Golden Leaves Funeral Plans

29/08/2023

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06/08/2023

WHEN YOU SAY GOODBYE TO A PARENT
You are suddenly living in a whole new world.

You are no longer ‘the child’ and regardless of how long you have officially been ‘grown up’ for, you realise you actually never were until this moment. The shock of this adjustment will shake your very core.

When you have finally said goodbye to both your parents, assuming you were lucky enough to have had two. You are an orphan on this earth and that never, ever gets easier to take no matter how old and grey you are yourself and no matter how many children of your own you have.

You see, a part of your body is physically connected to the people that made it and also a part of your soul. When they no longer live, it is as if you are missing something practical that you need – like a finger or an arm. Because really, you are. You are missing your parent and that is something far more necessary than any limb.

And yet the connection is so strong it carries on somehow, no-one knows how exactly. But they are there. In some way, shape or form they are still guiding you if you listen closely enough. You can hear the words they would choose to say to you.

You can feel the warmth of their approval, their smile when a goal is achieved, their all-consuming love filling the air around you when a baby is born they haven’t met.

If you watch your children very closely you will see that they too have a connection with your parents long after they are gone. They will say things that resonate with you because it brings so many memories of the parent you are missing. They will carry on traits, thoughts and sometimes they will even see them in their dreams.

This is not something we can explain.

Love is a very mystical and wondrous entity.

It is far better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all and grief, grief is the price of that love. The deeper the love the stronger the grief.

When you say goodbye to a parent, do not forget to connect with that little girl who still lives inside you somewhere.

Take very good care of her, for she, she will be alone and scared.

When you say goodbye to your parents, you lose an identity, a place in the world. When the people who put you on this earth are no longer here, it changes everything.

Look after yourself the way they looked after you and listen out for them when you need it the most.

They never really leave.

Donna Ashworth
From my poetry collection
To The Women: words to live by
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22/07/2023

The death of a loved one can be one of the most difficult things we can go through in our lifetime. When we lose someone this might leave us with things which we would have liked to have expressed, and we no longer have the opportunity to tell that person that we have lost. Some people find it helpful to write their loved one a letter, which can help in expressing these feelings and emotions that dont have anywhere to go.

If you would like more information around letter writing then https://whatsyourgrief.com/healing-through-writing/ have further information. If you would like to speak to us about your own loss please contact atercare@rowlandbrothers.com

06/05/2023

Our Sincere congratulations to His Majesty King Charles III and the Queen Consort on their ascent to the Throne of the United Kingdom
Long Live the King

05/05/2023

04/05/2023

Our founder Tony Rowland receiving an MBE from His Majesty King Charles III

02/05/2023

Ant-man star, Paul Rudd has recently spoken about his grief after the loss of his father to cancer in 2008, and how if he could have a conversation with him today he would ask him what there is after and what it was like when he died. If you would like to talk to us about your own loss then please contact aftercare@rowlandbrothers.com

28/04/2023

27/04/2023

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27/04/2023

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28/03/2023

Our latest TV advert has been released - let us know you thoughts pls

We have now launched our new funeral plan TV campaign, with a 30-second advert running across 80 channels in the UK for two months!