General Chat

Mike - thats absolutely beautiful..... I am so sorry for your loss and sending you a HUGE PINK HUG!! xx

hi mike, next thursday we are going to put my mum in law's [meg] ashes in a plot. but your way sounds so much nicer. sue. x

after me ma Elaine --- anything to earn a buck!! slap the kid!! lol come on --- slap Mike the obnoxious! LOL 2 quid xx

Sue, Hope all goes well xxx I couldnt scatter ma's ashes - as she said you get it wrong lol Was gonna say enjoy -- but actually think thats right -- scatter laugh enjoy xx

hi mike, i will think of the nice times. i did at my mums... and i walked away smiling , which i never thought i could do ! we are going back a couple of days later, to say goodbye on our own- when the plaque is up.... then going for a pint , and we will order meg a half too ! sue. x

Sue, Enjoy - its all memories? Lynda, Having seen easyjet on telly bet they said he was too late to check in?? lol

pmsl mike ! glad you still have that wicked sense of humour ! you think of me, and i will be thinking of you. sue. xxx

My mum loves this idea, but she is going to be with my dad when the time comes. I do know that she has picked out the music she wants and has probably written the service too knowing her! So glad to hear that she found such a wonderful spot Mike, it must be so peaceful there. Maz. XXXX

Lovely place to rest...peaceful and pretty X

Heres the hard guy.. it was lovely. And so Ma -- beautiful and serene ..... lovely plant a tree, watch it grow into a small woodland -- 100 yrs from now a small forest......brill.

xxx sue.

maz, You can have what you want musically -- before Ma got thrown in we listened to a scots bagpiper -- he was soo out of tune lol what I have to stress it was alll so relaxed -- no formality-- actually it was fun! if thats the right word? it wasnt like burying them it was like giving life?? hard to explain but better than a cemetery.

Mike sorry that your mum has passed on, but pleased that you have found some comfort from her final wishes. A woodland burial is a wonderful way to be remembered. My parents have paid for and organized their woodland funerals. They did this after attending one themselves, several years ago. Prior to this they had always wanted to be cremated as a cemetry did not appeal to either of them. Jill xx

Jill, Mum always spoke of burial under a tree-- we had no idea she meant a woodland burial! I have to say, even I would like to go that way. I cant express how serene and calm it was-- not formal like a cemetery? As I said before it was the most peaceful and calm and joyous thing... it was lovely. Not burying the dead but giving life forevermore..sounds daft i know...

I have to say I love the thought of something being created from someone dying. It's completion in the circle of life. becx

Exactly Bec, Only realised now but its die and give life to a wood/forest better than being in a cemetery? xx

Mike - it's certainly given me food for thought. Always said I wanted to be cremated but I love the thought of encouraging new life when I'm gone (not that they'll be much of me to encourage, everything of any use is on the donor register!) Hope the whole process has helped you and that you can gain some comfort from knowing that your mum is still very much alive in many ways! becx

Hi Mike, It is not daft at all :-)) I agree with you. It is a lovely way to think. Sleep well Jill xx

Thanks Jill and Bec, Think I'll go that way too -- better push up a tree than daisies? xxx

Mike I missed this last night because Iw as in bed! It sounds a beautiful peaceful way to be laid to rest, and a lovely place to visit for you. i have ehard of it before somehwere enar the New forest but didn't realise there were sites all over. Ann Glos