Hello Bruno
I want to thank you for your wonderful delivery of my fathers funeral service on Tuesday ... I am so grateful & I have had so much positive feedback from family & friends who also appreciated your expertise. It helped to make such a difficult day that much easier.
I know both my parents will have appreciated your sensitivity to their life stories & your timing! 
Best wishes
Elaine

We used Mountain Celebrations through the recommendation of the Funeral Director for my father's funeral, and am very pleased we did.

The Civil Celebrant (Richard) was so supportive, understanding and generous with his time. He made sure everything was exactly as we wanted.

We , or my dad, could not have wished for better care.

​Family Name: Cox.

Hi Claire,
Thank you so much for yesterday's service. Many people have said how well it went and much of it was down to you. There were times when I felt the emotion taking over but I can now look back on the day and think we did my daughter proud. The personal tributes went so well and the choir were outstanding.  It was you who held it all together and the applause at the end was a fitting and final tribute.
Again, thank you so much. We have only known each other for a short while but I believe for you it was heartfelt.
Regards,
Ian

Hi Claire

I just wanted to say thank you for the lovely service, we had lots of lovely comments from our family and friends and we’re so glad you suggested the photos, they really added something special.

Kind regards 
Louise

From start to finish Richard was Absolutely Amazing with me and helped me no end with the service. He was on hand for advice he’s extremely kind and caring and did my dad proud on the day.
I’m extremely grateful that Richard was there to help every step of the way he honestly made our day a lot less stressful with his kind words.
​Mace Family Xx

Thank you very much for the service you gave my dad on Tuesday it was very personal and very touching everyone comment on how well you gave the tribute thank you. Regards Rob

What was a very emotional and difficult time for myself and my mum, the service that Richard gave was amazing .
Richard visited us before the service and we chatted and discussed my dad and his life in great detail which enabled him to give such an exceptional eulogy on the day .
I highly recommend mountain celebrations and I thank them for everything.
Lyndon Parry.

Hi Claire

Just to say thank you for sending a copy of the service for my dad, Barrie Rees.

It was a lovely service, thank you so much, you  wrote and delivered it beautifully.  So many people commented afterwards how lovely it was and thought you were brilliant.

It was just as my dad would have wanted.

With many thanks & best wishes

Alison Jones & family

Afternoon Claire,

Just to say THANK YOU for the open, honest and upbeat delivery of the ‘reading’ for My Mum on Monday 14th Oct. Lovely to see a smiling face and hear a calm, strong yet caring voice tell friends and family the stories of My Mum.

What was a very sad day was most definitely lifted by the service and how it was delivered. We’re extremely grateful for that ️

Was nice meeting you and we really appreciate your time and concern in getting it all spot on.

Have a lush weekend.

THANK YOU.

Brett
 xx

Hi Richard

You have made it sound so special he would love it I know that much, was emotional to read bought back so many happy memories, thank you so much for making my brothers final journey so special means so much to me & my family

Kind regards

Tracey x

Hia Richard its Ali A,

I just want to say thank u so much for a beautiful service..I feel so at ease now ..and have had numerous mail of people saying exactly the same, thanks again...I will be holding on to you for family and friends which I know they will contact me when they needed

Ali xx

Hi Richard, 

Just wanted to Thank you again for the lovely service for my dad. You really did portray his personality so well. The service was exactly what we were hoping for Patrick would have definitely approved to. We had lots of lovely comments too from the people who attended. 
Regards
​
Kerry E.

Hi Richard

Just wanted to say again thank you so much for yesterday, the service was amazing & you did amazing with your speech, thank you so much for giving my brother the service he deserved. Ment a lot to me & my family x

​Tracey.

Dear Karin,

I just wanted to thank you for everything.  The service was just how I had envisaged it to be.  Everyone said how lovely it had been, some said it was beautiful.

People asked me how long you had know Paul for.  I think that sums it up really.  You spoke with such warmth and compassion.  You really conveyed the words that expressed and described Paul so beautifully.  You really conveyed the essence of him, which was so much what I wanted for the service. 

So thank you again, for the day and for making such a painful time a bit more bearable.

Best wishes,
Kim

Hi Claire,

Sorry it’s taken so long to write, I wanted to say thanks for such a fantastic service and send off for my dad. Listening to family and friends afterwards it seems everyone thought the service was ‘spot on’ to coin one of my dads phrases.

S Morris

Dear Richard,

I just want to say thank you so very much for all your kindness and for taking care of everything yesterday. You made a sad and painful day so much easier for us all.

Thank you for making it feel so natural for me to place the heather on her coffin. I wouldn’t have been brave enough to do it otherwise. (She always wished her name was Heather and so I had always called her Heather instead). 

We would also like to apologise for not realising we had your surname wrong. It was only after printing the order of service cards that we noticed your name is Terrado-Reardon not Reardon.

It was so lovely to meet you and we will be forever grateful for your kindness at such a difficult time.

With warmest regards

Pauline, Matthew & Rod Brewster  x

Hello again Claire,

I just want to thank you again for the wonderful celebration of the life of my wife you delivered on Wednesday. I am sure she would have approved as have all the family and all the friends and colleagues present. It was a fitting send off for a wonderful woman.

Best wishes for the future
​
Mike W

Hi Claire,

Thank you so much for delivering Mum's service today. I think she would have loved her send off. Everyone has commented how lovely the service was.

All the very best,

Claire

Good morning Karin
 
I returned home yesterday and I slept very well last night – at last! I know I thanked you after the service but my mind was very unfocussed at that point!
 
I wanted to create some space to reflect on the whole service and then write to you.  I thought you would like to know that I lost count of the number of people who took the time to come to me and express what a wonderful ‘service’ it was for Ken.  They thought that it brought out the real Ken beautifully and that it was warm and informal enough to ‘enjoy’.  They commented on the music and the women’s eulogies and how well you conveyed mine.  I would like to echo that and to thank you personally because I know I would never have been able to get through all that I wanted to say without breaking down and making people feel uneasy witnessing my suffering - and I wanted my life with Ken to be represented the way that I would have delivered it if I could have – and you did exactly that - I heard you convey exactly the right tone and pause where I would have and deliver the funny bits appropriately and the emotional bits with dignity and integrity to the actual event.

The delivery of my eulogy is one reason why I wanted a woman to do it, but I also wanted a woman because I knew that there would be a strong male imbalance without a woman taking the lead.  And, as far as I’m concerned the service attained exactly the right balance. I’m so happy to say that I made my choice wisely and that you conveyed warmth, love and compassion in a way that the aura created in the room was – well I don’t have a word to explain it – it was just right, a combination of warmth, reality, love and seriousness.  Ken’s friend Allen in the second row managed to convey, musically, a spine-tingling effect to the hymns (he’s one of the Pendyrus male voice choir) and an old friend at the club told me a couple of times, ‘that’s the ‘best’ service he’s been to!’
 
I was so touched that I’d managed to do that for Ken and I couldn’t have done that without your professionalism and natural way of communicating in a way that is ‘just right’ and of course with Lauren’s gentle, reassuring and professional holding and support throughout.
 
Thank you so much Karin
 
Warm wishes

​Sue

Hi Bruno, just wanted to say thank you on behalf of us all for yesterday. I was dreading it but it was such a lovely service, very funny and just ...uplifting. Lots of people have been in touch to say how lovely it was and that it was their first Humanist funeral. It just captured Dave perfectly and it was so lovely to hear how much he meant to everyone.
Em x

Dear Richard,

I just want to say thank you so very much for all your kindness and for taking care of everything yesterday.  You made a sad and painful day so much easier for us all. 

Thank you for making it feel so natural for me to place the heather on her coffin. I wouldn’t have been brave enough to do it otherwise. (She always wished her name was Heather and so I had always called her Heather instead). 

We would also like to apologise for not realising we had your surname wrong. It was only after printing the order of service cards that we noticed your name is Terrado-Reardon not Reardon. 

It was so lovely to meet you and we will be forever grateful for your kindness at such a difficult time. 

With warmest regards 

Pauline, Matthew & Rod Brewster  x

Hello Mike,
Just a short note to say a very big thankyou to you as I received your very lovely copy of the Celebration for the life of my brother Stephen Robert Robinson who passed away on the 30th May. You put it all together very well indeed, I was most impressed.
I was really moved when reading it through and now I have it as a keep sake, of which I will cherish.

Hi Tony,
I just wanted to thank you so much for yesterday. You turned what was going to be a very difficult time into a very moving dignified service. All the family were pleased. My husband said that it made him think that he would actually prefer a simple ceremony with just family, because it was more intimate and personal. Given all the circumstances that I outlined to you, the service was a huge relief for me.

Hi Bruno
Just a massive thank you for today. You helped make a very sad day for myself and my family into a day that was bearable. What a great tribute to my wonderful dad. 
Thank you again.
Kind Regards. 
Jane

Hi Tony, Thank you so much for today you did a lovely service, had so many comments about how good you were thank you for making my dads service special xx