Honoring Life and Death at the Mid-England Barrow in Warwickshire
What a beautiful memory of my year 2023 in the UK😇!
On that September day, we gathered in a special place with wonderful colleagues from the Heart of England Companion Voices group, along with other groups from the region. Companion Voices UK was my epiphany for 2023 as it combines two of my passions, singing🎶 and companionship at the end of life👥🥀🌟.
I love everything about this project founded by Judith Silver: the repertoire of songs, the ethics, the goals and visions (singing at the bedside of the dying) and most of all: the community, the incredible people it brings together🌈💜🌸. Check out the links in the comments and a short report I wrote for last autumn’s newsletter✍️.
I’d like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude for these magical musical and human encounters and for the warm welcome I received. I hope we’ll meet again soon😍!
Thanks also to Marie for the video clip and Sarah Smart for the photos. The place where we sang that day was The Mid-England Barrow, a memorial garden in the heart of nature where you can lay the ashes of your deceased loved ones🌿⚱️🌿.
www.companionvoices.org
www.mid-englandbarrow.co.uk