Tag: grief

• Restoration of an old fountain

  As work commenced on the memorial garden that I’m creating for my partners mother, Susan Dickens who sadly left us on her 67th birthday, January 10th 2022 leaving us with a lasting void. So within the grounds of our cottage was this 25 year old fountain looking very bedraggled and rather washed out. Would of […]

  Paul Sargent

  5th Jun 2022

  Uncategorized

  family, grief, imagination, outdoors

• No Second Chances.

  There are many jobs, many professions, many businesses, where if at the first attempt you don’t get it right, you have the ability to have a second shot to rectify your mistake, in my role as a Funeral Director there are second chances, no opportunity to fix mistakes. The very nature of the service we […]

  Paul Sargent

  25th Oct 2021

  Community, funeral, Life, Personal, Uncategorized

  caring, compassion, consideration, empathy, funeral, grief, listening, Rememberence, respect

• Do Funeral Directors Really Care?

  Well straightaway the answer to that question is a resounding “yes” in every manner of the word, in every language on the globe! Yes Yes Yes we care! So here are my reason’s why I care! (I’ve wrote this about a time before the pandemic) If I asked you to close your eyes and paint […]

  Paul Sargent

  31st Jan 2021

  Uncategorized

  caring, compassion, empathy, funeral, grief