Naomi Gruzelier Independent Celebrant

01/01/2025

Moving into a New Year can be challenging for those that have lost a loved one.

Today I send you love.

Say their name today, as when you do their spirit and essence will be felt, reminding you that they are always with you.

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31/12/2024

A stunning sunrise today, 31st December, to remind us that there is beauty in endings.

At midnight we cross into a New Year, just like a soul crosses the veil, but their spirit carries on.

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30/12/2024

I felt it was important that the last scripts of the year were burnt before 2025, thus returning the story of their lives to mother nature, in the year they passed.

Humbled every day by the incredible stories I hear.

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23/12/2024

I have sadly helped a family say farewell to their loved ones, 2 Christmas's in a row.

As a thank you, they gave me these beautiful flowers this morning.

Truly grateful that I am able to help people in this way.

A husband and wife, now resting peacefully together.

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21/12/2024

As 2024 ebbs towards it close, I just wanted to thank everyone for their support this year.

It has been a year of up and downs, and some unexpected challenges.

I am also glad to say, it has been another year of helping families as they navigate a way through the first days of grief. A vocation I was truly made for.

Thank you to all those Funeral Directors and families, that have put their trust in me this year.

Christmas can be hard for some, so if you can, just take a pause for thought for them. It doesn't have to be anything extravagant, just a minute whilst you are walking the dog, or a moment as you lay in bed.

If we all send healing energy to those that need it, maybe just maybe, they will feel it, and it will make their Christmas a little easier.

Take care everyone, I wish you all peace and comfort, and I hope you find moments of love and warmth.

05/12/2024

Christmas time can be so hard, almost like a double edged sword.

You are sad and grieving as you miss your loved ones, but you feel, and want to be happy for others around you.

Make sure you take some time out for you if you are feeling like this.

It is ok to be sad, to be missing your loved ones that are no longer with us.

Be gentle and kind to yourself, and let your grief be what it needs to be.

14/11/2024

Some of you will know I have been working on a very special book, Dora Mary the Mousehole Fairy.

I now have a physical copy of it, and it really is beautiful.

In order for me to judge how many to print in my next print run, I am doing a Kickstarter.

You can choose to pledge without reward, or pledge with reward, which is a signed or unsigned copy of the book.

No money is taken until I reach my target.

If you would like a copy, please make your pledge!

Thank-you!

Welcome to the magical world of Dora Mary. Join her as she goes on adventures with the myths and legends of Cornwall.

09/11/2024

09/11/2024

We remember them 🙏

07/11/2024

It can often be difficult to find the right words when someone is grieving.

Often we say to people 'you know where to find me if you need me' or 'I'm always on the end of the phone'

Saying this puts the onus on the person who is grieving to contact you.

They may feel they don't want to burden you with their grief, or don't know how to start the conversation.

If someone is grieving, pick up the phone or pop in to see them.

Even if you sit in silence, you being there is all the support they need.

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31/10/2024

Such a lovely blessing.

15/10/2024

Tonight is the global wave of light, remembering all those babies born sleeping and taken from is too soon.

For me having lost twins myself, I was able to give the greatest gift to another set of twin parents, when I officated at the service for their little girls.

A very wise Celebrant once told me, you get the services you are meant to get, and this family had been to several funeral directors, before settling on the only one I work for in that area. It was meant to be!

Have your candles at the ready for 7pm and let's light up the world!

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06/10/2024

October is baby loss awareness month, with a wave of light on October 15th at 7pm.

Baby loss has been in many conversations I have had lately and having lost my own twins, it is something I understand.

One common thing I hear time after time, is the friendships that are lost, as friends don't know what to do or say, and stay away.

To those friends, the only way I can explain it, is like dropping a plate on a hard floor. It shatters and pieces shoot in all different directions, seemingly reaching every corner of the room. Losing a child affects every corner of your life and makes you question your own existence.

Even though you think you have picked up all the pieces of the broken plate, you are still finding bits for years to come.

Every parents tries to put themselves back together, but actually the person they were before can't be put back together, as there are always pieces missing, and so a new person emerges.

It's a bit like the Japanese art of repairing pottery with gold, that a new piece of pottery is made, that's even more beautiful than the unbroken one.

Baby loss parents have a strength and courage like no other, as they work their way through an all consuming grief.

If you don't know what to say, just a message with an angel emoji, let's them know you are thinking of them. It keeps the lines of communication open.

There will be lots of tears and just sitting and crying with them, helps them as well. Tears are the words you cannot speak.

Their child or children will live in their hearts forever, they will be their driving force in life. Not a day will go by, for the rest of their lives, when they don't think of them, or wonder what they would be doing.

Have your candle ready for 15th. Posting a picture on social media at 7pm sends a message out not to just your friend, but the world, those babies are very much loved children and very much missed.

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06/09/2024

At the end of each week I burn all my scripts of services I've done that week, and not just for GDPR reasons. Read on to find out more.

In spirituality it is believed that writing thoughts and feelings down on paper is cathartic, and it is.

The process of burning helps you release those thoughts and feelings, physically and symbolically, therefore not holding onto anything negative that holds you back in life.

As I burn the scripts, to me this is the final act of symbolically letting the person, go from this world.

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04/09/2024

It's that time of year, where I catch the most beautiful sunrises.

As my son goes back to school after his final summer holiday (will hopefully be working by the next one). On my mornings walk I send love out to all those parents whose children we have lost this year and don't get to start school.

01/09/2024

Hello September and welcome to the first day of the meteorological autumn.

Autumn can become a beautiful metaphor for many stages in life.

Seasons changing reminds us that there are many chapters in our lives, and when one door closes, another one opens.

Autumn can symbolize the inevitable passage of time and the impermanence of things.

The aging of a tree representing the cycle of growth, maturity, and decline.

The Harvest in autumn, a metaphor for reaping the rewards of your labour and the cyclical nature of productivity.

There are so many things that Autumn can mean, but I think the biggest one, is that there is beauty in everything. So make sure you take a moment this autumn, to admire the beauty of nature, take a walk in the countryside and give gratitude for all the positives in your own lives.