Aly and Deena - The Family Celebrants

16/06/2025

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23/04/2025

08/03/2025

If you're thinking of getting married or renewing your vows, get in touch for a chat about your ceremony....

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08/03/2025

If the unthinkable happens and you lose a loved one, you might want a celebrant led funeral.
Get in touch via WhatsApp (07789 403773) or inbox us.
You can also tell your funeral director you would like us to conduct the ceremony, and they will contact us.

05/02/2025

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I’ve had lots of requests for this one recently, my love to all who relate…

A LIFE AROUND

I grew a life around my grief
despite its daunting size
I moved my things to fit it in
and listened when it sighed

I threw my windows open
to bring it nurturing sun
even grief needs daylight
and often craves a little fun

I washed my grief with care
I spoke to it of you
I brought it out to roam the park
the way you’d often do

this grief is quite the lodger
we’ve fallen into step
we mooch around like soulmates
in work, in play, in rest

and when the days feel light
grief lingers by the door
afraid he can’t accompany me
afraid he’ll be a bore

but in my heart I make a space
and bring him for the ride
together we walk side by side
I see no need to hide

I grew a life around my grief
I made a home for two
for now this grief’s a part of me
the me who’s missing you.

Donna Ashworth

A Life Around,
from ‘Growing Brave’

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10/11/2024

https://www.facebook.com/100044445008886/posts/1084804416344382/?app=fbl

— You Don’t Just Lose Someone Once —
You lose them over and over,
sometimes many times a day.
When the loss, momentarily forgotten,
creeps up,
and attacks you from behind.
Fresh waves of grief as the realization hits home,
they are gone.
Again.
You don’t just lose someone once,
you lose them every time you open your eyes to a new dawn,
and as you awaken,
so does your memory,
so does the jolting bolt of lightning that rips into your heart,
they are gone.
Again.
Losing someone is a journey,
not a one-off.
There is no end to the loss,
there is only a learned skill on how to stay afloat,
when it washes over.
Be kind to those who are sailing this stormy sea,
they have a journey ahead of them,
and a daily shock to the system each time they realize, they are gone,
Again.
You don’t just lose someone once,
you lose them every day,
for a lifetime.
✍️: Donna Ashworth

31/10/2024

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THE STARS HAVE CALLED YOU HOME

The stars have called you home, love.
Up high, so far away.
I think they missed your brilliance,
they just couldn’t let you stay.

You’ve shone that light of yours, love.
on all the lives you touched.
We’ve known your joy for years and years,
I guess they thought ‘enough’.

They need your light up there now.
This world grows ever dark.
Your passion will rain down like love,
dripped into every heart.

The stars have called you home, now
we’ll miss you, every day.
And every night we’ll scour the skies,
to watch you, where you lay.

And when dark clouds are gathering,
and air’s too cold to breathe.
The life you lived will warm our bones,
and your star will help us see.

Words by Donna Ashworth
Art by

Out love to all searching the stars, tonight and every night x