Sentiment - Video and photo montage production

On Monday I went to a seminar by Dr Bill Webster from Greif Journeys, it was held in the Chiltern Woodland Burial Park and sponsored by Arnolds Funeral Service  and Golden Charter

 I love Chiltern Woodland Burial Park, I love the energy, the feel, the design of the buildings, and the fact it is so welcoming and beautiful so  you can just turn up  for a nice walk in the woodland.

 As I sat listening to Bill explaining that if we start to really understand someone’s loss then we can begin to understand their grief, I watched  2 squirrels chasing each other up and down the trees,  the birds flying round outside and the sunshine through the trees – sound corny? yes maybe I do, but it was  beautiful and what I feel the woodland is about- death, life, nature, peace, comfort

 I feel that the woodland brings a certain element of peace to suffering souls - loved ones will never come back  and that’s by far the one thing we want most ,  but somehow being so close to nature sends a a blanket of comfort and peace… or maybe that’s just me being sentimental! 

 Dr Bill Webster is a captivating speaker, he had a great analogy of loss being like a lined up of dominions – you lose your husband and bit by bit there is domino effect where you lose so many more elements of life, from having a cup of tea in bed every morning to your independence, lifestyles, home and even possessions. When you understand the elements of someones loss and underand that life will never ever be the same for that person again then you understand that  there is no time scale for their grief to subside, and we cannot expect people to start to ‘ just get on with life’ after 6 months…

 After Bills talk there was a horse drawn cart waiting outside with 2 stunning white horses to take  everyone round the woodland – I opted out of this due to the fact I may give birth any second and didn’t think a horse and carriage would be a great idea – and if I’m honest I’d see the spread of cakes that was laid out in the  that the gathering hall and rushed in to taste what was possibly the best Victoria sponge i have had!  - I proceeded to eat like only a heavily pregnant can get away with!