Thank you for the exceptional job you did in supporting my son to farewell his beloved Sam.

All of us were delighted with not only the service you led, but also the way you made yourself available prior to the service, your guidance to those who were to do eulogies, and most important of all, the manner in which you listened and gleaned the essence of Sam's life story, making us feel you were God sent.

Listening is a crucial skill so important in the grief process and you have it in spades. Being a young looking person, one could mistakenly think you might lack maturity for such an important role, but our experience is totally the opposite. Calmness, maturity, empathy and professionalism relevant to the circumstances were what you provided.

To hear my son, so distraught with a broken heart, able to say that the celebration of Sam's life led by you was perfect and Sam would have loved it, made a very sad day one to remember positively forever.

You were an absolute pleasure to work with.

The Celebrant was a welcome change to the (too) many Funerals I have attended. She did not rely on the tired clichés that seem to have become mandatory. Her readings were thoughtful and engaging.

There were one or two family issues, no doubt related to the stress of the occasion, that were handled with grace. I am sure that her management ensured these moments were missed by many.

This young woman demonstrated the very best in her Profession.

I just wanted to pass on my / our greatest thanks for your celebration of Mum on Friday.

We have had nothing but overwhelmingly fantastic comments about how you conducted the service and how great it was.

We also felt so warmed and positive about how lovely the service was… a true reflection of class, heartfelt memories and style that [redacted] would have definitely been proud of.

Thank you again for making our sad time the best experience it could possibly be.

Passing your details on if anyone else needs your help.

Thank you so much for last Wednesday and all the work preceding the funeral.

It was lovely to meet you.

We had lots of comments about your beautiful manner.

You were just perfect.

I'm impressed beyond measure by how you put together Granddad’s service and how well you listened to our family and did justice to an amazing man.

Thank you so very much.

On behalf of our family, I’d like to sincerely thank you for the time, effort, and care that was given to us at a the time of both arranging and officiating my husband’s service.

Your ability to understand our sentiments and convey them to extended family and friends on the day was exceptional.

Thank you for your support and guidance during this sad time; and enabling us to celebrate a life in the way he would have wanted.

Grace, it was a wonderful job you did this morning.

The poetry and your words were put together beautifully.

Thank you very, very much.

Just wanted to say thank you for the service for dad on the 17th of February at [redacted].

We thought you did a super job and there were many compliments from Mum and Dad’s friends. You did manage to capture his attributes well and that cannot always be easy to do!

So once again thank you for making a difficult day less so.