Easter: A Time of Reflection, Remembrance, and Renewal
Easter is often associated with signs of new life, longer days, spring flowers beginning to bloom, and a sense that the year is gently turning a corner. For many people, it is a time of hope and renewal. Yet we also recognise that Easter can be a complex and emotional season, particularly for those who […]
For many, Mother’s Day is filled with flowers and celebration, but for others, it is a day touched by grief, reflection, and longing.
For Mother’s Day The flowers bloom as if you’re here, their colors bright, their fragrance clear. Though I can’t hold your hand today, your love still lights my every way. You live in all the things I do— my heart’s forever home is you.
Smile for them
Christmas may feel different this year, but love never leaves us. The memories we hold are gifts that keep their light shining, even in the quiet moments
Malmesbury’s Remembrance Sunday 2025: Honouring the Past, Uniting the Present
This Sunday, November 9th, the historic town of Malmesbury will gather in solemn reflection for Remembrance Sunday, paying tribute to the brave men and women who gave their lives in service to their country. The event will be held at Malmesbury Abbey at 2:00 pm, offering a poignant moment for the community to come together […]
Dying Matters – for the family friends and relatives
‘Church of England’. It’s still the religion most of us put as our faith, if asked. But not everyone, and as well as Anglican and Catholic funerals, we’ve organised Buddhist, pagan, humanist, civil celebrant, even a white witch funeral, and pretty much everything in between. Funeral director won’t judge, they’ll just make sure that the […]
Dying Matters – Woodland Burial
If you want to be buried under the stars at midnight, in a sea grass, biodegradable coffin it’s almost as easy to arrange as the traditional church or crematorium service. However unless you own the land you can’t ask to be buried just anywhere, or there might be as many sleeping silent souls as visitors […]
Dying Matters
Dying matters, and for those left behind, it’s not only the grieving process that must be considered, but the practical funeral arrangements too. Over the next few weeks the Wilts and Glos Standard is kindly allowing us, as local funeral directors, to answer questions we get asked the most around funerals and arrangements, to help […]
What to do when a loved one dies
Please remember MATTHEWS will be only too pleased to give you all the help and advice we can: you only have to ask. Download our PDF Guide How to Register a Death From 9th September 2024, when someone dies any Registered Medical Practitioner (Doctor) who has attended the deceased at some point during their lifetime […]