Stories
Melanie Kerr, celebrant
“Telling the truth right at the beginning will save discomfort and distress down the line”
Melanie Kerr is a Dunedin-based celebrant who often finds herself officiating at the funerals and memorials of parents who have left behind young children. There’s always a place for the children in a funeral service, she says.
Amie Richardson
“Kids lose that perspective of their parent being able to make everything okay.”
Amie Richardson’s husband, Wayne Biggs, was diagnosed with aggressive lymphoma when their sons were only two and five years old. She quickly had to work out how to support her sons through his sickness, death, and beyond.