MEMORIALS
God grants us memories so we may
have roses in the winter.
~
James J. Barrie ~
Are
you planning a funeral or a
memorial service for a loved one
or pet?
Planning a Funeral Service or
Memorial Service can be
daunting. So many decisions ~
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What would be the best
readings, poems, spiritual
wisdom?
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How do I write a eulogy?
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Is there anyone who can help
me with this?
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If I write it, can someone
else read it for me and will
it be read in the way I
truly mean it?
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What unique ideas can be
used to make the service for
my loved one tell the story
that I want to be told? In
other words, how could I
plan a Celebration of Life
of my loved one that is as
memorable and as special as
the person it represents?
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How can we honor the past,
present, and future?
Domenic Tamborriello has
conducted memorial services for
over fifteen years. Having had
a Catholic father, a Jewish
mother, having been baptized as
a Methodist, and having an
affinity for Buddhism, he has
the kind of background that
allows him to honor mainstream
and non-traditional spiritual
traditions as well as
non-spiritual sentiments.
Pets
are often important family
members and they find a special
place inside the hearts of those
around them. Domenic
understands the importance of
pets as creatures who can
sometimes love us better, more
unconditionally, than any
human. This connection deserves
to be appreciated and respected
for what it is to the humans who
love and were loved by the
friend they lost. Together, we
can plan a service that will
honor the love and joy that a
beloved pet has brought to its
human family even if that family
was only one person.
As a
poet and a spiritual seeker, he
can draw upon a wide range of
spiritual literature that allows
each service to speak to the
hearts of those in attendance
because he can easily connect
with the hearts of the person
who has passed and those that
are left behind.
Memorial services are planned
with the notion that someone
actually lived. Someone
actually made a splash in this
world. That splash deserves to
be honored and celebrated with
courage, love, and honest
appreciation. And let’s not
forget to include a sense of
humor!
Grief
Counseling:
No stranger to
grief and loss as a result of
his own journey, Domenic
understands that each person’s
response to the loss of a loved
one is as unique as their
fingerprint. These responses
are sometimes a flood of
feelings and sometimes very
confusing. Sometimes people can
be frozen and unable to grieve,
sometimes they are unable to
move beyond a draining kind of
sorrow. Talking with Domenic
can help you understand the
twists and turns, peaks and
valleys of the grieving
process. Sometimes it is
reasonable to charge for these
counseling services. Sometimes
it is not.
