Louise Green Independent Celebrant

26/09/2025

Truly grateful for such kind words ❤️

30/07/2025

I cannot say goodbye… you are so vividly alive…❤️

Written for Jan, shared in honour of Ozzy today, and dedicated to all who love someone in spirit.

I will share the full poem soon

D x

14/06/2025

The brain may struggle to remember, but the heart can never forget.

For all those caring for loved ones who are struggling, you are beyond incredible. I have no doubt the love will always always remain xx

02/06/2025

Grief can be overwhelming but you’re not alone
Meet people for a coffee and a chat on the first Tuesday of every month at Llwyncelyn cemetery between 10 and 12.

04/05/2025

19/12/2024

Dealing with grief during the festive period can be particularly upsetting. But there are some healthy ways to process your grief and find a way to remember them ➡️https://www.coop.co.uk/funeralcare/advice/grief-and-loneliness

22/11/2024

I am extremely proud to call myself a Funeral Celebrant and be able to help families create meaningful ceremonies to honour their loved ones ❤️

10/11/2024

We will remember them

30/08/2024

Today, August 30th, is National Grief Awareness Day…

Why do I write so much about grief?
Because, like love, grief is the one thing we will all know in this life.
We will all grieve, we probably are all grieving in some way, right now. We all know grief, we will all cause grief.
To love is to grieve. To live is to lose.
And yet there is still stigma and silence around those ‘stuck’ in their new world of grief.
We usher and rush them along to join back in with the rat-race of life.

But they do not need reminders of their struggling, they already know.

They need to hear others talking about grief, see others sharing their stories and feel safe to grieve wherever they are.

They need more light on the darkest areas of this life, we all do.

To love is to grieve, to live is to lose, so let’s stop whispering and shunning those in pain and start asking the questions and mentioning lost loved ones names without ‘fear’ of the reaction.

They can’t hurt more. That is already happening.

But they can hurt less, and time is not the sole healer we think it to be.

Time creates a capacity to process and accept yes… but it’s the talking that heals, the sharing that strengthens and the ‘using love as the lead’, that lets joy come back on in…

No one has the answers but acceptance helps. Love and understanding helps even more.

Each grief is as unique as the fingerprint of the person. And that’s really truly beautiful, if you stop to think.

This piece is from Growing Brave
Out Tuesday and your pre-orders have given me such peace of mind and lightness of heart. So thank you 💛

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15/08/2024

THE GIFT

In the untimely event of my death,
immediately unwrap everything,
you have kept for new,
I will enjoy it in spirit with you.
Take out all your brightest colours
and clash so hard,
the sun is in awe of your light.
I want you alive and present
and rainbow-bright.
Eat cake.
And slather butter on your bread,
this is the prize for not being dead.
Book a holiday,
somewhere we said we must go
walk to the forest, make it long and slow.
Watch everything grow.
Touch your face, that nose,
you so often berate,
marvel at how you arrived so late,
to see its beauty.
To see it daily now, is duty.
Set your watch, time is not yours
but oh this life, it is
and it’s down to you,
how you choose to live,
this is the gift, my dying,
will give.

Donna Ashworth
Glorious art by Gillian Eilidh O’Mara Artist

From Growing Brave

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24/06/2024

❤️

Two sides of the same coin. Love came first ❤️

14/04/2024

❤️

🧡 HOPE 🧡