I’ve always been a bargain shopper. I probably buy things I don’t need just for the sheer pleasure of saving X amount of dollars. I also have the bad habit when someone compliments me on anything, I will happily scream out, “I got this for only $3!!!”
When I signed up to study for my Marriage Celebrant course in 2007, the Celebrant training school was offering a discount if I were to sign up for both the Marriage and Funeral course I would save so many dollars. Of course, that immediately excited me.
I have always loved learning, so I thought, why not. At that time, I thought there’s no way I’ll conduct a funeral, I’m way too emotional, but it will be good to learn.
In Australia, there are no formal qualifications needed for anyone to conduct a civil funeral and indeed about 60% (that number is getting higher) of funerals are either being conducted by a civil funeral celebrant or a family friend.
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I got way more than I bargained for when I did that Funeral Celebrants course and it has indeed changed my life forever.
