I met a lovely lady while I was in Bristol who spends three months of the year living with her son and his family in India and the other nine months of the year on her property in Portugal with her husband. She was talking about a friend who had died ten years ago. Recently, on the tenth anniversary of his death many of his friends and family responded to the following questions (using the internet as the place of sharing since everyone was far and wide across the planet)

 What has he missed not being here for the last ten years? And, what would he have loved?  What do we love and remember about him?

She said it was a beautiful insight into her friend and the memory of him. I was touched by the way she spoke of him and connected him to things that were current in her life. Here’s to remembering and speaking of our friends long gone. In my latest book on funerals there are lots more ideas for memorial services. Click here for more info