Finding the perfect bridesmaids dress

Finding the perfect bridesmaids dress

Weddings

For decades, bridesmaids around the world have forcibly agreed to wear hideously tacky dresses in awful colours against their will…all for their bridezillas. I imagine each of these bridesmaids has faced herself in the mirror, taken a big swallow of pride, forced an...
Funerals and beliefs

Funerals and beliefs

Funeral

I believe that funeral ceremonies, for those who want one, must offer greater emotional and, where appropriate, spiritual value. I believer that a funeral ceremony must reflect the person who has died and those that are grieving.

Creating your own new year ritual

Creating your own new year ritual

Ritual & Sacred Living

New Year’s Eve is here!! What are you planning? I used to put a lot of pressure on myself to make December 31 the best night of the year, and to stay up late. That often led to disappointment. I look at it differently now. New Year’s Eve is not just another night, nor...
Reading for a second marriage

Reading for a second marriage

Same Sex ceremonies, Weddings

They wanted their ceremony to demonstrate their belief that  even though they had already lived full lives with their first partners, they still believed in the sacredness of marriage, and that they took their vows very seriously.