Sweet Child funeral reading
Here’s the next in my series of funeral readings you might like to consider for your loved one’s funeral or memorial ceremony. Some are sad, some are uplifting, some are comforting; there’s something for everyone here.
Readings are absolutely not a compulsory part of a funeral or memorial ceremony. Sometimes family members or friends desperately want to speak at their loved one’s funeral, but they haven’t got the wherewithal to write something themselves. Readings are a perfect stand-in: your emotions and feelings right there on the page ready for you to contribute.
Remember readings can be adapted – if your favourite reading is written for him, you can change it to her! If it’s written for Mum, you can change it to Dad or Grandma or Grandpa, whatever fits for you. Take out lines that don’t fit your circumstances. I just make sure to introduce such a reading as an adaptation.
Sweet Child, by Donna Ashworth
When a light is as bright
as the light you shone
there’s no such thing
as truly gone
When a smile is as precious
as the one you wore
you nestle in hearts
forevermore
When one so loved
is taken too soon
the love that is left
could outshine the moon
So much love with no place
to be truly at peace
so we love you more
bittersweet release
Sweet child
you were here
for so little in time
but the hole that you left
grows ever wide.