIP Irene 💕💗💖💞

16/11/2022

So today I had the absolute privilege of sharing the life of an amazing woman. The chapel was full and standing room only available. The love in the chapel was amazing.

This woman had undergone many hardships early in life, but had married a wonderful hardworking man and together they have built an amazing family and most of them were in attendance today including her wonderful husband.

Grandchildren gave moving tributes and it was obvious how devoted their Nan was to them, but also their biggest fans.

The thing that struck me most was how much fun this woman was…even up until recently, would get on one of the kids bikes and ride it, do handstands, swing on the monkey bars and generally be the life of the party. We even played “The Pushbike Song” by The Mixtures🤗🤗🤗

Rose petals were placed on the coffin and this was one of the prettiest sites I have seen. The flowers and colours were a living tribute and reminder to this

And to top it off, she passed away in the arms of the man she loved for 62 years…

RIP Carmel.

16/11/2022

Hi there everyone…welcome to this page. I want to express on this page, my absolute love and joy I am experiencing with conducting services for Funerals, End of Life, Living Wakes, pet services etc. I want to present the stories of the amazing people I conduct services for. Their stories are amazing, truthful, interesting and you seriously cannot mKe this stuff up.

Thank you to the families who have given me the honour of conducting services for their loved ones. I will not be using names unless given permission to do so.

I hope you will enjoy reading these stories as much as I have been learning about these amazing people.

My work is such a privilege and who would have thought I would finally work out what I want to do for the rest of,y life at this age🤣🤣🤣