Rachel Tucker Independent Funeral Celebrant

20/04/2025

12/08/2022

I’ve just watched the Rev.Richard Coles documentary on grief (available on All4) - well worth a watch.

07/05/2022

It was a privilege to conduct an interment of ashes at this beautiful spot today. Many thanks to new owners Nick and Jan (and their lovely dog) for their help.
Here’s the poem we finished with. It’s by John Hathcock:

I do not think my song will end
While flowers, grass and trees
Abound with birds and butterflies
For I am one with these.

And I believe my voice will sound
Upon the whispering wind
So long as even one remains
Among those I call “friend”.

I shall remain in hearts and minds
Of loved ones that I knew,
And in the rock and hills and streams
Because I love those, too.

So long as love and hope and dreams
Abide in earth and sky,
Weep not for me, though I am gone,
I shall not really die.

27/01/2022

It’s been a busy week and it’s not quite finished yet. For every family I meet and for every person whose life I’m privileged to celebrate, I’m always conscious that there is something beautiful about each person’s story and that is what remains after their sun has gone down.