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Mar 12
1 min

For grandmothers everywhere...

Today I conducted the funeral ceremony of a 96 year-old lady, who had lived through more challenges and hardships, but also experienced...

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Zoom calling (cat filter off), until we can meet again

Pauline Marston

Feb 23
2 min

Zoom calling (cat filter off), until we can meet again

I feel enormously privileged when I talk to bereaved families to plan a loved one’s funeral. At that delicate moment in time when they...

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Pauline Marston

Jan 13
3 min

"I do...." all over again....

So Clarrie and Eddie Grundy are going to renew their vows! How lovely. Well, at least, if you are a fan of The Archers ! And I am sure...

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Pauline Marston

Jul 15, 2020
2 min

Not just a Candle in the Wind

A candle is such a simple object. A block or cylinder of wax with a central wick that is burned to give light, heat or scent. Is there...

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Pauline Marston

May 18, 2020
3 min

When Love is a Four-legged Thing

We surround ourselves with our loved ones when we celebrate rites of passage. The end of a life, the joining together of two lives at a...

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‘Be Kind’ has never held so much meaning

Pauline Marston

Apr 15, 2020
1 min

‘Be Kind’ has never held so much meaning

Easter weekend saw the break the awful but anticipated 10,000 deaths due to Covid-19 in the UK. By the time of writing, this tragic...

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Sending love (and discounts!) to our key workers

Pauline Marston

Apr 8, 2020
1 min

Sending love (and discounts!) to our key workers

This period of lockdown has left many people’s plans in disarray, and none more so than the many couples who were due to marry over the...

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Pauline Marston

Apr 1, 2020
1 min

Magic Moments to Treasure Forever

Yesterday was my wedding anniversary, and it has made me think about those things that I remember most about that lovely day in 2012....

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Strange times indeed, but there's always something positive to draw from it

Pauline Marston

Mar 24, 2020
2 min

Strange times indeed, but there's always something positive to draw from it

So 2020 has not turned out to be the year many of us expected it to be. March 2020 and the start of the Covid-19 lockdown - perhaps not...

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