Carol Roach Celebrant

05/07/2024

02/07/2024

— "No one leaves here alive. So please stop treating yourself as an afterthought. Eat delicious food. Walk in the sun. Jump into the sea. Speak the truth that you carry in your heart like a hidden treasure. Be silly. Be good. Be weird. There is no time for anything else. - Anthony Hopkins

29/06/2024

What a privilege it was today to be asked to be the celebrant at John and Laura’s wedding today at Combermere Abbey. What an exciting life they lead with lots of adventures.. I wish you all the luck and love that you deserve.

12/11/2023

A lovely poem from Donna Ashworth

07/11/2023

WHEN PARENTS GET OLD ...
Let them grow old with the same love that they let you grow ...
Let them speak and tell repeated stories with the same patience and interest that they heard yours as a child ...
Let them overcome, like so many times when they let you win ...
Let them enjoy their friends just as they let you …
Let them enjoy the talks with their grandchildren, because they see you in them ...
Let them enjoy living among the objects that have accompanied them for a long time, because they suffer when they feel that you tear pieces of this life away ...
Let them be wrong, like so many times you have been wrong and they didn’t embarrass you by correcting you ...
LET THEM LIVE and try to make them happy the last stretch of the path they have left to go; give them your hand, just like they gave you their hand when you started your path!
Author Unknown

20/08/2023

Monday comes too soon…

Don’t forget to squeeze several moments of joy into this weekend.
Throw in some little pockets of peace and then be sure to sprinkle some good old belly-laughter to get the life-giving mix going.
Let go of the safety bars for a moment or two, and throw those hands up in the air.
This is life. This is it.
Give yourself over, to whatever brings you that light, this world so desperately needs.

Monday comes too soon.

19/08/2023

A privilege to be the celebrant at Jack and Laura’s wedding - perfect setting and the sun shone on them throughout - ❤️

02/04/2023

What a privilege it was to deliver a service for such a well loved lady ❤️

“Just like to say on behalf of all of my family thanks so much for the lovely reading today & the service was beautiful my Nan really deserved such a beautiful service.
It was a very emotional tribute to watch all of our conversations & pictures come to life.”

01/04/2023

A sensitive subject - The practical consequence of our wilful blindness about death is that when someone we love dies, the immediate aftermath is bewildering. In just a few days we have to make some very expensive decisions at a time when we are uniquely vulnerable; ironically decisions very similar to those for a wedding, which as we know usually takes about nine months to plan.

A funeral is the ultimate distress purchase.

Choose a funeral director, pick a coffin, decide on the kind of ceremony and the venue. Choose a date and a time, find a reception venue, choose the flowers and a caterer. And then there’s the bureaucracy: register the death, speak to the solicitors, find the will and sort out the estate. Cut off the phone, prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, clear the house, cancel the papers, contact the utility companies and – these days – the social media ones too.

In the sleepless, numbing frenzy of organising the funeral, the most important response to the death of your loved one – the creation of a meaningful tribute to their life – can get overlooked.

That’s where people like me come in.

I find it a huge privilege to deliver colourful, uplifting and positive funeral services with a smile. I will ensure your loved one is celebrated and memorialised in the best possible way.

http://Www.carolroachcelebrant.co.Uk

24/03/2023

Have a good day x