On recently helping a friend write the eulogy for her father’s funeral, it made me realise just how much my help meant to her, and how little support there is in this area.

My friend was struggling.

She had lost someone to whom she was very close, someone who helped shape her own life – her rock.

And here she was, tasked with summing up this man’s whole life in just a short, three-page eulogy.

Choosing the best bits from her father’s 80+ years in this world was challenging enough, without the grief and deep sadness she was feeling.

She’s a good writer, but words were failing her at this time.

It was hard for her to put everything down on paper, and make it make sense.

This was the moment I realised, I could help.

I looked online for eulogy writing services to see what help already exists.

I was surprised to see barely anything.

Much of what I did see seemed quite ‘templated’, which for me doesn’t suit any type of communications, especially individual eulogies for independent lives.

So, I offered to assist my friend, taking the more personal approach that I prefer – no completing of templates or populating forms… Just simply telling her dad’s story, her way.

I had no idea at that time of the huge impact my small offering would have…

“Susan did me the greatest favour. Not just in writing the eulogy, but in giving me the confidence to read it all on my own at my dad’s funeral. I’m really proud and pleased to have done that, and to have had so many friends and relatives say how much justice I did to Dad’s life story. I thank Susan so much for taking the pressure off, and for her part in helping me achieve what I did.”