We help families tell the unique story of their loved one's life with an incredibly personal & authentic Life Celebration
08/05/2025
Not just a goodbye - a celebration.
We gathered to honor a man who guided planes through crowded skies but anchored those he loved to the ground.
He was an air traffic controller with a love for fantasy, sci-fi, and late night gaming. He was a son whose parents worked for the FBI. He was a beloved father who devoted his life to making sure his kids were always okay.
He didn't just love his family - he lived for them.
This wasn't just a meal, nor was it just a celebration of life. It was a pause in time, a room full of stories, laughter, and a few tears - because that's what happens when someone really special leaves the galaxy.
🛩 🌌 📚
Fly high friend. Your legacy lives on.
07/29/2025
Mr. Halbert was a popular high school teacher, baseball coach, and a bit of a local celebrity.
He was beloved for his silly shenanigans + incredibly kind heart.
His well-known words of encouragement included, "Have so much fun until there's no more fun to be had!" and simply, ''I'm proud of you.".
For his Celebration of Life, he picked his own music. Among his requests was'Fantastic Voyage' by Lakeside.
He positively impacted the lives of hundreds of kids over his career. What an honor it was to tell his story.
You are loved & missed Mr. H
07/08/2025
On this dreary February morning, we honored and celebrated the life of a young soilder.
He was ambitious, adventurous, and full of shenanigans.
Looking out from my podium, dozens & dozens of service members in uniform filled the seats. It was incredibly powerful.
The beautiful backdrop of added to the pofound reflection of the day.
We thank you for your service, Chief Petty Officer M.
06/29/2025
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Thank YOU for allowing me to be part of such a special day.
06/27/2025
They had therapy bunnies at Sunday's Celebration of Life!!! 🥰♥️🐇
The woman who passed spent her life devoted to animal rescue, so it makes sense that her friend brought bunnies for snuggles and pics!
I love, love, love a unique & personalized Celebration of Life
12/03/2024
Love this wonderful advice for helping someone who is grieving during the holidays.
I often refer to Grief as a guest that stops by.
It's helpful to have direction on ways we can support those griving by honoring grief.
Holiday host etiquette: If you’re inviting someone to your home and they’re grieving, be sure you’re inviting their grief to attend, too. It will be there, anyway.
Don’t invite someone with the goal of cheering them up for the holidays. Don’t expect them to put on a happy face in your home. Don’t demand they fake it til they make it or do something they don’t want to do, either.
Invite them with the loving intention of offering cheer and companionship and unconditional care during the holidays. To do this, you will need to honor and be responsive to their needs and emotions.
You can do this by privately acknowledging their grief when you make the invitation:
“I know this season is extra hard and your heart is hurting. You and your grief are welcome in our home. Come as you are, we’d be honored to have you with us.”
It’s also incredibly loving to honor the reality that it’s often hard for grieving folks to know what they will want, need, be up for, or able to tolerate at the holidays.
Giving them an invite without the need for commitment and permission to change their mind is extra loving:
“You don’t have to decide right now. If it feels good to be with us, we will have plenty of food and love for you-just show up! I’ll check in again the day before to see if you’re feeling up to coming over and if there’s anything you’d like me to know about how we can support you.”
Your grieving friends and fam need attentive care and responsiveness at the holidays, not plans to keep them busy, distracted, and happy.
If they’re laughing, laugh with them.
If they’re weeping, ask if they’d like your company or your help finding a quiet place to snuggle up alone for awhile.
If they’re laughing while weeping, and this is more common than you’d think, stay with them - this is a precious moment of the human experience that is truly sacred.
We don’t need to protect ourselves or each other from grief at the holidays. In fact, the more we embrace grief as an honored holiday guest, the more healthy, happy, and whole our holidays will be. 🙏
In solidarity,
Sarah Nannen
11/30/2024
We're at the start of a rough time of year for so many.
Transition is damn hard. Even sometimes painful. But we are never alone.
Nature, our wisest teacher, reminds us there is still much beauty to be found in the circle of life that is forever renewing.
10/28/2024
HUGE thank you to for hosting me for my very 1st Death Care Education presentation.
I appreciated your warm welcome, the delish lunch, & the inquisitive engagement. Thank you!
Topic: "The Death Care Evolution: Today's Choices in Pre & Post Death Care"
Discussion: This death care education will include a brief overview of some of today’s choices in both pre- and post- death care; including working with an End-of-Life Doula (Death Doula), green burial, eco-friendlier options for cremated remains, human composting, and working with a Funeral Celebrant to plan and officiate a funeral, memorial, or celebration of life.
Would you like to learn more about today's options? Send me a DM, let's chat.
10/23/2024
My heart was so happy to receive this surprise email in my inbox. 💗
I sometimes give away seed packets w dissolving paper & encourage folks to create their own ritual in remembrance of a loved one who has passed over.
You write a letter or journal on the paper, then put it in water to dissolve.
Then, you water your seeds w that water.
All your feeling inside gets released and your seeds can bloom w ❤️ & intention.
You can add smudge or incense & a candle to bring in 🔥 & 💨, incorporating all 4 elements.
A simple yet powerful ritual to spend time in remembrance.
10/20/2024
I got to do my 1st green burial this morning! Wooohooo!
NO formaldehyde
NO methanol
NO sodium borite..
NO embalming chemicals ☠️
NO overpriced casket that will not biodegrade💰
NO concrete grave liner buried in the Earth🗑
🌍❤️🍃
*pic for reference
10/17/2024
Please come see me Saturday at this amazing annual event! Funds raised go towards the restoration of El Dorado County Cemeteries.
10-4 , Placerville Union Cemetery
I'll have a booth set up with goodies to share. Hope to see you there!
10/17/2024
I love how the moss glows on these magical ol' oaks & stone after the 1st good rain.
It feels fresh and new, full of life again after a long dry spell.
Everything is happy to start coming back into itself . Energy is buzzing.
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I’ve always loved to read; the opportunity to see the world from another perspective. Even fictional portrayals are often rooted in reality. In books I’ve found an immense appreciation for characters, both those built by the minds of beautiful authors and the lives of real people who’ve lived incredible lives. Every person tells a story with their life and, when they pass, leaves behind a legacy: family, beliefs, hopes, disappointments; a history.
I believe that, underneath everything, we are all essentially the same. I love stories about the millions of winding roads each person takes on their individual journey, and how, none-the-less, we have so much in common. We all love, grow, make choices, do what we can, and in the end... We all pass away.
I created A Life Well-Lived Memorial Services to honor the most painful part of living: death. I honor it because it binds us - it is one of the few things every one of us will do. I celebrate it because, in our limited time here we impact so many lives around us in unique and loving ways.
And when we can celebrate the impact that our loved one has made during their time here on earth, it gives us the opportunity to hold on to everything we’ve loved most about them. We can celebrate the fact that their life was truly well-lived.
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“For life and death are one, even as the river and sea are one.”
— Khalil Gibran
